As one of the hosts of ‘No Dunks,’ a popular NBA podcast from The Athletic – formerly ‘The Starters,’ an NBA TV show – Ellis made a living geeking out on the sport he’s always loved.
Ellis, originally from Sunbury, Australia, first came to Toronto as a backpacker in 2001, and ended up living in the city for about a year.
That’s where he met J.E. Skeets, Tas Melas, and Jason Doyle, Toronto Metropolitan University graduates and creators of an NBA podcast called ‘The Basketball Jones’ that had been picked up by The Score. He also developed his catch phrase “very solid play,” which he awarded each week to a play made by a player or team that wasn’t particularly flashy, but was effective and fundamentally sound.
“Instantly, you become a teammate even when you don't know a single thing about that person, and you're competing to win of course, but you’re not rubbing it in anyone's face, you're just [trying to] see if we can achieve a little something here together as two strangers, and that feeling is what I love.”
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