Blake Griffin and Dirk Nowitzki will be studio analysts and Taylor Rooks will host studio show when Prime Video begins streaming NBA games in 2025-26.

Amazon signed Griffin and Nowitzki to join host Taylor Rooks when the platform begins its NBA package later this calendar year. Amazon will start its 11-year, nearly $20 billion agreement with the NBA during the 2025-26 season. The Athletic ’s Richard Deitsch previously reported that Rooks would be the host.

Retired NBA stars Blake Griffin and Dirk Nowitzki will be studio analysts when Prime Video begins NBA coverage next season.

Taylor Rooks, who has done incredible work with Turner Sports, will host the program. Ian Eagle, one of the best broadcasters in the game, is the lead play-by-play announcer for the network. It is unclear who else will join him in the booth.

Dirk Nowitzki will reportedly team up with another former All-Star when Amazon begins covering the NBA next season. According to The Athletic’s Andrew Marchand, Nowitzki and Blake Griffin will join broadcaster Taylor Rooks for Amazon Prime Video’s studio coverage of the NBA.

Amazon Prime Video is closing in on a deal to make Kevin Harlan its No. 2 NBA play-by-player when it begins coverage of the league later this year, sources briefed on the discussion told The Athletic.

Blake Griffin wasn’t sure he wanted NBA broadcasting to be part of his post-NBA career work life. But he started watching Amazon’s Prime Video Thursday Night Football studio show and played ...

Amazon is filling out a strong studio show for its first year of NBA coverage, adding two stars to start the new year.