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.

Griffin, who announced his retirement as an NBA player last April, doesn’t have any NBA broadcasting experience, but multiple reports in recent months have stated he was among Amazon’s targets.

Amazon Prime Video is making major moves ahead of its inaugural NBA coverage, which will begin in the 2025-26 season. According to Andrew Marchand of The Athletic, the streamer has tapped former NBA stars Dirk Nowitzki and Blake Griffin to join host Taylor Rooks in the studio.

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 continues to put together a star-studded cast for its maiden voyage into the NBA.

According to the Atheltic’s Andrew Marchand, Dirk Nowitzki and Blake Griffin were announced to join Taylor Rooks as part of Amazon’s NBA studio coverage. Amazon and the NBA announced their 11-year partnership in July with games to begin streaming on Prime Video during the 2025-26 season.

Amazon Prime Video’s inaugural NBA studio coverage will feature former NBA stars Dirk Nowitzki and Blake Griffin, according to sources briefed on the streamer’s plans. Amazon signed Griffin and

When Amazon bought the rights to stream NBA games, it was interested in hiring the crew from "Inside The NBA." With the show heading to ESPN, Amazon reportedly hired its own funny former stars.