The first pieces of the Brooklyn Nets’ 2026-27 schedule are starting to come into view.
On Tuesday morning, the NBA released the dates, times and locations for the Emirates NBA Cup group-stage games, giving Brooklyn its first official schedule details for the regular season. The Nets’ Cup games are expected to air on YES Network.
The NBA Cup has been a tough format for Brooklyn so far. In the tournament’s three-year run, the Nets have not made it out of the group stage and into the knockout round. If that changes this season, the knockout games will run from December 4-9, with the championship set for December 11 at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
The league will also unveil the rest of its national television schedule later today at 3 p.m. EST, when ESPN and NBC reveal their full slate. Last season, Brooklyn appeared on national TV just twice - once in an early-November game against the Minnesota Timberwolves and again in a mid-January matchup with the Chicago Bulls.
There’s reason to think the Nets will draw a little more attention this time around. Brooklyn added former All-Star Julius Randle and potential blue-chip prospect Mikel Brown Jr. this summer, a move that should make the team more interesting to watch. Even so, the expectation is that the Nets will land a similar number of nationally televised games.
The full NBA 2026-27 schedule is set to be released at 3 p.m. EST on Thursday.
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