NBA followers haven’t heard a complete lot from Dallas Mavericks legend and NBA champion Dirk Nowitzki since he retired after the 2018-19 season, however within the temporary glimpses followers have gotten of him, he seems to be having fun with his retirement.
In accordance with a current report, that retirement is now over, as Dirk is about to land a brand new job.
NBA insider Marc Stein shared on X that Nowitzki is near finalizing a cope with Amazon Prime Video’s NBA protection crew subsequent season.
BREAKING: Dirk Nowitzki is near finalizing a deal to affix Amazon Prime Video’s NBA protection subsequent season, per @TheSteinLine pic.twitter.com/QJ3dhLk4Vz
— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) December 11, 2024
Amazon will maintain NBA broadcasting rights for the primary time subsequent season and NBC will return as a rightsholder for the primary time in 24 years.
Nowitzki was inducted into the Basketball Corridor of Fame in 2023 and has remained largely out of the highlight since leaving the NBA six years in the past.
The main points of this partnership are nonetheless pending and the deal itself continues to be but to be finalized, however it doesn’t appear as if there’s something in the best way of getting this deal over the end line.
The NBA secured a billion-dollar cope with Amazon over the summer time for 11 years starting subsequent NBA season whereas Disney and NBCUniversal have additionally lately made broadcasting offers with the NBA.
Regardless of the brand new partnerships, ABC and ESPN stay the NBA’s major companions, although Amazon has secured the rights to broadcast NBA Cup and Convention Finals video games.
Dirk’s character has all the time been praised by teammates and followers for being calm and easy-going, and it will likely be good to see the massive fella on tv subsequent season.
We’ll see who Amazon will get to crew up with Dirk on the panel.
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