The NBA season begins Tuesday, but that isn't the only thing on the minds of league executives in the coming days.

The deadline for rookie extensions (and for veterans signed past this season) is 6 p.m. ET Monday, roughly 24 hours before the Houston Rockets travel to face the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder to tip off the 2025-26 season.

Heading into this season, we've already seen several players from the 2022 draft class sign extensions with their teams. Paolo Banchero , Chet Holmgren and Jabari Smith Jr . -- the first, second and third picks in that draft by the Orlando Magic , Thunderand Rockets, respectively -- signed long-term deals with those teams in July. As did Jalen Williams (No. 12 by OKC) this offseason and Nikola Jovic (No. 27 by the Miami Heat )

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