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Jordan Allen is the Founder at Rising Stars Scouting and Creator of the Rising Stars Substack covering under the radar prospects and g-league players 

Basketball Insider and Advisor at Basketball Intelligence
 Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction & Background, Rising Stars Scouting & Substack 3:28 Jordan's Scouting Process
 6:55 Meleek Thomas Commits to Arkansas + NBPA Top-100 Scouting Report 
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Ep. 14 of Learning Basketball with Krishna Narsu! Krishna Narsu is the inventor of the LEBRON impact metric with BBall Index, the default stat used in the popular NBA Trade Machine on Fanspo for projecting wins after fake trades. He contributes to Nylon Calculus and has formerly worked as an Analytics Consultant with the Dallas Mavericks. Find his work at @KNarsu3 and @The_BBall_Index on Twitter T...

0.5 Decision-Making Advantage Creation with Flagler Basketball Coach Brandon Benson on his experience from Prep to D1, studying NBA Head Coach Concepts, and Coaching Moustapha Thiam and Savo Drezgic Timestamps:
 0:00 Introduction & Background, how Brandon got into coaching
 13:50 Getting to work with different coaches with different experiences 21:50 Valuing hustle stats, winning plays, and fu...

Ahmed Jama (@SlipTheScreen) covers NBA Draft and Grassroots Basketball
, does NBA Scouting work with Next Up Basketball Consulting and Swish Theory, and is the 

Co-Host of The Draft Council Podcast with Dan Olinger. Best NBA Draft Prospect Alive? Scouting 2025 & 2026 NBA Draft: Cooper Flagg, Cam Boozer, AJ Dybantsa, Darryn Peterson, Chris Cenac, Meleek Thomas, Acaden Lewis, Jamarion Batemon,...

Learning Basketball with Maurya Kumpatla Covers the Oklahoma City Thunder and NBA Draft Writer for Swish Theory and an NBA Draft Writer on SI.com for Draft Digest Studying Data Science at University of Tennessee Knoxville Find him on Twitter at @TheFlareScreen Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction and Background 7:50 Amen Thompson’s impressive athleticism, instincts, and surprise skill acquisition as a r...

Brian Geisinger covers College Hoops, NBA Draft, and Charlotte Hornets with 247 Sports and Sports Channel 8

. He’s the cohost of the Buzz Beat pod and a color commentator for High Point University
. He’s worked as a scout with SIS_Hoops, a writer for ACCSports.com, and credentialed media for Duke Basketball Timestamps: 

 0:00 Introduction and Background 0:57 Calling Games as Color Commentator fo...

Learning Basketball – Ben Pfeifer – Oklahoma City Thunder NBA Draft Retrospective & Season Outlook + NBA Rapidfire - San Antonio Spurs, Orlando Magic, New York Knicks, Detroit Pistons, Brooklyn Nets Timestamps:

 0:00 Background & Introduction 
1:29 Oklahoma City Thunder Draft Retrospective, Analyzing Sam Presti’s past draft selections to project future Thunder draft picks
 17:40 NBA Rapid...

Ep. 8 Learning Basketball with Charlie Cummings
 Player Development Writer for Swish Theory, Covers the Golden State Warriors for Warriors Invite, 
Pro and College Consulting for Next Up BBall Timestamps: 

2:45 Appreciating Player Development 7:25 Finding a Role with Swish Theory 11:35 Tre Mann’s Breakout with Charlotte Hornets 21:35 Draft Scouting Process, Valuing Role Context in Player Evaluati...

Learning Basketball Ep. 7 Mark Schindler – Paolo’s 50 Burger, The Rise of The WNBA, Defining Good Basketball Scouting Process & Effective Team Building Strategy, Appreciating Similarities between NBA & WNBA Hoops 
Mark Schindler has been covering basketball for years, from general NBA thoughts with Premium Hoops to NBA Draft Scouting with Tag The Roll, now focused on the WNBA as the Creato...

Antonio Dias, newly announced Scouting Associate with the Mexico City Capitanes of the G League and international scout with EHoopsScouting and IDprospects joins today to break down the playstyle and potential of four exciting NBA prospects: Nolan Traore, Dwayne Aristode, Igor Milicic, Hugo Gonzalez Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction of Newly Hired Scouting Associate with Mexico City Capitanes 4:45 Bac...

Learning Basketball with Mat Isa, NBA Writer with Forbes, OptaAnalyst, Fansided, Sportscasting and Podcast co-host of The Media Pass with @AlexHoops Timestamps:
 2:00 What goes into an NBA team’s Media Day? 3:28 Mat Isa’s career path and advice to people trying to break into basketball sports media 12:52 What inspires ideas for stories and questions for interviews with players and coaches around t...

Timestamps
 0:18 Es Baraheni Introduction & Background 3:16 Happy Vinsanity Day from Learning Basketball! Celebrating Vince Carter's Hall of Fame Legacy and Impact on Basketball in Toronto 10:52 The Purple Raptors Jerseys are back! No more Orange Juice Magic jerseys, Nike 13:30 Scottie Barnes star ceiling as a downhill force point-forward, Success with Double Drag/77 Shadow Actions, Could Post...

0:17 Introduction and background of Mirin Fader, NYT best-selling author, one of the Best American Sports Writer, work with The Ringer and formerly Bleacher Report 2:30 - Humility & Versatility, how do you pick which athletes to write about? 4:15 Transitioning from playing experience in college hoops at Lewis & Clark college as a 5'0" PG to writing and reporting on basketball 5:00 Telling...

Learning Basketball with Steph Noh of Sporting News Lonzo Ball’s BACK Chicago Bulls Season Preview Scouting Process Watching Film NBA Players Love Anime like Dragon Ball Z Detailing Billy Donovan Sets: 5-out, Pistol, Chin, Elbow Splits Timestamps: 2:00 NBA Players Love Anime like Dragon Ball Z 5:45 Process as an Analyst Scouting Film, Deciding Story Topics (Shoutout to Swish Theory’s depth) 
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Timestamps 2:40 - How to decide what topics to write about as a Scout/Analyst 7:40 - Advice for those trying to break into Basketball Sports Medi a and NBA Draft Scouting 19:35 Reflecting on the Player Development of Jalen Suggs and Chet Holmgren since Gonzaga. What else does Suggs have to do for the Magic to extend his contract? How soon can Chet become the Thunder’s 2nd best player? Which player...