At last, the Philadelphia 76ers will finally get a headstart for themselves in some way.
76ers fans will not have to wait for long before the team gets to kickstart the official wind-up to the upcoming 2025-26 NBA season. Sources say that the squad will have its Media Day for this year just a week from now on September 26, allowing the team to address the media and its fans shortly before training camp opens.
As already announced long ago, the 76ers will duke it out with the New York Knicks abroad as part of the league’s annual overseas games. For this year, the preseason spectacle will be held in Dubai, and both teams are slated to have two matchups therein on October 2 and 4 at the Etihad Arena.
This will most definitely be a good experience for the team. Aside from the early appearance and preparation for the season, they will be taking on a formidable Eastern Conference foe in New York, which managed to make it to the Conference Finals last season. This season, they are once again pegged as one of the favorites to rep the East in the NBA Finals.
76ers officially reveal their 2025 Media Day schedule
There has been a lot of speculations going around the fanbase right now. From Joel Embiid appearing to be in better shape than he was before to the Quentin Grimes situation now likely spilling into the preseason, Daryl Morey, Elton Brand, Nick Nurse, and the rest of their crew will have a lot on their plates.
Holding this early would allow them to finally put a firm answer and/or resolution to those points of concern. So far, fans have only gotten brief teases and plain conjectures.
The Embiid situation is one that especially needs some clarification. After all, the 76ers still have not given an official update on the superstar save for some umbrella statements over the summer that did not really offer anything new. People remain laser-focused on his availability to start the season, so hopefully, that one gets a firm answer pretty soon.
There is also the Grimes standstill, which has become cumbersome for the 76ers. And with training camp set to open in a few, fans are in desperate need of more transparency on that critical front.
With their Media Day just a week away, Philadelphia 76ers fans hope to get some enlightenment on the team’s current stature and plans for next season. Hopefully, they get to obtain those answers they have been seeking for months already.