Blake Griffin is adding another lane to a post-playing career that has already become its own kind of success story.
On Wednesday night, the former Oklahoma star announced he is launching a late-night sports talk show called “The Stepback with Blake Griffin.” According to Hollywood Reporter, the series is set to debut on Oct. 20, the opening day of the NBA season, with new episodes arriving every Tuesday on Prime Video.
“Finally, a chance to recreate the last few seasons of my career: sitting down,” Griffin joked on social media while sharing the news.
The show will feature Griffin talking basketball and other sports in front of a live studio audience, in the style of a classic late-night setup. He’s not expected to have guests, which means the spotlight stays squarely on Griffin as he holds court.
That setup feels built for him. Griffin has already shown he can work as an analyst, a comedian and a personality, and this new project gives him another platform to lean into the same mix of humor and candor that has made him such an easy watch for sports fans.
His basketball résumé is already the kind that gets remembered: All-American and National Player of the Year in 2009 at Oklahoma, then the No. 1 overall pick by the Los Angeles Clippers. Griffin went on to play 15 NBA seasons with the Clippers, Detroit Pistons, Brooklyn Nets and Boston Celtics, becoming a six-time NBA All-Star along the way. He also burst into the mainstream with his 2011 NBA Slam Dunk Contest win as a rookie.
From there, Griffin started building a second career that has moved well beyond the court. He co-founded Mortal Media, a film and television production company that is behind this latest show.
He has also done stand-up comedy, hosted Saturday Night Live, acted in several television shows and served as an analyst for NBA on Prime Video’s studio coverage last season. He has popped up on a wide range of podcasts, too, including ones far outside the sports lane.
All of that has come since his NBA retirement in 2024.
With “The Stepback with Blake Griffin,” he gets a format that seems tailor-made for him: his name on the door, his voice driving the show and his personality front and center. For Griffin, retirement hasn’t meant stepping away from the spotlight. It has meant finding more ways to own it.
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