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5 unusual facts about The Basketball Jones


The Basketball Jones

The show is written and hosted by Tas Melas, Phil Elder (J.E. Skeets), Leigh Ellis, and Trey Kerby, and it is shot, edited, and produced by Jason Doyle and Matt Osten.

The show championed the “fan perspective” of sports reporting pioneered by ESPN’s Bill Simmons.

During the podcast's first three seasons, Caroline Lesley, a New York-based actress introduced the show and recorded several interstitials that ran at the episode's breaks.

Skeets’ frequent malapropisms such as “The Internets” and mispronunciations such as Shane “Ba-ché”, Melas’ peculiar analogies and love of the phrase "There's no doubt about that", and Doyle’s eclectic musical selections, as well as various "drops" including the infamous Kenny Smith quote "Gimme Some Raptor News" were all hallmarks of the show.

For the 2012 and 2013 NBA seasons, the podcast was featured on Bill Simmons Grantland Network podcast.



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