We used to be The Basketball Jones, then we were The Starters, then we were The Free Agents for a minute, but for the last three years, we’ve been No Dunks and are with The Athletic. We’re here to tease a new collaboration with [r/NBA](https://www.reddit.com/r/NBA) where we’ll be taking the best threads from the month and putting them in podcast form, along with many more cool ideas. Ask us anything and let us know what you’d like to see!
Thanks for all the questions. Find our show here:
No Dunks on YouTube: [https://www.youtube.com/NoDunksInc](https://www.youtube.com/NoDunksInc)
No Dunks on The Athletic: [http://www.theathletic.com/nodunks](http://www.theathletic.com/nodunks)
No Dunks on Apple Podcasts: [apple.co/3CUsJOD](https://apple.co/3CUsJOD)
No Dunks on Spotify: [spoti.fi/2xpWzKb](https://spoti.fi/2xpWzKb)
by Real_Tas_Melas
48 Comments
Hey! Love listening to you guys.
Do you ever plan on having someone new come in to “replace” the Aussie? I know Leigh is irreplaceable, but I’m wondering if you do have plans to fill his seat.
what your favorite color
Are you ever gonna change Leigh saying “Twitter” in the tweet of the night segment?
Your All Time NBA Jam team episode was one of my favorite listens in a long time, but it got me thinking: What if you did NBA Street instead? That gives 3 players per teams and changes things up a little.
Would Houston or Milwaukee have Rafer Alston on their squad?
There are so many high quality NBA podcasts out there, do y’all listen to any others regularly?
Do you guys like basketball
Who has been your favourite guest ever? Doesnt have to be NBA, Wendell was a dope guest
When are we getting the anime film session? I need to hear Trey’s thoughts on attack on Titan
I drop the “Swim up bar, lookin good” line all the time and have absolutely no idea what it’s from even after Googling. I’m dying to know the reference.
Have you opened your third eyes yet?
Ciao guys, so nice to have you here! What did it go through your minds when Leigh told you he was gonna quit?
Not so much a question, but I feel like you guys need to know that one of Leigh’s favorite TV characters, Leon Black, endorsed the Leigh Pee on a recent episode of Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend.
Do you ever think about being more critical of players? Of all the show is very positive compared to some other pods that really talk about why teams fail? Edit- love the show!
Why is luka so good?
Can you bring back the pocket dogs. Also what’s your favorite wedgie of all time?
How have you guys been holding up?
Is JD lowkey a baller?
Do you guys think Marcus Morris could be the number one option on a championship team?
Hey guys! How far do you think this Cavs team can go?
I’m a relatively new Atlantian living in Atlantic Station. Have you guys had a chance to check out the Overtime Elite facility for any games yet? Any thoughts on the product?
What was the coolest NBA-related experience you had while hosting the Starters?
All time favorite wedgie?
What jersey numbers you three you’d use if you were to play a game as the NoDunks Team?
First time long time etc.
A few questions:
Enjoy the pod/show and am wondering how likely it is that there’ s a new aspect you guys are going to take the show to?
And is there a under the radar player that you think could be traded?
What are some of the bad pick em pay off ideas?
Other than the all-time greats like MSG, what are the gang’s favorite arenas? All bias for State-Farm aside lol
What is the best Arby’s menu item and when is the Arby’s/No Dunks collab with the BIG BEEF n’ Cheddar happening
no question here, just wanted to come appreciate you guys for being the only NBA podcast to reference **every single player to ever play in the league**. including but not limited to my guy Jason Kapono: most beautiful shooter of the basketball ever
Which team has the worst color combinations and which one has the best?
Has an nba player or personality ever surprised you with their off court demeanour not matching their public perception?
What do you think the Lakers could do to fix their season, if at all?
Long time listener since the TBJ days here! No question here, just wanted to thank you for keeping me entertained all throughout my later college years into my early 30s! One of my favorite quotables from the pod came from /u/treykerby said, “Ky Bowman, he’s a showman. Eric Paschall, he’s a rascal.”
How successful would this Utah Jazz team have to be for somebody to make a movie about them trading away their star players and start playing great team basketball? (Similar to the movie Moneyball).
If there’s an opportunity to go back to TV again, will you do it? And is it going to be called The Starters or No Dunks? Maybe “No Starters”?
Hey Dinkers and Dumpers!
How did you guys end up with theScore in the earlier days? Follow up question, did the team ever think of resurrecting “The Basketball Jones” name?
I used to have a dropbox folder of a bunch of really old No Season Required Tour podcasts, as well as Blank Jones and Drop podcasts from your old Basketball Jones days.
I lost access to that folder a while ago and I think it got deleted, but I still have a few people messaging me by finding old threads where I posted it, they ask me if I still have them. I might have them on an old laptop, but hard to find now. Some people have posted most of them from that link on other sites I believe, but not all.
I guess some people still have some nostalgia for them, the Blank Jones and No Season Required tour ones were super funny especially. Would it be possible for you guys to post those if you still have access to them?
When you come to Salt Lake for the ASG, can I get y’all a beer?
What would be more surprising: Pelicans landing the #1 pick via the Lakers, or the Jazz ending up with a top 4 seed in the playoffs?
Are they any pun guns that live rent free in your head?
Hey No Dunks,
I have a pretty simple question.
Do any of you guys have a genuine worry about all the hype going into drafting Victor Wembanyama? I personally feel like we have seen this type of guy before, and been let down before. What do you guys think?
Love you guys, awesome.
Hey guys! If you had to assign Wembanyama and Scoot to teams that you believe will be lottery teams, which player would you put in which team? ps: I’m a Spurs fan and I don’t believe that anyone on the Spurs has the potential to even be the second best player on a contender, so I really need one of these two players on the Spurs!
Is Jerome a Raptors homer too?
Jason Doyle, who are your top 5 filmmakers of all-time?
Has anybody done a deep dive on how wedgies are supposed to show up in the play-by-play data? I’m a professional data scientist (not in the world of sports though) and took a stab at it… looking for sequences where a missed shot is followed by a jump ball (possibly with substitutions mixed in and zero/minimal time elapsing on the clock), and I cross-referenced to clips you guys had of wedgies one year. I’m convinced there is a conspiracy where the NBA wants to hide wedgies, because the data was insanely inconsistent and I could not reliably identify a wedgie from play-by-play alone.
Can you get Schuhmann on it?
If you guys had the chance to go back to NBA TV would you take it?
Or do you prefer the kinda less structured “do rapid fire for 30 minutes just for fun” livestream/podcast format better.
If the NBA invited you guys back onto TV, would you accept?
Hello from Toronto – Love the Podcast and the YouTube Content! (been a fan since The Basketball Jones era)
Here are some random segment ideas that you could consider for your Podcasts:
* On Monday’s, you could do a segment where you each talk about your Top 3 plays that happened on the court over the weekend – a poster dunk, no-look pass, defensive stop, etc…would be fun to talk about some of the best plays you guys witnessed
* You could have a “On This Day” segment, where you randomly check the NBA Archives and look up and look back at Games, Players, Performances that happened on that day in NBA History. It could lead to some interesting banter and reminiscing about players and teams from years gone by. Could be fun!
* Don’t think you’ve done this too much since you left NBAtv, but doing interviews with players, coaches, NBA personnel, would be amazing! Bringing your cool, quirky, fun style to the interview game would be great to see again. Would be fun to see guys come on your Podcast and have a chat about the current season, their careers, top moments, etc.
Keep up the great work! You guys Rock!
What is the new collaboration with r/NBA? Can you tell us more?
PS : huge fan of the show
That was a blast. Thanks for all the questions! We plan to start a Reddit-themed show Wednesday integrating the smart and funny threads on r/nba and then do it monthly. Would love to hear your suggestions. Find our show here:
No Dunks on YouTube: [https://www.youtube.com/NoDunksInc](https://www.youtube.com/NoDunksInc)
No Dunks on The Athletic: [http://www.theathletic.com/nodunks](http://www.theathletic.com/nodunks)
No Dunks on Apple Podcasts: [apple.co/3CUsJOD](https://apple.co/3CUsJOD)
No Dunks on Spotify: [spoti.fi/2xpWzKb](https://spoti.fi/2xpWzKb)