Jamal Crawford , former NBA player and NBC lead game analyst sat down to discuss the 2025-26 NBA schedule in this month’s Reddit AMA . Check out what Crawford had to say below.

Question: What matchup are you most excited for this season?

I’m going to say the first matchup is what I’m most excited for. I think seeing Houston going to OKC, obviously, Durant coming back to OKC. OKC just won a championship, fresh off from that. I think that’s the one I’m looking forward to. And that’s kind of selfish, because I’ll be on the call as well. So that was kind of a selfish answer, for sure.

Question: What team do you think is taking the biggest leap this season?

My heart tells me Houston, because of the success they had with their young players, and they are getting a player of Kevin Du

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