Amazon Prime Video is close to a deal to make former NBA star Dirk Nowitzki part of the team that will announce NBA games, according to a report from reporter Marc Stein.
Earlier this year, Amazon signed a deal with the NBA worth $1.8 billion annually that will give it rights to stream games. Prime Video will stream 66 regular season games, including Thursday night doubleheaders in January. It will also have Friday evening doubleheaders and some Saturday after games. On game will stream on Black Friday, following Prime Video’s NFL game on the post-Thanksgiving shopping holiday.
Originally from Germany, Nowitzki played his entire 21-year NBA career with the Dallas Mavericks. He won an NBA Championship with the Mavs in 2011 and retired in 2019.
Nowitzki has been serving as a special advisor to the NBA and does not have much broadcast experience.
Next season, Amazon and NBC will be joining ESPN as the NBA’s key national TV rights holders. Warner Bros. Discovery, which had held NBA rights for decades, lost out in the latest round of negotiations.
NBC Sports is reportedly close to making a deal with former player and TNT announcer Jamal Crawford and is interested in bringing in former Indiana Pacer star Reggie Miller, who also works for TNT.
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