''NBA on Prime Video'' is the upcoming branding used for

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National Basketball Association The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada). The NBA is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Ca ...

(NBA) games on the subscription video on-demand over-the-top

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and

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service

Amazon Prime Video Amazon Prime Video, known simply as Prime Video, is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming television service owned by Amazon. The service primarily distributes films and television series produced or co-produced by ...

. Since 2021, Prime Video has also aired the ''WNBA on Prime Video''.

Overview

WNBA coverage

In May 2021, the

Women's National Basketball Association The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) is a women's professional basketball league in the United States. The league comprises 13 teams (scheduled to expand to 15 in 2026). The WNBA is headquartered in Midtown Manhattan. The WNBA w ...

(WNBA) announced a three-year rights agreement with

. As part of the agreement, Prime Video acquired the exclusive global rights (excluding China, Japan, the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Finland, and Germany) to 16 WNBA games per season along with the

WNBA Commissioner's Cup The WNBA Commissioner's Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the WNBA Commissioner's Cup Presented By Coinbase, is an in-season competition of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) that begins at the start of the regular season and ...

final. The agreement marked the first time Prime Video acquired the exclusive global rights to a women's professional sports league. In April 2024, the WNBA and Prime Video announced a two-year extension of the agreement. The extension increases Prime Video's exclusive regular season games from 16 to 20. Prime Video will continue to air the Commissioner's Cup final. In April 2022, Prime Video announced an agreement with the WNBA's

Seattle Storm The Seattle Storm are an American professional basketball team based in Seattle. The Storm compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member of the Western Conference (WNBA), Western Conference. The team was founded by Gi ...

. The agreement gives Amazon the right to stream all Storm games not selected for exclusive national television in Washington state only.

NBA rights deal, WNBA renewal

On October 20, 2022, Prime Video acquired the rights to broadcast the

(NBA) during the 2022–23 season in Brazil. On July 24, 2024, Prime Video announced an 11-year rights agreement with the NBA and an 11-year extension with the WNBA beginning with the 2025–26 NBA season and 2026 WNBA season respectively. For the NBA, Prime Video will hold the rights to 66 regular season games per season in the US (86 in international markets), the knockout rounds (including the semifinals and the finals) of the NBA Cup, all

NBA Play-In Tournament The NBA play-in tournament is the preliminary National Basketball Association (NBA) postseason tournament. It determines the final two playoff seeds in the Eastern Conference and Western Conference and is played immediately prior to the NBA pl ...

games, select first and second-round NBA playoffs games, and 6 NBA Conference Finals, airing one series on odd years plus the final season of the contract in the US (with all NBA Conference finals and 6 of the 11 NBA finals for international markets). For the WNBA, Prime Video has the rights to 30 regular season games per season, one series of the first round of WNBA playoffs each season, 7 WNBA Semifinals and 3 WNBA Finals, while continuing to air the

final. The agreement was announced despite the fact, two days prior,

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announced that it had exercised a clause in its contract with the NBA to match the NBA's contract with Amazon. Because the NBA did not reach an agreement with TNT prior to the match, TNT would have lost the rights to the NBA if they had not exercised the clause. When the NBA announced that Amazon had officially acquired the rights, the NBA revealed they had rejected TNT's attempt because TNT was unable to fully match the terms of Amazon's contract. TNT released a response arguing the NBA had "grossly misinterpreted our contractual rights" forcing TNT to take "appropriate action". On July 26,

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(WBD), the parent company of TNT Sports, filed its lawsuit against the league in a Manhattan New York state court, seeking to delay the NBA's new 2025 media deals from taking effect and to rule that TNT's offer matched Amazon's deal. In September 2024, WBD accused the NBA of including " purposely onerous or immaterial" conditions in the Amazon contract that would have made it logistically impossible for TNT to match the contract, including a provision that the NBA coverage must be aired on a platform that also carries

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(NFL) games (alluding to Amazon's rights to ''

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''). On November 16, WBD and the NBA agreed to a legal settlement, effectively clearing the way for Amazon to become an NBA media partner without any litigation.

Commentators

The ''NBA on Prime Video'' studio show will be hosted by Taylor Rooks with

Blake Griffin Blake Austin Griffin (born March 16, 1989) is an American former professional basketball player. Griffin primarily played with the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and played college basketball for the Oklahoma ...

and

Dirk Nowitzki Dirk Werner Nowitzki (; born June 19, 1978) is a German former professional basketball player who is a special advisor for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Listed at , he is widely regarded as one of the great ...

serving as studio analysts. On May 5, 2025, Prime Video announced the hirings of

Dwyane Wade Dwyane Tyrone Wade Jr. ( or , born January 17, 1982) is an American former professional basketball player who is currently the co-owner of the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association. He is also currently the host of the American a ...

Steve Nash Stephen John Nash (born 7 February 1974) is a Canadian professional basketball coach and former player who most recently served as head coach of the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played 18 seasons in the NBA, ...

and

Candace Parker Candace Nicole Parker (born April 19, 1986), nicknamed "Ace", is an American former professional basketball player. Widely regarded as one of the greatest WNBA players of all time, she was selected as the first overall pick in the 2008 WNBA dr ...

as both color commentators and studio analysts, along with the hiring of

Udonis Haslem Udonis Johneal Haslem ( ; born June 9, 1980) is an American professional basketball executive and former player. He is the vice president of basketball development for the Miami Heat, where he List of NBA players who have spent their entire caree ...

as a studio analyst.

References

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