NBA news: 2025/26 season predictions and betting tips

The 2025/26 NBA season tips off this week, which means it’s time for the tribalistic optimism that lasts until 0-2 to begin.

Every fan base thinks this is their year, and every GM is pretending that a mid-level signing has fixed all of their problems.

Half these predictions will age like milk; the rest might win you a beer. Either way, I’ll be here in April pretending I knew it all along.

Join Sports News Blitz’s George Dempsey as he runs the rule over the 2025/26 NBA season and offers up 10 betting predictions.