John Wall made his NBA studio debut (and did the John Wall Dance) with Prime Video this week

John Wall‘s on-court basketball career is officially in the books, but his off-court career as an analyst is only just beginning.

With the NBA Cup quarterfinals taking place on Tuesday and Wednesday, Wall made his studio debut with the Amazon Prime Video team, which is hosted by Taylor Rooks and features panelists Blake Griffin, Steve Nash, and Udonis Haslem.

Wall’s official debut happened on Tuesday ahead of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals. The five-time All-Star received a nice ovation from his new coworkers as he was officially introduced on the show. Wall even splashed a corner three-pointer while the crew was breaking down how to run a play (something these NBA shows desperately needed to do more of).

Rooks joked that she wasn’t going to make him do the John Wall Dance, but he was baited into doing it the following night.

ROOKS X WALL: Taylor Rooks got John Wall to go the ‘Dougie’ on the NBA on Prime broadcast! 😂🕺

Young John Wall doing the ‘Dougie’ & dominating at Kentucky & with the Wizards? What a time to be alive ‼️ pic.twitter.com/T6lvNGzkjV

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Wall made sure to give his alma mater a shoutout ahead of Wednesday’s games, too. The Western Conference quarterfinals doubleheader featured the Oklahoma City Thunder and Phoenix Suns, followed by the San Antonio Spurs and the Los Angeles Lakers. Between the four teams, there were nine former Kentucky players on those rosters, including reigning MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who helped OKC cruise past the Devin Booker-less Suns.

“It’s always great,” Wall said when asked about seeing so many UK players in the NBA. “We’re the Wildcats. Ya’ll know what’s going on.”

“We the Wildcats! Y’all know what’s going on.” — John Wall on NBA Prime pic.twitter.com/4NYyxdN2Hz

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I didn’t get to catch Tuesday’s games (watching Kentucky beat North Carolina Central by 36 points was my priority), but I was able to tune in for Wednesday’s games. Watching Wall smile and have fun with the rest of the crew quickly put a smile on my face. You can tell he’s still figuring out when to chime in with his takes and when to take a step back, but he brings real, valuable insight as an NBA veteran that makes us, as basketball watchers, just a little bit smarter every time he talks.

Hopefully, we all get to watch Wall talk ball on our TV screens for a very long time.