Before diving into the deep end, becoming one of the NBA’s major broadcasters in 2025/26, Amazon Prime Video prepares its team of journalists and consultants who will share air time. The platform is starting from scratch and therefore had to attract headliners to support this great novelty.
Ian Eagle as commentator and Taylor Rooks as journalist-host have already been recruited. It remained to find suitable consultants, and two of them have already given their agreement. It is about Blake Griffin et Dirk Nowitzki. The name of the first had already been mentioned two months ago, the former Clipper being rather comfortable with a microphone in hand and above all renowned for being also funny, to the point of having tried his hand at stand-up.
NBA champion in 2011 and living legend of the Mavs, where he played his entire career in the NBA, The second will not stand out his wisdom, his aura and also his European touch in an NBA which is becoming more and more international.
Other commentators and “analysts” are expected to expand this team. It is rumored in particular that Dwyane Wade would also be on the shelves of Amazon Prime Video and that the two parties would discuss the contours of the role that “D-Wade” could occupy, on the edge of the field or more in the studio. With already extensive experience as a consultant, Richard Jefferson would also be of interest to Jeff Bezos’ firm.
As a reminder, from 2025, the streaming service will broadcast in France 86 regular season matches, the Emirates NBA Cup, the entire “play-in”, a third of the first series and the conference semi-finals playoffs as well as a conference final each year and the NBA Finals in 6 of the 11 years of the contract.
