Comments for The Starting Five

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Produced by Joe Richman/Radio Diaries and Joe Richman

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Summary: The NBA, now a multi-billion dollar entertainment industry, looked very different a half century ago.
 

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Review of The Starting Five

Excellent piece, well produced, well written, appropriate music. It would fit anywhere, especially when talking about sports, basketball or the older generation. I especially liked the quote about the way they shot the ball and if you shot a jump shot you'd find yourself on the bench next to the coach.

I do like the piece, and obviously all of those who have a hand in it are excellent at what they do. I have a question, though: Should a story be told only by it's content, or does a producer still have room to play with it when the story is known? I'd like to hear a neoteric storytelling version of "The Starting Five".