Dave McMenamin explains why NBA is opening regular season at 3 p.m. ET

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The NBA is adjusting its 2026-27 schedule in response to LeBron James joining the Philadelphia 76ers. NBA commissioner Adam Silver highlighted that LeBron's playing location will influence the regular season timetable.

With LeBron James joining the Philadelphia 76ers in free agency, the NBA’s schedule makers have been given the green light to get to work on the 2026-27 campaign. “Where LeBron plays will affect the schedule,” NBA commissioner Adam Silver told CNBC’s Andrew Ross Sorkin in July. “So I would like him to make his announcement…