The Starters

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The Starters
Genre	Sports (basketball)
Presented by	Phil Elder Tas Melas Trey Kerby Leigh Ellis
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Production locations	Atlanta, Georgia Various NBA arenas or cities (special shows)
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	NBA TV
Release	January 18, 2006 (2006-01-18) – June 14, 2019 (2019-06-14)
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The Starters was a podcast, blog, and television program that analyzed, and often satirized, the National Basketball Association (NBA). The show was written and hosted by Canadians Tas Melas and Phil Elder (J.E. Skeets), Australian Leigh Ellis and American Trey Kerby. It was shot, edited, and produced by Canadians Jason Doyle and Matt Osten.

The show was broadcast on NBA TV from 2013 to 2019 and was also available on YouTube. They also created and released regular audio-only podcasts.

Prior to joining NBA TV, this podcaster ensemble was known as The Basketball Jones.

The same team, minus Ellis and Osten, now host a daily NBA podcast for The Athletic called No Dunks.