Aspects described herein relate to sidelink transmissions. In an example, a first user equipment (UE) may receive a multi-opportunity grant from a network entity, the multi- opportunity grant indicating multiple listen-before-talk (LBT) opportunities for scheduling a transmission between the first UE and a second UE; perform a LBT procedure for one or more slots of a plurality of slots indicated by the multiple LBT opportunities; select a first slot of the plurality of slots corresponding to an earliest available LBT based on performing the LBT procedure; and communicate a transmission to the second UE during the transmission time interval (TTI) of the first slot.