Sports Top 10 storylines for NBA 2023 season: Who can dethrone Warriors in West? More Nets dysfunction? October 11, 2022 Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY Comments Off on Top 10 storylines for NBA 2023 season: Who can dethrone Warriors in West? More Nets dysfunction? The season opens Oct. 18 with two games (Philadelphia-Boston, Warriors-Lakers), and the remaining teams begin play on Oct. 19-20.