The 2017–18 NBA season will be the 72nd season of the National Basketball Association. The regular season will begin on October 25, 2017. The 2018 NBA All-Star Game will be played at a venue to be announced on February 19, 2018; the original host of the game, Charlotte's Time Warner Cable Arena, was removed as the host on July 21, 2017 due to the league's opposition against North Carolina's Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act. The regular season will end on April 12, 2018, and the playoffs will begin on April 15, 2018 and will end with the last game of the NBA Finals.
he regular season will begin on Tuesday, October 25, 2017. Christmas Day games will be played on Sunday, December 25, 2017. The regular season will end on Wednesday, April 12, 2018. The schedule will be released in August 2017.