Amazon Prime Video has landed on a lead host for its upcoming NBA studio coverage.

The streaming giant has a verbal agreement with Taylor Rooks to be the lead host of its NBA pregame, halftime and postgame shows, sources briefed on discussions regarding the streamer’s hirings said. Rooks currently works on Amazon Prime’s “Thursday Night Football” coverage as a sideline reporter and has impressed Amazon executives with her work. She also made her debut as an NBA sideline reporter for TNT earlier this season.

Prime Video declined to comment.

Amazon will begin broadcasting the NBA next season as part of a new 11-year, nearly $20 billion deal for the NBA and WNBA. Amazon will broadcast 60 games per season as part of its contract, including an opening week doubleheader, according to a redacted contract unsealed in New York State Supreme Court previously reported on by The Athletic’s Mike Vorkunov. The company will have two distinct NBA windows. Amazon’s Thursday night broadcasts will start after the end of the NFL season while the company will air games on Friday all season long with a caveat that there could be weeks where the days change given other events. The games will be on Amazon’s base subscription tier.

The streamer will also air the entirety of the NBA Cup’s knockout stage, as well as the semifinals and final. The company will broadcast the Play-In Tournament and 14 to 26 games per season during the first two rounds of the playoffs, as well as three Eastern Conference finals and three Western Conference finals over the course of the 11-year contract. Amazon also has rights to a Black Friday game after it airs its NFL game in years it has one. That portfolio sets up a lot of on-air work for Rooks, who has interviewed dozens of NBA athletes over the years as part of her work for Bleacher Report.

As previously reported, Ian Eagle has an agreement in place to serve as the lead game-caller for Amazon. Sources briefed on Amazon’s intentions also noted that Kevin Harlan could be in play for another broadcasting spot. Longtime basketball writer Marc Stein reported that Basketball Hall of Famer Dirk Nowitzki is nearing a deal to join Amazon Prime Video’s coverage next season and launch his broadcasting career.

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