John Wall Joins Amazon Prime’s NBA Broadcast Team After Retirement
John Wall announced his retirement from the NBA on Tuesday, but he’s not leaving basketball behind. The former All-Star is reportedly joining Amazon Prime’s NBA broadcast team as an analyst for the upcoming 2025-26 season, according to Michael Lee of The Washington Post.
Wall still feels he has “a lot left in my tank” as a player, but he’s excited about this new chapter where he can share his deep basketball knowledge with viewers.
“If you never really had the opportunity to sit down and talk to me, you won’t really understand how much I love basketball, where my basketball mind is at, where my IQ is,” Wall said.
He’s confident in his ability to analyze the game at all levels.
“I can basically tell you the best player in the country – from girls to boys, high school, to the players that’s in college, to the people that’s at the NBA and WNBA.”
Amazon Prime’s New NBA Coverage
The NBA signed a massive 11-year media rights deal last July that brings games to NBC/Peacock, ABC/ESPN, and Amazon Prime Video starting next season.
Amazon’s coverage will focus on Friday nights through December before expanding to Thursdays and Saturdays later in the season.
They’re not holding back on content either. Prime Video will air 67 regular-season games, the entire play-in tournament, six conference finals, and the knockout round of the NBA Cup in December.
Wall joins an impressive broadcast team. Amazon previously announced that Blake Griffin and Hall of Famer Dirk Nowitzki will be part of its studio show hosted by Taylor Rooks.
The full roster is stacked with basketball talent including Steve Nash, Dwyane Wade, Dell Curry, Candace Parker, Stan Van Gundy, Udonis Haslem, and Brent Barry. Sideline reporting will be handled by Allie Clifton, Cassidy Hubbarth, and Kristina Pink, while Ian Eagle, Kevin Harlan, Eric Collins, and Michael Grady will handle play-by-play duties.
Wall’s Bittersweet NBA Journey
During his conversation with Lee, Wall revealed he had hoped to spend his entire career with the Washington Wizards. The 34-year-old played nine seasons with the team after they picked him first overall in the 2010 draft out of Kentucky.
He still hopes to have his No. 2 jersey retired by the franchise.
What really stands out is how Wall feels about the injuries that cut his playing career short.
“People think, ‘Oh, he got the money, he’s set for life, he don’t care.’ No, I would give up all the money to play basketball and never deal with none of those injuries,” Wall said.
“I didn’t play the game of basketball for money. I played the game of basketball because I love it. I was itching to get back to play. I wasn’t itching to sit on the sideline and collect the check. The check don’t mean [anything].”
Wall’s prime years were truly special. He made the All-Star team five straight years from 2013-14 to 2017-18 and finished seventh in MVP voting during the 2016-17 season.
But injuries derailed what could have been an even more remarkable career. The Wizards traded Wall to the Houston Rockets in December 2020, after he had already missed the entire 2019-20 season with a ruptured left Achilles tendon.
In total, Wall played in just 147 regular-season games from 2017-18 through 2022-23. He even sat out the entire 2021-22 season after reaching a mutual decision with Houston.
Now he’ll bring that experience and basketball IQ to Amazon’s broadcasts, giving fans insight from someone who’s been through the highest highs and lowest lows of NBA life.
