NBA 2024-25 Key Dates: All-Star Weekend Schedule, Trade Deadline and More

The beginning of the NBA regular season is only a few weeks away.

The Boston Celtics will try to earn back-to-back titles behind its superstar duo of Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown.

Boston's title defense begins on its home court on the opening night of the NBA regular season.

It's the first of many important games that will shape how the 2024-25 season plays out.

The New York Knicks, Philadelphia 76ers, Dallas Mavericks, Denver Nuggets and plenty of others will try to take down the Celtics throughout the regular season. With so many high-quality teams, there are plenty of key games to watch.

The NBA regular season tips off on October 22 with the New York Knicks visiting the Boston Celtics. The Minnesota Timberwolves visit the Los Angeles Lakers in the nightcap.

The Christmas Day slate is dominated by the most intriguing Western Conference sides.

Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs visit New York, while Minnesota-Dallas, L.A. Lakers-Golden State and Denver-Phoenix are also on the schedule. The Philadelphia 76ers' trip to Boston is the only Christmas Day contest between two Eastern Conference sides.

The Celtics will be in the spotlight plenty of times this season, including their two NBA Finals rematches with Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks. The first rematch is in Dallas on January 25 and the second one takes place in Boston on February 6.

The regular season concludes on April 13 with every team playing in two different time windows, one with the Eastern Conference teams and the other for Western Conference sides.

The 2025 NBA All-Star Game takes place at Chase Center in San Francisco.

It is only the second time in NBA history that the Bay Area has played host to the NBA's showcase weekend.

Oakland hosted the 2000 NBA All-Star Game in which Tim Duncan and Shaquille O'Neal were named Co-Most Valuable Players.

The 2025 event will be a showcase for Steph Curry inside his home arena, and it will also be a chance for West Coast fans to experience a weekend that has predominantly been in Eastern Conference arenas in recent years.

Eastern Conference cities hosted five of the last six All-Star Games with the only exception being Salt Lake City in 2023.

The All-Star Game format reverted back to East vs. West for the 2024 event in Indiana and the same matchup will take place on February 16.

The 2025 NBA trade deadline is February 6 at 3 p.m. ET.

The Mavericks were the big winner at last season's deadline, as they picked up P.J. Washington from Charlotte and Daniel Gafford from Washington to add to the depth around Luka Doncic.

The two moves helped Dallas get through a grueling Western Conference playoff bracket and into the NBA Finals.

Buddy Hield, Patrick Beverley and Bogdan Bogdanović were among the other names that contenders acquired last year on February 8.

Zach LaVine and Jerami Grant are among the potential headliners for this year's deadline.

The Chicago Bulls do not appear to going anywhere, so that could make LaVine available, while Grant could intrigue contenders if he starts strong with the Portland Trail Blazers.