Steve Nash has signed on to affix Amazon Prime’s NBA broadcast staff for the 25-26 season, marking the community’s first yr of protection beneath its new 11-year, $20 billion rights take care of the league.
Nash will work throughout each studio and sport protection starting in October, becoming a member of a staff that already consists of studio host Taylor Rooks and analysts Dirk Nowitzki and Blake Griffin, who had been introduced because the community’s first studio personalities in January.
This represents Nash’s entry into conventional NBA broadcasting after just lately turning into extra seen within the basketball media panorama as co-host of LeBron James’ “Thoughts the Sport” podcast. Nash changed JJ Redick on the present after Redick was employed as head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers final June.
In keeping with league sources who spoke with The Stein Line, Nash is just not utilizing broadcasting as a pathway again to teaching. Regardless of being talked about as a possible candidate for the Phoenix Suns’ teaching emptiness and his robust ties to the group as a former participant and Phoenix resident, the 51-year-old reportedly has no plans to pursue that place.
The Amazon position marks Nash’s second main media place, however his first in basketball. He beforehand served as a part of Turner Sports activities’ Champions League soccer protection for 2 seasons earlier than his surprising hiring as Brooklyn Nets coach coming into the 20-21 season.
Nash’s teaching tenure with the Nets lasted simply over two seasons, ending in November 2022, after which he largely stepped away from the NBA highlight till his current podcast partnership with James.
