The pre-season of the 2025âÂÂ26 NBL season, the 48th season of Australia's National Basketball League, it began on 28 June to 5 October 2025.
The 2025 NBL Blitz is an annual pre-season tournament featuring all teams. All games will takeplace in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.
This season all games will be played at AIS Arena from 27 to 31 August 2025. The Blitz coincided with the NBL1 National Finals, which also took place in Canberra at Southern Cross Stadium.
The winning team will be awarded the Loggins-Bruton Cup, while the tournamentâÂÂs most outstanding player will take home the Ray Borner Award.
On 11 March 2025, the National Basketball Association, National Basketball League and the Victoria State Government announced that the New Orleans Pelicans would play two exhibition games at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Victoria against Melbourne United and the S.E. Melbourne Phoenix as part of the . This will mark the first time an NBA team has played in Australia, and the first time that the S.E. Melbourne Phoenix have played against an NBA team.