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Associated Press
Jul 30, 2025, 08:13 AM ET
LONDON -- The NBA volition play astatine slightest six regular-season games successful Europe implicit the adjacent 3 seasons, starting with a brace of games betwixt the Memphis Grizzlies and Orlando Magic this season.
The Grizzlies and Magic volition play successful Berlin connected Jan. 15 past successful London connected Jan. 18.
The NBA volition play games successful Manchester, England, and Paris successful 2026-27 past instrumentality to Berlin and Paris successful the 2027-28 season. The games volition beryllium held astatine Berlin's Uber Arena, London's The O2, Manchester's Co-op Live and Paris' Accor Arena.
"Announcing the adjacent 3 season's regular-season games successful Europe reflects the unthinkable momentum and appetite for NBA hoops successful France, Germany, the UK and crossed the region," said George Aivazoglou, the NBA's managing manager for Europe and the Middle East. "We look guardant to welcoming the Grizzlies and the Magic to Berlin and London and to engaging fans, players and the section communities done the games and the surrounding events."
The Berlin crippled successful January volition beryllium the NBA's 14th successful Germany since 1984 but the archetypal regular-season crippled successful the country. It volition service arsenic a homecoming for Magic players Franz and Moritz Wagner, some of whom play for Germany's nationalist team.
The London crippled this play volition beryllium the 10th regular-season contention successful that city. Manchester has ne'er played big to a regular-season game, and Paris has been the tract of 5 regular-season contests, including 2 past play betwixt the Indiana Pacers and San Antonio Spurs. French prima Victor Wembanyama plays for the Spurs, which made them a logical prime to spell to Paris.
The afloat NBA docket for the 2025-26 play is expected to beryllium released successful mid-August. The dates and participating teams for the games successful 2027 and 2028 volition beryllium announced anterior to the 2026-27 and 2027-28 NBA seasons, respectively.
