Kara Lawson Took Amazon Job to Scout WNBA Players For Team USA
Lawson will be a WNBA game analyst for Amazon Prime Video.
Duke women’s basketball coach Kara Lawson is back in the broadcast booth—and she says it will assist her work as Team USA head coach. Lawson will be a WNBA game analyst for Amazon Prime Video this season, and tells Front Office Sports that a key reason she chose to call games was to stay close to Team USA players ahead of the 2026 World Cup. The FIBA Women’s World Cup will be held from September 4–13 in Berlin, Germany.
The WNBA has a designated break during the 2026 season from August 31–September 16. “I wanted to make sure that I was present at WNBA games this summer,” says Lawson, who has 16 years of broadcasting experience at ESPN and as the lead analyst for the NBA’s Wizards. Duke women's basketball coach Kara Lawson tells FOS that a key reason she took Amazon's WNBA broadcasting job was to stay close to Team USA's 2026 World Cup roster.
"It's really important that you're present. That they see me in person watching them play. " pic.
twitter. com/etJceIW72N — Front Office Sports News (@FOS_News_) May 6, 2026 Lawson said she had already planned to attend WNBA games, and thought she may as well leverage her broadcasting experience and pull double duty. Prime Video will stream 31 games this year, and all 15 WNBA teams will have at least one game featured on the streaming giant.