The Basketball Jones - Show Format

Show Format

Each podcast begins with Skeets announcing the number of the episode, the date and random phrase (Ex: “More is not always better.”, "I'm the one who's fighting. Not you, not you, and not you." or "There are over a 1000 different types of bananas") over a random song by Ja Rule feat. either Ashanti or Jennifer Lopez. The "bouncing balls" opening graphics then continues with the theme song “Bones Attack!!” by The Meligrove Band.

Skeets begins each show with the greeting, “Good morning, sweet world!”. Skeets introduces Melas, Kerby (who responds with the phrase "ayoooo", and Leigh who says the phrase "Girls" and then Matt and Doyle (who he refers to as the man who makes the magic and drops happen). Doyle responds with “Hello!”. The hosts then switch off reading the daily headlines.

Currently, the show is divided into one main talking segment followed by a shorter one that includes viewer’s questions, “The ‘Whoa Boy’ Fantasy Line of the Night”, and the 'Book-off picks' a feature in which the hosts compete at selecting winning teams based on gambling odds. The host with most amount of losses at the end of the month has to do the 'Book-off Pay-off' in which the winner of the month chooses something embarrassing for the loser to do. This is shown by the; 'Book-off Pay-off: Repeat after me' on YouTube. Thursday's shows typically feature a segment changing from week to week. These usually include Leigh. Melas ends the show with a quote to which Skeets replies, “Embrace the day people.” This is followed by a sample of the song "Love Letter" by Easy Access Orchestra.

The Overdose, the hour long audio-only episode on Friday, features interview, commentary and frequently diverts from basketball into the wacky stories from the NBA's week. The Overdose features the Pun Gun game, where Skeets, Melas, Osten, Kerby and Ellis make puns on an NBA players name. Also Leigh Ellis shares his Tweets of the week suggested by listeners on Twitter. "Dirty Talk" by James Wallace is used as the opening song for listener mail during The Overdose.

Skeets’ frequent malapropisms such as “The Internets” and mispronunciations such as Shane “Ba-ché”, Melas’ peculiar analogies and love of the phrase "There's no doubt about that", and Doyle’s eclectic musical selections, as well as various "drops" including the infamous Kenny Smith quote "Gimme Some Raptor News" are all hallmarks of the show.

During the podcast's first three seasons, Caroline Lesley, a New York-based actress introduced the show and recorded several interstitials that ran at the episode's breaks. She has not been incorporated into the video podcast.

Due to a switch in studios caused by Rogers Media purchasing The Score television channel, but not the website and mobile assets, The Basketball Jones discontinued distributing The Fix as a video podcast at the beginning the 2012-13 season. The Basketball Jones still live-streams video from The Fix on Youtube, but only releases the audio on their podcast feed. Additionally, The Overdose only appears on the Grantland Network every third Friday for the 2012-13 season.