What happens when a Canadian kid who “didn’t like hockey” turns a 2006 podcast experiment into one of basketball’s most beloved shows? In this episode of the Hoopsology Podcast, we sit down with J.E.
Skeets, co-host of the No Dunks podcast and a veteran of The Starters on NBA TV and The Basketball Jones, for a funny, honest look at basketball media, the Raptors, and where the NBA is headed. Skeets takes us back to the early days of podcasting, when fans had to download MP3s to their iPods and nobody knew what a podcast was.
He explains how he and his college friends from Toronto grew a global audience from a Raptors-focused show, and how that led to The Score, NBA TV, The Athletic, and now an independent No Dunks. In this episode: Skeets’ first basketball memory and his favorite: Game 6 of the 2019 Eastern Conference Finals in Toronto Growing up Canadian and watching basketball explode in the country How the show started in 2006, before podcasting was mainstream Why No Dunks stayed fun and positive when negativity gets the clicks Keeping it honest on NBA TV without losing your voice What legends like Shaq, Chuck, and Zeke were like behind the scenes Summer League, the “NBA Comic Con,” and the live shows in Vegas The state of the NBA: gambling scandals, second aprons, and league-wide parity Why Skeets thinks Victor Wembanyama will own the next decade Whether expansion would dilute the league NBA Europe and the Euroleague Kawhi Leonard’s return to the Raptors, and why Skeets is trying to pump the brakes Scottie Barnes, RJ Barrett, and Toronto’s season outlook The origin of the “wedgie,” how a Ralph Lawler call became part of NBA language Why so many pregame and postgame shows are too serious, and what Inside the NBA got right If you love basketball podcasts, NBA culture, Raptors basketball, or the stories behind your favorite shows, this one is for you.
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