Hoop Threads

We checked in on the NBA regular season awards, title contenders, prospects, and a play-in team that could raise some hell come playoff time. Host: @pr0ia. Guests: @tylersollenne, @bilo_lc

First we talk about Sean, his journey, his writing/evaluation process, and what went into his Oral Roberts prediction. Then we bring Jordan on to discuss our favorite teams, matchups, and things to watch in the remaining rounds of the NCAA tournament.

In this episode we give some of our March Madness predictions: everything from our coach on the hot seat, biggest seeding issue, Cinderella teams, Final Four picks, upsets, and so much more. Host: @pr0ia, Guest: @accbr1

Mychal discusses his journey, how the podcast came to fruition, some of his favorite ACC memories, ACC What-if's, preseason takes, NBA prospects, and he even picks his college basketball drinking team. 5:00 Most rewatchable ACC game 8:00 Best tournament game 10:00 Coach on the hot seat that looks the most ridiculous in retrospect 14:00 UNC upperclassmen struggles 20:00 Biggest ACC What-if 27:00 Pr...

Spoke to our DMV roundtable about their journeys, high school basketball during covid, G League 2021 recommendations, the Fab 5, and much more.  1:30 Talk about your journey 8:00 Talk about the experience of sports during CoVid 17:30 The transfer portal 20:00 How would the Fab 5 experience have been if it happened today? 25:45 The next G League Ignite team 31:30 Overtime League 36:30 Next wav...

We spoke to Jim about his journalism background, covering the Pelicans, and shared some insight on working within the NBA. 0:30 Career background 3:30 Sources say 7:00 Narrative 12:15 Media's expectations for players 20:30 Objectivity 23:00 relationship with the front office and team 26:00 Josh Hart 28:45 Comparing #1 pick buzz 31:00 Boogie Cousins 32:45 Trade block  40:00 Vetoed trades 49:00...

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We spoke with DG about his DeMatha career, Niagara, playing overseas, working for an NBA franchise, training, coaching youth sports, and his thoughts on DeMatha culture. :30 beginnings 4:00 Playing with Joe forte and Keith bogans 5:00 Championship his senior year 34-1 7:00 Toughness questions 8:00 Playing for Morgan Wootten 10:00 What is this era missing most  15:00 Niagara 17:00 Dominant sop...

We spoke with Free and Chris about their high school careers, their time together at Georgetown, Coach Thompson, playing in the G league and overseas, and much more. 1:00 Basketball beginnings and journey 5:30 WCAC Comp 11:30 Georgetown 19:00 Big John stories 26:30 Translation of their games in modern day hoops 28:00 Favorite matchup 31:30 Current Hoya program 38:00 What if- DMV players 43:00 G Le...

In part 2 of our conversation with Mark Edwards we discuss skill development, training methods, social justice, and the next wave of athletes :10 Mount Rushmore of skill development guys 5:00 Vertical training 10:45 Motivating athletes and training mindsets 18:00 College student athletes taking advantage of access  27:00 Social conscience, maturity of next wave of athletes 46:00 Relationships...

In part 1 we speak with Mark about his playing career, NYC basketball, Run n Shoot, and player development insights. 0:50 Playing career and NYC Basketball culture 9:40 Training start 14:00 And1 29:15 Run n Shoot's impact on Atlanta basketball 31:15 #1 Skill that needs to be taught at a higher level 40:00 Shooting slump help 49:15 Skill development state of the union 57:35 Gilbert Arenas quote

We spoke with Jay about his playing and coaching careers, Coach K, his camp, NCAA decision-making, and his work with ESPN. 1:30 Young Jeezy 3:00 Lessons from his father 4:30 College recruiting process 6:30 “Is your brother home?”? Johnny Dawkins story 9:00 Coach K: then and now 11:30 Hurley/Laettner/Coach K practice environments 13:30 Team USA Experience with Coach K 16:00 Duke basketball staples...

The RoundTable got together to talk awards predictions, over-unders, preseason reactions, and added in some hot takes   1:00 MVP  1:44 MIP  5:31 6MOY   12:32 ROY   17:00 COY   20:25 EOY (Executive)   26:16 DPOY   29:53 Preseason reaction/mulligan on one of your takes on the last pod  37:00 Favorite over-unders Host: @pr0ia. Roundtable: @tsollenne, @bilo...

We spoke with Coach Pope about growing up in Compton, his playing career, being a GA at UW, Orangeville Prep, Compass Prep, his faith, and coaching philosophy.  0:50 Beginnings 2:00 LA Basketball culture 5:30 Competiting at different levels of college basketball 9:20 Working under Coach Hop 14:00 Being a graduate assistant 20:30 Keys to establishing programs 23:45 Big program wins 29:00 Orang...

0:40 Championship contender tiers 7:33 GM’s that had best offseason 18:00 Playoff teams 23:45 Destined for the lottery 30:00 Headscratcher offseason Host: @pr0ia  Guests: @LegitCEO, @Bilo_LC, @TylerSollenne

0:40 Championship contender tiers 4:00 Playoff teams 7:33 GM’s that had best offseason 14:00 Lottery bound 19:40 Headscratcher offseason Host: @pr0ia, @LegitCEO, @bilo_lc, @tylersollenne 

We spoke with PD about his Player Development Web, basketball philosophies, scouting methodologies and techniques, writing style, some underrated names, and even had him play mock GM.   0:30 Basketball roots  1:20 Audience  2:40 Writing style  4:30 Favorite basketball minds  5:40 Box score stats pros and cons  12:35 The Player Development Web  14:45 Instagram han...

0:55 Basketball Journey 13:02 Competing in the Big East, SEC, and ACC 14:02 Steps to building a program 19:45 "Recruit attitude, develop skill" 29:15 Guiding student-athletes through distractions 34:00 Communicating with players and their families 39:00 Program-building through practice 42:20 Load management and injury prevention 47:10 Defensive principles 49:35 Keys to relationship-building 54:20...

Roundtable reacts to the NBA Draft   0:55 NBA Draft winners  5:20 Draft losers  10:05 GM that played it too conservatively  15:05 Surprising storylines  21:05 Favorite player+team fits  26:25 Favorite UDFA fits  30:35 Best value picks  35:05 Near misses  39:25 Undervalued moves  46:45 FA quick reactions   Host: @pr0ia, @tsollenne, @bilo_LC

  0:50 Ripple effects from CP3 trade on the draft 2:30 Hottest draft takes 10:20 Sleeper Picks: 2nd rd/ UDFA that you believe in 17:15 Draft day sliders or riders 21:30 Draft or pass: Lamelo/jahmius/wiseman/pokushevski 36:30 Who are your guys?  48:50 Thoughts on the Duke trio of Stanley/Carey/Jones  Rate, review, and share your feedback! Twitter: @HoopThreadsPod|@pr0ia|@tsollenne| @...

We spoke with Coach Jones about his journey as a player to now the coach at DeMatha, leadership principles, USAB Youth development, relationship-building, and much more. 0:40 Chicken sandwich review  2:00 Basketball Journey 7:00 Importance of having DM Alumni on staff 7:55 Potential 9:10 Expectations for first-year Stags 11:25 Leadership roles 13:10 Channeling competitive energy as a leader 1...

We spoke with two scouts about their journey, the offer process, recruiting, rankings, events, and asked them to give us some of the most underrated players in the DMV.   0:25 Basketball journey   7:06 What is one thing you’ve learned about in scouting that you wish you knew at the beginning?  10:45 Advice you often give to HS players?   13:00 Offers and the politics within&nbs...

We brought on the boys to discuss the playoffs, offseason storylines, and trade ideas. Jordan Lyndaker: @bilo_LC Tyler Sollenne: @tsollenne Marcellus Bowie: @thelegitCEO 0:30 Postseason hits and misses 10:30 Trade ideas for discontent players 14:30 Clippers’ issues 18:20 Comparing LAC to ’11 Miami 24:10 Offseason Storylines 25:30 Jordan small market teams 32:00 Middle to Portland trade idea 38:40...

Kyle joined us to talk about his basketball roots, going from AAU dad to grassroots coordinator, details how A Long Talk got started, and talks candidly about what we can do on macro and micro levels to address the racial injustices happening every day. Please take the time to connect  @ALongTalk2020 Facebook/Twitter/Instagram, as well as Kyle's personal page @kylewilliamsD2i 1:20 Basketball...

We spoke with Osman about his basketball playing journey, getting into the coaching profession, mentoring players, running events, PG county legends, and working for/coaching EYBL Team Durant. 1:47 2019 Made Hoops+ Durant content creators Jordan+Mac 3:02 Coaching/leadership style 5:07 Basketball Journey 9:07 Cleaning the bus 11:37 Injury adversity/end of playing career 18:27 Libyan National Team 2...