Like your basketball games with a side of irreverence? NBA TV will broadcast Tuesday’s Portland Trail Blazers game against San Antonio Spurs with a twist: commentary by The Starters, hosts of an eponymous daily basketball and entertainment show.
The show, which features J.E. Skeets, Tas Melas, Trey Kerby and Leigh Ellis, began more than ten years ago as a basketball-themed podcast called The Basketball Jones out of Toronto, Canada. In 2013 they moved to NBA TV with a half hour daily show as well as a weekly Twitter-only recap of the week’s events called The Drop.