Learning Basketball

Ep. 40 Learning Basketball with Esfandiar Baraheni @JustEsBaraheni Es is a Toronto native covering the Toronto Raptors at Raptors Republic with NBA coverage at Bleacher Report, ProHoopsWriters, Sportscasting and Raptors905. Es does Sideline reporting at the CEBL, and is Cohost of NBA Daily with The Athletic Today we learn about the challenges of voting for NBA DPOY with the new 65-game minimum rul...

Ep. 39 with Cameron Salerno @cameronsalerno1 Cameron Salerno covers College Basketball and Football with CBS Sports, formerly of 247 Sports, Sacramento Bee, and the Associated Press covering the Sacramento Kings. Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction  02:34 This High Impact Class of College Freshman 34:11 Sacramento Kings trade Fox for Lavine - Where do they go from here?

Ep. 38 with Tobias Bass@Tobias_Bass on TwitterScouting 2025 NBA Draft Sleepers, Standout Grassroots Prospects, Recruitment & Player Evaluation, Breaking into Sports Media, and The State of Texas High School Hoops with Tobias Bass of The AthleticTobias Bass is a basketball scout, analyst, and live news editor with The Athletic, covering the basketball pipeline and recruitment from grassroots to...

Ep. 37 with Tyler Wilson (@ProspectingNBA) Tyler Wilson covers the San Antonio Spurs and NBA Draft at his Prospecting Leads newsletter on Substack and as a writer and host of the Finishing Touch podcast with Swish Theory Today we learn about the hidden value in the De'Aaron Fox Trade to San Antonio to play with Victor Wembanyama and Chris Paul as the Spurs hold on to all the young prospects, t...

Ep. 36 with Sasha Stefanovic @StefanovicSasha Today we learn basketball with Sasha Stefanovic. Sasha played college basketball at Purdue, has pro experience overseas and is now back at Purdue on the sideline as the Director of Player Personnel. Purdue's Sasha Stefanovic on March Madness stories, playing with Zach Edey, Jaden Ivey, Carsen Edwards, film/scouting process shifting roles alongside...

Ep. 35 with Charlie Cummings (@klaytheist11) Charlie Cummings covers the Golden State Warriors, the Denver Nuggets, and NBA player development for @SwishTheory and @WarriorsInvite and is a pro/college consultant for @NextUp_BBall . Today we learn about how long Jimmy Butler can extend the championship window for Steph & Draymond, and break down the Cavaliers win-now move for De'Andre Hunte...

Ep. 34 Learning Basketball with Tim "Cranjis McBasketball" (@Tim_NBA) Tim is the Founder of BBall Index, a co-host of Lakers Exceptionalism podcast, and an NBA Team & Agent Consultant Today, we learning about different ways JJ Redick can maximize this new look Lakers offense with Luka and LeBron, from theory to breaking down the X's and O's, and outlines expectations for the...

Ep. 33 with Nathan King Nathan King is an Auburn beat reporter with 247 Sports and Hosts the Auburn Undercover Podcast. Today we learn about Auburn’s NBA Draft prospects Johni Broome, Tahaad Pettiford, Chad Baker-Mazara, Miles Kelly, hear about what it was like in the arena for College Gameday’s marquee matchup of the weekend between #1 Auburn vs. #6 Tennessee, and outline what Johni Broome might...

Ep. 32 with Nick Andre Nick Andre hosts Podcasts from "For The Love of The Game" to "Best W Show" to "Bleave in FSU" and works with ChopChat.com and Fansided covering NBA, WNBA, Men's and Women's NCAA basketball, with a focus on FSU Hoops Today we learn about Taniya Latson leading the country in scoring, dominating the game at the levels of Paige Bueckers and Juju Watkins, and we dive into which N...

Ep. 31 with Corban Ford Corban Ford covers the Los Angeles Lakers, the NBA, and the NBA Draft with Swish Theory, The Pro16 League, The Lead, and Basketball Intelligence. Corban is the Podcast Host of Roundball Ramble and Roster Reconstruction. Today we learn about the most shocking trade in NBA history: Luka Doncic for Anthony Davis, reacting and rationalizing how a trade like this could happen an...

Ep. 30 Learning Basketball with Mirin Fader 

 Mirin Fader is a New York Times Best-Selling author of "Giannis: The Improbable Rise of an NBA Champion" and just published her new book "Dream: The Life and Legacy of Hakeem Olajuwon”

 Mirin is a sports writer with The Ringer, formerly of Bleacher Report and the Orange County Register.

 Today, we learn about Mirin's writing proce...

Ep. 29 with Dante Marchitelli Dante Marchitelli is an Orlando Magic Host and Sideline Reporter for Bally sports
 and is a Host of Magic Insiders on 969 The Game and The Pod Squad with the Orlando Magic Today we dive down Orlando Magic history: Dante's journey into Basketball Media, lessons learned working with David Steele and Jeff Turner calling Magic games, Magic player personalities off the cou...

Ep. 28 with Matt Powers Matt covers the NBA/WNBA draft, is an Editor/Co-Founder of Swish Theory, and formerly was a contributor at The Stepien

 Today we learn about The Modern Wave of Skilled Bigs entering the NBA, Scouting Zach Edey and Matt’s #1 prospects in the 2024 NBA Draft, Scouting Cooper Flagg as our #1 prospect in the 2025 NBA Draft, debate Asa Newell vs Derik Queen as a top lottery pick...

Ep. 27 with Lucas Kaplan Lucas is an NBA Writer with Nets Daily and Swish Theory, formerly at SIS_Hoops 
He covers the Brooklyn Nets, the NY Liberty, and the NBA Draft

 He Cohosts The Backcourt Podcast with Sarah Kustok Today we learn about the difference-making strengths of the WNBA Champion NY Liberty, Scoot Henderson's coming out party 39pt Career-High game and development, ask and answer...


Ep. 26 with Zach Welch
 Zach Welch is a Basketball Scout & Analyst with Pro Insight

 We draft our Top-10 “Scoring Creators” at the NBPA Top-100 Camp, targeting the most consistent offensive engine prospects. We also provide our Scouting thoughts on Illinois’ Kasparas Jakucionis as a potential Top-5 2025 NBA Draft Pick, along with detailing Zach’s Scouting Process for Evaluating Potential Fut...

Ep. 25 Learning Basketball with Brian McCormick (from Poland!) Victor Wembanyama The Generational Prospect, Fake Fundamentals, Developing Playmakers at Every Position, Basketball Book Author Writing Process Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction & Background & Coaching Philosophy 20:20 Communication Skills when Players might not understand 26:30 Fake Fundamentals - disproving basketball concepts &a...

Ep. 24 with Eric Weiss @EricWeiss_SA Director of Learning @ Luceo Sports Former Draft & Development Consultant @ Sports Aptitude and Head of NBA Scouting @ Draft Express Co-Creator of CrowdScout with William Huang, a new helpful tool for finding, sharing, and breaking down NBA Film clips
 Timeline: 
 0:00 Introduction & Background
 1:00 Creating the Crowdscout App for NBA Film Editing and...

Learning Basketball –  @AlexHoops  – OKC Thunder, Franz Wagner, Amen Thompson, Scottie Barnes Alex of @AlexHoops on YouTube/Twitter is a cohost of The Media Pass podcast with Mat Issa Timeline:

 0:00 Introduction & Background 1:06 Creative Process Watching Film & Editing YouTube Videos
9:41 Michael Jordan vs. Jackie Moon 
11:06 Media Pass Podcast with Mat Isa 15:40 Film Breakdown: Touch M...

Ep. 22 Learning Basketball with Ricky O’Donnell
 Ricky O’Donnell is a writer, editor, associate director of programming at SB Nation 

Ricky covers the NBA Draft, Grassroots Scouting, the NBA and the Chicago Bulls Timestamps:
 0:00 Background
 2:15 NBA Christmas
 10:15 Ricky’s Journey into Basketball Media & Creative Writing Process 14:05 Evaluating The NBA Draft Prospect Pipeline from Grassro...

Ep. 21 Learning Basketball with Stone Hansen Stone Hansen covers the NBA draft and is a Co-host of the @upsideswings Podcast with Cooper Klein and Bryce Hendrick
 Timestamps:
 0:00 Introduction & Background
 3:35 Shoutout Upside Swings podcast and The Cerebro Sports Team + Grassroots Database
 6:45 Interviewing players for first hand perspective on basketball development 8:45 Scouting Noah Pen...

Memphis Grizzlies "Wheel" Concept, Jaren Jackson Jr.'s Development, Ja Morant's Return, Impact Rookies, Noah LaRoche, Thomas Lisalo, "Iverson Follow" & "Horns Out Chase" Film Breakdowns with Adam Pike 
Timestamps:
 0:00 Introduction & Background
 2:00 What’s new with the Grizzlies this season? Hand Tracking the Grizzlies offensive possessions by Freelance, Organized, and Freelance P&R
...

Ep. 19 Learning Basketball with Spencer Davies Host of Courtside with Cavs on SI Podcast NBA Writer with RG Media, Babcock Hoops, and Hoop Industry Covers the Cleveland Cavalilers and NBA at large Timestamps
 0:00 Introduction & Background 2:10 Writing Process
 11:10 How to build a full time career in freelance basketball media 15:55 What to look for when watching film
 24:20 How to think of g...

Joel Rush is an NBA writer with Forbes who covers the Denver Nuggets from Japan! Hear about his background, process watching film, ideas for writing stories, and dive into this Denver Nuggets season Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction & Background 2:28 Writing Process
 5:00 Michael Porter Jr.’s Playmaking Development 6:50 What’s going on with Jamal Murray? 12:50 How much will Denver miss KCP? 
13:45...

Evin Gualberto is a Basketball Coach at DeMatha who loves film study, as his YouTube channel will show you:

 http://youtube.com/evingualberto Evin is a Freelance basketball writer, a pro video scout. 
Evin is a Cohost of multiple podcasts: The Step Through WNBA Podcast with Sabreena Merchant; Bouncing Around with Samson Folk; Ready to Diagram with @bowser2bowser, who he helps define terms for at...

Ep. 16 of Learning Basketball with Prolific Prep Basketball Coach Mo Haroon! Coaching AJ Dybantsa, Darryn Peterson, Tyran Stokes, Niko Bundalo, Seven Spurlock, Winters Grady, Aiden Sherrell, Obinna Ekezie, Mikey Lewis, Zoom Diallo, Rajan Roberts, Derrion Reed at Prolific Prep with Mo Haroon Projected Top-3 2026 NBA Draft Pick Darryn Peterson and Prolific Prep are fresh off beating fellow projected...