Podcast News: Paradise Studio
As mentioned yesterday, while begging you to go and vote The Basketball Jones for Best Podcast, the boys and I are gearing up to record a new show this Thursday morning — episode ‘one-eight-five,’ if my memory serves me chana masala correctly. (Sorry, I had Indian food last night. Aroma. Yum.)
Thing is, as of right now, Tas and I have little to no idea what we’re going to talk about. Sure, we might ramble on about this hot FIBA action, stir up some more Jermaine O’Neal trade talk, and/or sound off on Rafer ‘Slash To My Lou’ Alston . . . but honestly, none of that junk is that great.
So, we’d really appreciate your input, questions and feedback. Most of you guys here seem pretty S-M-R-T. Most. Of. You.
As always, you’ve got three ways to get at us. This page breaks down two of ‘em. Cheers.
Comments (8)The Next One(s)?
Kevin Durant is a carbon copy of MJ in the mid-80’s. The smile, the bright eyes, the boyish good looks, the way he talks, the way he carries himself. He’s got everything it takes to be the next one. And this really has nothing to do with who Jeff Green is, but since he’s gonna be Durant’s running mate for a while in Seattle, let’s make him the next Scottie Pippen. He does have the all around type game and maybe he’ll marry a gorgeous Assyrian-American and lose lots of money to Kevin playing poker.
Which beings us to another pair of pseudo-ballers/gamblers. Young Skeets (Jordan) and I (Pips) will bring you a podcast by about noon on Thursday. J.E. will lead the stories of us running the casino in Montreal (sort of), and I will compliment his game.
So, if you have any questions or comments, please get ‘em in. There’s a 93% chance we’ll use one of your calls and/or e-mails.*
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*I always provide better odds than Skeets.
Comments (7)Site News: Still Breathing, ‘Cast Coming
I meant to post this earlier this morning, but I fell asleep watching Becker reruns. Sorry.
SI.com’’s very own Kelly Dwyer will be stopping by the studio tonight — via the power of technology! — to help The Jones record our NBA Finals preview show. Should be good. We’re even planning on dusting off the ol’ Asia album!
So, if you have any questions/comments for Kelly, Tas or myself, please send ‘em in. Three ways to do so: Call (214-5-JONES-1), e-mail (jones [at] thebasketballjones.net) or just scream from your balcony if you live in JD’s apartment building.
You can expect the 30-minute show live up in your ear hole early Thursday morn. Scouts honor.
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Comments (2)Our Sleep Deprivation Hasn’t Been Traded Yet
Just saw this on the HoopsHype rumors page:
League sources report that The Basketball Jones spent the early part of Thursday trying to acquire some vitamin C and sleep for JD in a deal that would have left Team Rest with a computer keyboard, some Honey Nut Cheerios and the expiring contract of podcaster Tas Melas, whose $2.2 million comes off the books this summer.
Sorry, guys . . . no show today. We’ll be back tomorrow morning.
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PS: Settle down. Tas isn’t on the trading blocks. Jeesh …
Comments (1)No Podcast, No Cry
*** NOTE: There will not be a podcast this morning. We’ve run in to some technical issues but we will definitely be back tomorrow. ***
In the mean time, please check out the latest gem from Senor Jordan’s people. Watching this 15 times is probably a lot better use of your time anyway.
Comments (10)Episode Zzzzzz… Zzzzzz…
No show this morning. Blame it on “Thursday” …
The Basketball Jones ‘The Fix’ — Episode 099 (coming tomorrow)
The Basketball Jones ‘1-Hour Anniversary Special’ — Episode 100 (coming Monday)
In case you haven’t done so yet, make sure you give us a call and leave your congratulations/thoughts on The Basketball Jones podcast turning 100. We’re going to be airing all of your well-wishes/death threats throughout the anniversary show, so please, if you have a minute, drop us a message.
The number to call is 214-5-JONES-1.
Fell free to say whatever you want, but try to keep it under 30 seconds. And oh, don’t be afraid to leave your name/site/paper. That’d be sweet.
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We Can’t Podcast — Please Don’t Hate
*** NOTE: There will not be a podcast this morning. JD has run himself thin and is under the weather. We’ll be back in full force with a super-duper show on Monday. ***
So, I’ll babble instead. I watched the Heat and Pacers play the 1st game of Thursday’s doubleheader and there were a few times I was furious with the officiating. It was bad. It was horrible. It was awful. It was horri-awful (O’Neal, Shaquille).
The refereeing was puzzling in the 4th quarter. With about 5 minutes left, Dwyane Wade went to the rack and his lay-in got stuck between the rim and the backboard. The referees blew the whistle and the TNT team said it would be a jump ball. Fine, that made sense. After a long discussion, the refs decided to change the call and they hit Jermaine O’Neal with a foul instead. What?! There was no whistle when Wade threw the ball up; the play was blown dead when old leather got jammed. The replay showed Fivehead trying to get out of the way – there’s no way he fouled anyone.
Now, I might be making too much of this, but this horrendous call took me back to the NBA Finals last year when Wade couldn’t get so much as a Stackhouse fingernail on him without getting a whistle. Speaking of Stack, did you see him sing the national anthem for the Lakers-Mavs game last night? He was actually pretty good. Back to the superstar call. This is something that has to be taken care of. It is so blatant that it’s become embarrassing. I don’t think the league influences the officials in any way in terms of which players should get more calls, but the big names have been getting special treatment for as long as I can remember. This superstar syndrome turns the casual fan right off. With the game being called the way it is – perimeter players allowed to move around untouched – the constant whistle blowing has to be monitored. The league can’t take away the speed and flow, the beautiful parts of the game.
That being said, the crew seemed to be having some serious problems in the 4th. When Marquis Daniels bounced it off the foot of Mourning and was called for an over-and-back when he recovered it, Doug Collins rightly pointed out the reason the ball went to the Heat was because Daniels looked guilty. We’re awarding possession of the ball due to a facial expression now? There was more. When the Pacers intentionally fouled Wade with a push to the chest an only 4 seconds left, the whistles remained silent.
Listen, I don’t think the NBA is officiated worse than any other pro sport in North America, but there are those select times when it makes me cringe. There are several factors this happens I guess – the speed of the game, all those big bodies in that small space, the difficulty referees have in seeing things all parts of the players’ bodies because of their positioning and because of the massive physiques, etc.
I bitch because I love, ya know.
Comments (15)Festivus For The Rest Of Us
The holidays just don’t stop this time of year. Today is Christmas, Hanukkah just past, Kwanzaa starts tomorrow - what a great time to be multi-religious. I smell a new trend…
Just wanted to wish the best for you, your families and friends over the holidays.
Here’s hoping you get all the gifts you want. More importantly, here’s hoping Kobe Bryant gets that helicopter he wants - now that would make for some stories.
Enjoy yourselves people.
Kobe on Shaq: Sour Split ‘a Shame’ [Miami Herald]
Jingle Bells Courtesy the Pistons [Need4Sheed.com]
Interview With A Jones-pire
I had no idea what to title this post. Can you tell?
Like many others, I absolutely love the work Jason Gurney does with lowpost.net.
In fact, I spend so much time over there — checking recent threads, reading his blog, making sure I write more posts than YAYsports! — that on more than one occasion I’ve accidentally written ‘lowpost.net’ as my current place of address. Yeah, not healthy…
So, it was a great honor for me to wake up this past Saturday to talk with Jason about the Basketball Jones site and podcast — and ‘03 Draft/TMNT comparisons — as part of a continuing feature he’s doing on interviewing basketball bloggers. (See previous interviewees: Abbott, Henry and Gossip, Suns.)
Anyway, if you’re up for more of me–you have a problem, and should probably get that checked out.
Many thanks/apologies to Jason for having me on/trying to transcribe my never-ending babble.
Interview With J.E. Skeets From The Basketball Jones [lowpost.net/blog]
Comments (8)The Armadillo Cowboy Reminds You …
… about this SBL Adam Morrison interview much, much too late. (Sorry.)
And oh, to get your questions, thoughts, concerns, haikus, dreams, recipes, and songs in tonight/early tomorrow for our daily morning podcast — The Fix.
Three ways to do so:
Comments (0)1. E-mail us at jones@thebasketballjones.net
2. Leave us a voice message at 214-5-JONES-1
3. Record and send us an Odeo message
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