Kevin Harlan is taking his NBA abilities to Amazon.
The longtime broadcaster is nearing a take care of the corporate to be “its No. 2 play-by-player when it begins NBA coverage later this year,” in response to a report from The Athletic’s Andrew Marchand.
Harlan joins Ian Eagle, who The Publish reported in October was “in serious talks” to affix Amazon Prime Video, because the streaming service’s prime voice.
The Athletic reported Eagle would be the prime play-by-play voice for the streamer.
Harlan, 64, is an NBA play-by-play announcer for TNT Sports activities and has NFL and faculty soccer duties with CBS.
Earlier this month, The Athletic reported that Amazon was bringing in former NBA stars Dirk Nowitzki and Blake Griffin alongside host Taylor Rooks for its studio present starting the 2025-26 season.
Amazon remains to be reportedly determining who will function sport analysts alongside Eagle and Harlan, though Dwyane Wade, ESPN’s Richard Jefferson and TNT’s Stan Van Gundy are within the dialog.
The corporate can be reportedly in talks with TNT Sports activities’ Charles Barkley, who sits alongside Ernie Johnson, Kenny Smith and Shaquille O’Neal on the favored “Inside the NBA,” on a possible deal.
The NBA is coming into a brand new media rights period later subsequent season after including Amazon and NBC Sports activities — along with incumbent ESPN/ABC — and ending their decades-long partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery, TNT’s mother or father firm.
Amazon is about to pay about $1.8 billion for its NBA package deal, which incorporates rights to regular-season and playoff video games, the NBA Cup and the play-in event video games.
The deal continues Amazon’s entry into dwell sports activities proper after changing into the NFL’s unique “Thursday Night Football” broadcaster in 2022 with a powerhouse duo of Al Michaels and Kirk Herbstreit within the sales space.
