I’ve always known this, so this is not groundbreaking, but most NBA fans, they love the off court drama way more than they like actually talking about, or watching, basketball.
Phil Elder a.k.a J.E. Skeets is one of those people that doesn’t really need an introduction in the world of NBA basketball, but I’ve gotten in the habit of writing these intros for every guest on the podcast, so here goes.
Anyone who has started in a field that coincides with a moment about to, or in the midst of happening, has always been very interesting to me. Mostly because I wonder if it’s ever possible to recognize yourself in it, or if that’s strictly a feeling that comes from retrospect. Skeets and the guys of The Basketball Jones, then The Starters, now No Dunks, were in so many of those moments in basketball media that the way they first approached podcasting, writing, and talking about basketball has now more or less become prototypic for the genre, but well beyond, into how fans talk about basketbal…
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