"She’s easier to look at than horrible Doris Burke" - NBA fans amped over Taylor Rooks reportedly set to host pregame show next season

For the 2025–2026 NBA season, Taylor Rooks will host a pregame show on Amazon. Next season will mark the start of the league's new TV agreement with networks like NBCUniversal, Amazon, and the Walt Disney Company. Fans were eager to see how Rooks would perform in the pregame performance after hearing this news.

The pregame shows for this season are with ESPN and TNT, featuring "NBA Countdown" and "Inside the NBA," respectively. With a new pregame show, fans went online to express their excitement to see Rooks take the lead on a pregame show.

“I wonder why. At least she’s easier to look at than the horrible Doris Burke,” one fan said.

Fans react to Taylor Rooks as the new lead host for Amazon's pregame show next season

"Every NBA player pregame gonna swear they’re gonna drop 50," another fan commented.

"Long as it ain't that Malika s**t WE GOOD," a fan said.

Other fans pointed out that the league's ratings could increase.

"Amazon tryna bring the viewership back up," one fan commented.

"They really trying to get that viewership up in any way possible," another fan said.

"They know them ratings gonna be doo doo smoothie so they had to do this," a fan said.

The name of the pregame show featuring Rooks as the lead host has not yet been revealed.

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Who is Taylor Rooks?

Taylor Rooks started her career with scout.com, covering basketball and football at Illinois from 2012 to 2014. Her news stories caught the attention of a few networks as she broke news stories about NBA stars Jalen Brunson and Jayson Tatum.

She got a job with the Big Ten Network as an on-air host, reporter and correspondent after graduating from college. Working at Big Ten allowed Rooks to collaborate with Glen Mason, Chuck Long, Jim Jackson, Mike Hall, Rick Pizzo and Dave Revsine.

She had a unique role on the show as she interacted with the fans and talked about social media topics from the fans. In addition, Rooks hosts Lisa Byington's Women's Sports Report. All women's sports are covered in the show.

In 2016, Rooks had another opportunity to work for SportsNet New York as a host, reporter and anchor. The journalist also took on another assignment of being a sideline reporter for CBS Sports Network during the 2016-17 college football season.

In 2024, she started as a sideline reporter for the NBA on TNT, giving her more chances to have exclusive interviews with stars.