Fans Are Loving Amazon's Dwyane Wade, Udonis Haslem Announcement
The NBA and Amazon Prime Video have partnered for the 2025-26 NBA season, and have just made a huge announcement on who will be on their panel this coming season.
Four more legends will be joining the panel, including NBA and WNBA MVP's Steve Nash and Candace Parker.
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Adding on to them are two Miami Heat legends, who both won championships with the team, Dwyane Wade and Udonis Haslem.
This panel is filled with four very talented analysts, and should create a good experience for the NBA, and someone to rival the incredible TNT broadcast with Ernie Johnson, Shaquille O'Neal, Charles Barkley, and Kenny Smith.
Former Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade is honored at halftime during the game against the Detroit PistonsRhona Wise-Imagn Images
Fans and entertainers around the league are thrilled with this announcement, and are very excited for its future.
"That's a championship-level duo right there," said the Miami Heat.
"Legendary lineup for NBA on Prime," says a fan excited about this announcement.
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"Excellent move," says another fan.
"Go time," said Wade in a response to the Prime announcement.
"This is a good team. I enjoy everyone on here," says a fan excited for a new team in the NBA space.
This panel joins a great list of people on the NBA on Prime team, including Blake Griffin, Dirk Nowitzki, and Taylor Rooks as analysts on their team.
The NBA will have 66 regular-season games aired exclusively on Prime Video, including a double-header on opening week, a brand new Black Friday game, and all knockout rounds of the Emirates NBA Cup (including the championship).
In their 11 year deal, they will have exclusive coverage of certain playoff rounds for six of those years, including the play-in games, first and second round, and conference finals.
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While they will not kick off until October when the new NBA season begins, it is an incredibly exciting piece of news as we enter the second round of the NBA Playoffs.
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