"Kai Cenat is featured on NBA commercial" - Fans react to NBA Tip-Off 2024 promo starring Anthony Edwards, Luka, & fresh faces

The 2024-25 NBA season is right around the corner, with preseason action set to begin on Friday with a showdown between the Boston Celtics and the Denver Nuggets in Abu Dhabi. Ahead of the start of the highly-anticipated NBA season, the league has released a promo video featuring some of the biggest stars in the league.

In addition, the promo video also includes a cameo from popular content creator Kai Cenat, who notably participated in the All-Star Weekend celebrity game last season.

The video starts with Anthony Edwards and Kawhi Leonard preparing for a jump ball, when suddenly, Bam Adebayo steps in for Edwards. Fans then began to storm the court, with Jayson Tatum then making an appearance, along with Victor Wembanyama.

The video then shows Kai Cenat running onto the court alongside fans while filming a video of himself. We then also see appearances from Luka Doncic and Rocky, the Denver Nuggets mascot.

NBA fans were quick to react to the video ahead of the start of the upcoming season:

"Kai Cenat is featured on the NBA tip off commercial" - One fan wrote

"Never been more ready for the season to start" - Another added

"It's gonna be BIG!" - Another wrote

Others also weighed in on the commercial, and the upcoming season ahead:

"Goat commercial" - One wrote

"This got me more hyped than it should have." - Another added

"Soooooo ready for this. LFG" - Another wrote

Previewing the NBA's opening day schedule for the start of the 2024-25 season

The NBA's preseason schedule will begin on Friday with two highly-anticipated games, pitting the Celtics and the Nuggets, the two most recent NBA champions, against one another for the league's Abu Dhabi game.

Then, later in the day, JJ Redick's Lakers will take on the Minnesota Timberwolves to close out the first day of preseason action.

The regular season will then tip off on Oct. 22 with a game between the Boston Celtics and the New York Knicks, where the defending champs will look to start the season off strong against their longtime rivals, the New York Knicks.

Then, later in the day on Oct. 22, the league will close out opening day with another meeting between the LA Lakers and Minnesota Timberwolves as both teams look to start their 2024-25 campaign off on the right foot.

In the case of the Lakers, the team will be looking to pick up their first win under coach JJ Redick following an unceremonious first-round exit from the playoffs last year that resulted in the firing of coach Darvin Ham.

On the flip side, after their best postseason finish since 2004, the Minnesota Timberwolves, who are fresh off a massive trade that landed them Julius Randle and Donte DiVincenzo, will be looking to build on the momentum of last season after making it all the way to the Western Conference Finals.