The Basketball Jones Pilot Episode (2006)
No Dunks
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5 β’ 4.6K Ratings
ποΈ 11 January 2026
β±οΈ 32 minutes
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Summary
To celebrate our show's 20th anniversary, we're sharing The Basketball Jones' previously unaired pilot episode from January 11th, 2006. That's right, 20 years ago today, Skeets, Tas, and JD sat down at a dining room table in Toronto to try their hand at recording a basketball podcast. The rest, as they say, is history. Enjoy.
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| 0:00.0 | What's good, everybody? Jay Eskietz on the No Dunks podcast, got something special for you today. |
| 0:05.6 | 20 years ago, to the day, we're talking January 11th, 2006. |
| 0:12.0 | I sat down at a dining room table in an East Toronto apartment with Tasmelis and J.D. |
| 0:19.4 | to try and record a basketball podcast. We didn't know what |
| 0:23.7 | we were doing. We didn't know what would become of the podcast. We just pressed record and started |
| 0:30.3 | talking hoops. Well, we have that show for you today. Now, again, this was a pilot episode. It never saw the light of day. |
| 0:40.3 | In fact, it wouldn't be until the following week on January 18th, where we would premiere |
| 0:47.5 | episode zero zero one of the basketball Jones to the world. So in a way, this demo episode is some sort of weird |
| 0:56.0 | NBA media history. And I'm going to warn you, it's horrible. It is a mess. It's a little |
| 1:03.5 | rough around the edges. I can barely talk. I'm nervous as hell. There's a phone that starts |
| 1:09.9 | ringing at one point. |
| 1:11.8 | J.D. doesn't have a goddamn mic when we're recording this, but it'll give you a sense of just how far we've come in the last 20 years. |
| 1:21.2 | And the truth is, I think anything 20 years old is worth celebrating. |
| 1:26.2 | So we're going to have a few more fun surprises plan for you a little later this month. |
| 1:31.5 | But for now, let's take you back to the start. |
| 1:35.4 | After the break, the first ever recording of the Basketball Jones podcast. |
| 1:41.1 | Enjoy. |
| 1:42.3 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 1:44.9 | Guaranteed human. Enjoy. This is an I-Heart podcast. Guaranteed human. |
| 1:50.1 | You're listening to the Basketball Jones with Jee's Skeets and Tats. |
| 1:56.1 | If you'd like to have your say, then give us a call on the Jones line, 416-519-4778, or email us at |
| 2:03.6 | Jones at the basketball Jones.net. |
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