Cue "Roundball Rock" — the NBA is back. The 2025-26 season opens Tuesday with a doubleheader on NBC and Peacock — backed by the percussive theme song last heard in 2002, when NBC last had broadcast rights — from Oklahoma City, where the Thunder will receive their championship rings, and Los Angeles, before opening league-wide in the coming days. This season will be a collision between youth and experience. In June, the Thunder became the youngest team to win a title since the

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