The Drop | Leigh Ellis Returns To Talk Traveling, Basketball & Life
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Good morning, sweet world, and welcome to the No Dunks podcast presented by FanDuel. It's Friday, January 16th, 2026. This is The Drop. I'm J.E. Skeets here in the Classic Factory, and alongside me, as always, Tass Mellis. Podcast listeners, this is definitely for you. Next to him, it's my Top Shot hot boy, Trey Kirby. Heyo! Heyo! Over yonder, making the magic happen, Super Producer J.D. Hello. There he is. There he is. And he's back! to help us celebrate 20 years of podcasting. He was a staple on this show for over a decade before heading out on his own to play hoops against the world. It's the international man of mystery, Lee Ellis.
Lee, Lee.
Can you tell we're pumped to have you back? I'm kind of horny in here right now. Excuse me. I'm being honest, man. This is like, what are you shooting in the off season in here? So you like it? Oh, my God, I do. I do. Lee is looking around right now for the podcast. Taking it all in. Taking it in, yes.
Very sexy. We are excited to have you, obviously.
It's great to be here.
We'll get into what you've been up to, and we'll even talk a little NBA from last night and obviously the first half of the season. And because we knew you were coming, we thought, we've got to get this guy a wedgie. So we got one last night, wedgie number 35. This is a bit of a crazy one. Grayson Allen, he's going to see that the shot clock is expiring, so he chucks it up and sticks it. Wow.
35, did you say?
35 wedgies, Lee. Look at this pace we're on. 63. Is that a new record? Would that be a new record? What is the record?
Yeah, it would be. What did we hit last year?
Last year was 48. Oh, wow. 61 was the record, I think.
No, the year prior was 63. It would be the exact same number. Okay, nice. Right. Wow. It's been a good year for wedgies.
I can tell. That's a unique one, too. Oh, yeah. It wasn't like a dead play, so it does count. Oh, yeah.
Check the rules. He was getting a shot up. Yeah, we had it tweeted to us by the PHNX guys because it was wild. A wild alley you've missed, and then Grayson Allen with the leaner wedgie. Three, two, one on the clock. I'm just going to stick it right there, so I'm just going to lean so it's perfectly. That guy took 23s last night. One of them was a wedge. Yeah, wow.
Do you stick any wedgies lately? I haven't, but I've seen a few along the way. There we go. I was wondering.
So international wedgies.
Yes. And it remains a universal hilarity of seeing people try to dislodge a wedgie. There was one in Hong Kong actually just recently where they lodged it in. Honestly, it took them 10 attempts to un-wedge. Wow. Hilarious.
Well, look, the last time we had you on No Dunks was October 2022. That's like three and a half years ago. That was your goodbye episode. Yeah. You talked about following your two great passions. Yeah. Basketball and traveling. And your goal was to head out and play 20 games in 20 different cities across 20 different countries. The 20-20-20 challenge. Yeah. Success?
Yes, in terms of getting that done, quicker than I thought too. I wrapped it up in 14 months and I was like, oh, damn. Now what? Basically, yeah, I was like, oh, okay, that's not quite how I thought it would be. I thought it would be way more like, oh, my God. god you know three and a half years later I'm up to 18 you know that's what I thought yeah um things happen and I got a few offers and a few opportunities and then situations have evolved and I got it all done and so that's when I got to the point I'm like hmm I can't just now say all right I'm gonna go to 30 or 40 or you know like it sort of is different so I sort of rebranded to this new basketball passport which uh which I'm doing now which is like trying to incorporate everything related to well basketball and passport and so yeah
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is discussed at the start of this section?
0:00–8:07
2
What are the highlights of Lee Ellis's basketball passport journey?
8:07–8:50
3
How did Lee Ellis's 20-20-20 challenge turn out?
8:50–13:41
4
What surprises have emerged in the current NBA season?
13:41–1:00:41
5
What are the implications of the USA vs. World format in the All-Star game?
1:00:41–1:01:29
6
How does Lee Ellis view the current NBA All-Star game format?
1:01:29–1:02:01
7
What are the challenges of keeping players engaged in the All-Star games?
1:02:01–1:03:55
8
What personal experiences does Lee share about his travels and basketball?
1:03:55–1:48:28
Speakers
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