Hey there, Nick Spans. How you doing? It's your boy, Jonathan Macri, with you for another

edition of the Nix Film School podcast coming at you on an off day between games. Knicks won

against the Bulls on Tuesday night and they will face off, of course, against the Celtics

on Thursday night. But we are off, of course, against the Celtics on Thursday night.

But we are, of course, dropping a new pod.

And boy, is it a good one.

I recorded this conversation about an hour and a half ago with someone that I have been a fan of for quite some time.

And that is because, as simply put, he does some of the best work in terms of covering the NBA in the areas that I find particularly interesting because he dispenses with all of the nonsense and concentrates on the actual basketball.

What a novel concept.

Of course, I'm talking about Steve Jones Jr.

You can hear him every week on the Dunker Spot.

You could, which is, of course, part of the Old Men and the Three podcast network with J.J. Reddick.

There's a reason that his star has just flown to the top of the ranks over the last

few years in the NBA.

And that's because his work is second to none.

So I'm going to stop blabbering on and on.

And I will get right to my conversation with Steve Jones Jr.

Steve Jones Jr. How you doing my man?

I'm doing well. Happy to be here. I'm excited to be here. I'll make sure I send the

invoice for that intro. Much appreciated. But yeah, let's talk Nix.

You know, I like that. That was like genuine enthusiasm as opposed to when we first started the show during like the 2017, 18, 18, 19, whatever it was season where I was like, people would try to feign that sort of excitement.

And it just didn't go well because it was just not very exciting to talk about this team.

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