The NBA has formally launched its full 2026-27 schedule, and January is shaping as much as be the month of reunions with Giannis Antetokounmpo and Jaylen Brown set to headline.
Giannis Antetokounmpo will make his extremely anticipated return to Milwaukee on Jan. 28 when the Miami Warmth go to the Bucks at Fiserv Discussion board.
The previous two-time MVP spent his first 13 NBA seasons in Milwaukee, highlighted by main the franchise to the 2021 championship, earlier than being dealt to Miami in a blockbuster commerce.
The matchup will even reunite Bam Adebayo with former Warmth teammate Tyler Herro, who was despatched to Milwaukee alongside Kel’el Ware and Jaime Jaquez Jr. within the Antetokounmpo deal. Herro and Adebayo had been concerned in an altercation throughout Summer season League in Las Vegas, when Adebayo struck his former teammate, in line with ESPN.
Herro, Ware and Jaquez will then make their very own return to Miami when the Bucks go to the Warmth on Feb. 4.
One other enormous homecoming arrives one week earlier when Jaylen Brown returns to TD Backyard on Jan. 21 as a member of the Philadelphia 76ers.
Brown spent his first 10 seasons in Boston earlier than the Celtics traded him inside the Atlantic Division for Paul George, two first-round picks and two second-round choices. The 2024 Finals MVP averaged a career-best 28.7 factors, 6.9 rebounds and 5.1 assists final season.
Brown’s return will share the highlight with LeBron James, who will even face Boston as a Sixer for the primary time.
Elsewhere, LaMelo Ball will face his former Charlotte Hornets teammates after they go to Minnesota on Jan. 29. Ball’s return to Charlotte is scheduled for Feb. 15.
Trae Younger will lastly get the chance to play in Atlanta as an opponent on Nov. 6 after lacking his earlier return by way of damage.
The schedule additionally options some main young-star matchups. No. 1 choose AJ Dybantsa will make his NBA debut for Washington in opposition to Milwaukee on Oct. 21 earlier than going through No. 2 choose Darryn Peterson on Feb. 27.
Dybantsa will then meet 2025 No. 1 choose Cooper Flagg for the primary time when Washington visits Dallas on March 11.
In the meantime, the defending champion New York Knicks will host the San Antonio Spurs in an NBA Finals rematch on Christmas Day earlier than the groups meet once more in San Antonio on March 7.
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