Nets will not play on Christmas for 2024-25 season

The Brooklyn Nets are a little over one month away from beginning training camp in preparation for the 2024-25 season as the team seeks to have a productive rebuild. Brooklyn fans can be happy knowing that the team has already released its preseason schedule and now, more of the regular season schedule is being put out as well.

Shams Charania of The Athletic and Stadium reported on Thursday that the NBA has put together the slate of games to be played on Christmas for this upcoming season. While it comes as no surprise given the recent development of the franchise, the Nets will not be playing on Christmas this time around.

As almost every NBA fan knows, the league tries to schedule games on Christmas that should be exciting either because of how successful the teams are expected to be or due to the players participating in the contests. For example, an argument can be made that nine of the 10 teams slated to play on Christmas will either be in the playoffs or close to it by the time the season comes to a close.

For the one team that doesn’t fit this description (San Antonio Spurs), they have center Victor Wembanyama who is already one of the most popular players in the NBA already and is already considered a generational player despite the Spurs being in a rebuild of their own. The last time that the Nets played on Christmas was during the 2021-22 season when they beat the Los Angeles Lakers 122-115 when James Harden had a triple-double of 36 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists in the win.