X’s and O’s from Steve Jones Jr.

Former NBA video coordinator and assistant coach Steve Jones Jr. brings you X’s and O’s, an independent publication created to amplify the joys and nuances of basketball, and life.

You might have seen Steve Jones Jr’s name floating around. His sharp eyes and quick insights show up everywhere: socials, podcasts, film rooms, a screenshot in an article you read part of but is still open in a browser tab; he puts out a stream of analysis so steadily incisive you might wonder how he has any time to find any sweet treats in a day. Somewhere between pregame streams, live game watch parties, postgame lives, watching all the tape, raising daughters, and running various online gaming empires, he’s created this space to deliver even more insights—X’s and O’s on the court and some of life’s sweetness too. Don’t you want in?

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”If you’ve seen any of my content, you know that I have a basketball illness. I’m looking for playcalls, coverages, schemes, well timed cuts, screening angles, defensive rotations“

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Stay up to date with basketball—and Steve— with reminders of upcoming games and streams. You’ll know what games to get excited about and where to find the most balanced insights available.

You can expect plenty of clips and breakdowns with keen commentary and infectious enthusiasm. You can expect to hear about defense often and efficiency rarely. You might be expecting to learn more about X’s and O’s; you likely will. But you might not expect to enjoy the game of basketball even more than before—or where that joy comes from. You might not expect Steve’s playlists to feature so much Sabrina Carpenter they’re almost exclusively Sabrina Carpenter. You might not expect to see so many things differently.

Drop those expectations. Let’s talk about drop coverage. Get in the game.

Finding Steve

Streams:

Hear Steve Jones Jr break down news and rumblings in the NBA and WNBA, weekly with Nekias Duncan on The Dunker Spot Podcast on Wondery, Apple, Spotify

If you’d like to join our Dunker Spot Watch Parties – they're free, and easy to sign up for; join the dunkers, daily on Playback

Steve joins Adam McCreary on From The Wing, a New Orleans Pelicans podcast

Catch up with Steve on live streams like NBA Live Presented by YouTube TV and recurring Bleacher Report Streams

Socials:

Keep up with Steve on Twitter/X or Bluesky

Stay up to date with The Dunker Spot on Twitter/X or send in a mailbag question to DunkerSpot@Yahoo.com

Tap into Pels news by following From The Wing on Twitter/X

Dive into Steve’s threads of game breakdowns (with clips!) on Thread Reader

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