Blake Griffin, Jamal Crawford headline Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2026 nominees
Among the analysts Blake Griffin’s first NBA season on Amazon Primejoins Jamal Crawford as prominent first-time candidates for the 2026 Naismith Basketball. Hall of Fame class. Griffin, a six-time All-Star and five-time All-NBA forward, spent his first seven seasons with Chris Paul and the Los Angeles Clippers as one half of “Lob City,” before playing the rest of his career with the Detroit Pistons, Brooklyn Nets and Boston Celtics.
Crawford, a three-time Sixth Man of the Year winner, is considered one of the NBA’s most impressive sixth men. He joins Griffin and the WNBA’s Candace Parker as some of the main players in this year’s Basketball Hall of Fame ballot paper.
The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame announces the eligible inductees for the Class of 2026.
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Blake Griffin talks Amazon Prime NBA analyst role
Retired forward Blake Griffin is adjusting to his new role as an NBA analyst on Amazon Prime in 2025-26. Griffin recently opened up to ClutchPoints about his first season in a new career field.
“I think it’s just an opportunity to be a part of something new,” Blake Griffin told ClutchPoints of his reason for joining the NBA’s Prime Team. “Amazon also stepping into the NBA was really interesting to me, in a way watching Thursday Night Football and how they handled that whole process was very impressive. Now you see what they’ve done with Thursday Night and they’ve made a big deal out of it, and this is no different. They took the same approach.”
Griffin is joined by two basketball Hall of Fame talents, Dirk Nowitzki and Steve Nash, respectively, and Heat legend Udonis Haslem, hosted by in-studio host Taylor Rooks.
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