CJ Miles on the Evolution of the NBA
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Good morning and welcome to the NBA Daily. I'm Dave DeFore here with S. Barahany and special guest C.J. Miles.
Good morning, everybody. What is up? Welcome to the show. C.J. Miles, 16 year NBA vet. Yeah. poet, photographer, NBA photographer, CJ miles. How's everything going, man? I'm going good, man. Yeah. I mean, retirement is barely retired. He's not retired. He's working.
I don't say the word. Like I'm just doing some other stuff.
All right. So what have you been up to?
You know, since, since you retired from, I mean, I took some time to rest. Yeah. The first like three, four years of it, I guess, like I retired, I guess, officially in 21 to 21, 22. So like, it's been, I got a good three years of just being at home. Like we talked about like checking my own mailbox, being in the pickup line, being on my kids, doing the whole, like just, and then trying things too. Like I did a podcast for the Raptors with Yahoo Canada. Yes. I did. It was good by the way. It was a good podcast. Yeah, it was good. Yahoo Canada, just that part of the department was just gone. Yeah. And then radio broadcasting. I do part-time broadcast when you talk jazz, just trying and being around like, just playing around right really what what got you into photography um because I don't I don't remember so in your career you being into you know what I mean yeah so like I was I've always been like a creative like I guess that's the term we would use right but I was always into like I wrote I was making music throughout my career a lot of people know I was doing all those things and like
My big goal was to be a communicator, to be a storyteller.
How did CJ Miles transition from NBA player to photographer and creative storyteller?
That was always part of my idea of myself. And I started picking up the camera early in my career, young and dumb, just off and on with it. But the biggest thing was if I'm going to be a communicator and tell stories, I wanted to have the image. I wanted to tell stories with my imagery also. I didn't want someone else guessing, okay, this is what we think he's talking about.
So that's what pulled me all the way in. How long did it take you to like figure out the ins and outs, the technical side of it? Because he used to be a photographer. Yeah. And like, I think a big learning curve for that is just the technical aspect of photography.
And it's just time. Like my biggest thing, I shot into the picture. Did you shoot film? I didn't.
Straight to digital? I went straight to digital.
Do you want to do film? I do. I'm working backwards. Okay.
Yeah, that's fine, though. I do the same thing. Honestly, yeah. Your Photoshop skills are going to get way better once you're in the dark.
Yeah, that's what I've heard. I got something for you.
Once you learn to dodge and burn in real life, I mean, it really does change the way that you use Photoshop. What kind of camera do you shoot?
uh the games uh sony yeah sony a1 yeah we got those uh right here and i like uh the a7 he's got good stuff too you got the sony a7 or have the a1 oh a1 so i was late to sony so i got all the newest stuff yeah i'm a new sony user so i was fuji film because that's what i learned on so like part of me was just like this is what i know what i learned and then one day i went to a game and i was like there's shots i'm missing simply because i need a faster camera Like it wasn't about anything.
And I was like, I'm not going to miss any more shots. I think the Fujifilm is micro four thirds, if I'm correct. And is that correct? I'm not sure. Anyway, let's not get too technical. OK, so we ran into each other at the finals. We hadn't seen each other in a while. And you're out there lugging around camera gear like a rookie. OK, so so you're back as a rookie again. And what's it what's it like, like covering the NBA from, you know, from behind a camera?
It's been dope, honestly. Like for me, because now the biggest thing is like reliving a lot of emotions and things. That's what writing has been booming more because like I'm in these arenas, but now I'm in there as a witness and not like as the thing. Right. And being able to see everything going on in the arena and feel it and recognize things and like trigger memories of my own.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–1:46
2
How did CJ Miles transition from NBA player to photographer and creative storyteller?
1:46–7:17
3
What camera gear and techniques does CJ Miles use to capture NBA games?
7:17–10:15
4
How does photographing games change CJ’s experience of reliving basketball moments?
10:15–16:58
5
Which current NBA players does CJ enjoy watching and why do they stand out?
16:58–23:09
6
How has the NBA evolved from system-heavy play to more decision-making and positionless basketball?
23:09–36:12