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How new Prime positions for Dell Curry, Eric Collins affect status with Hornets

Charlotte Hornets play-by-play sports announcer Eric Collins (left) and color commentator Dell Curry returned to the court for their first pregame segment following the pandemic on March 9, 2022.
Charlotte Hornets play-by-play sports announcer Eric Collins (left) and color commentator Dell Curry returned to the court for their first pregame segment following the pandemic on March 9, 2022. jsiner@charlotteobserver.com

Dell Curry isn’t going anywhere, and neither is Eric Collins.

Although the longtime Charlotte Hornets TV voices have been added to Amazon Prime’s new broadcast team for the 2025-26 season, Curry and Collins won’t be leaving their current positions with the organization. Curry will remain the team’s main analyst for FanDuel Sports Southeast for the vast majority of games and Collins will still handle play-by-play duties for a bulk of Charlotte’s games.

Amazon Prime, which will air NBA games for the first time, officially announced its broadcast team on Thursday. Noted TNT play-by-play voice Kevin Harlan and former NBA player Brent Barry are also being hired for the streaming channel’s game content, joining Curry and Collins.

The expectation is for Curry and Collins to once again be teamed together for an 11th straight season. Curry spent the past 16 seasons as a Hornets analyst, tapping into the more than 700 games he logged with Charlotte and 16 seasons in the NBA.

This story was originally published July 10, 2025 at 11:45 AM with the headline "How new Prime positions for Dell Curry, Eric Collins affect status with Hornets."

Roderick Boone
The Charlotte Observer
Roderick Boone joined the Observer in September 2021 to cover the Charlotte Hornets and NBA. In his more than two decades of writing about the world of sports, he’s chronicled everything from high school rodeo to a major league baseball no-hitter to the Super Bowl to the Finals. The Long Island native has deep North Carolina roots and enjoys watching “The Fresh Prince of Bel Air” endlessly. Support my work with a digital subscription
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