Now, the NBA is set to release its full season schedule on Thursday. The first four days of the 2026-27 NBA regular season will feature nine national games across NBC/Peacock, ESPN and Prime Video. “The first game of the NBA season being an afternoon game is a choice and not a good one,” Kevin Gray of DLLS Sports wrote. But it doesn’t feel like a regular-season NBA game, especially one featuring a small-market team, is likely to have that sort of firepower. If that’s the case, you can expect weekday NBA to become a regular thing in the future.