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Learning Basketball

Ryan Kaminski @BeyondTheRK

Learn about NBA basketball and NBA Draft prospects from experts, scouts, analysts, writers, reporters, coaches, players, front office execs, and fans! Every episode of Learning Basketball has the goal of teaching listeners something new about hoops as Host Ryan Kaminski @BeyondTheRK takes listeners behind the scenes to study teambuilding strategy, concepts on the floor, scouting draft prospects on the rise, covering teams around the NBA, and evaluating player development in the gym. A podcast from

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01:15:48

What's different about #1 seed Cleveland Cavaliers...

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2024/12/23

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 good interview questions 29:30 Diving into this Cleveland Cavaliers season: What’s different this

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01:05:44

Nikola Jokic's best season yet? Evaluating the...

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2024/12/18

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 Is Nikola Jokić having the best single player start to an NBA season, ever? 17:40 Michael Porter Jr

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02:05:28

Legendary Skills of Steph Curry, Tracy McGrady,...

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2024/12/16

Evin Gualberto is a Basketball Coach at DeMatha who loves film study, as his YouTube channel will show you:   http://youtube.com/evingualbertoEvin 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 the Basketball Action Dictionary. NBA Legend Traits + Film Breakdowns (Veer, Grenade,

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01:02:02

Coaching Darryn Peterson, AJ Dybantsa, Tyran Stokes,...

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2024/12/11

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 Top-3 picks AJ Dybantsa’s Utah Prep and Cameron Boozer’s Columbus Dybantsa attended Prolific Prep last

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01:32:32

Recruitment Insider Scouting NBPA Top-100 & 2025 +...

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2024/12/09

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 14:11 Kiyan Anthony Commits to Syracuse + NBPA Top-100 Scouting Report 19:10 Chris Cenac Jr. NBPA

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01:03:26

How to Build Basketball Impact Metric like LEBRON?...

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2024/12/04

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 Timeline: 0:00 Introduction & Background 1:00 What goes into Developing an Impact Metric like

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01:30:15

0.5 Decision-Making Advantage Creation with Flagler...

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2024/12/02

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 DrezgicTimestamps: 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 fundamental skills that apply to every level - controlling what you control, accountability 32:35 “0.5

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01:00:05

Best NBA Draft Prospect Alive? Scouting 2025 & 2026...

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2024/11/27

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, King Grace, Shon Abaev, Nolan Traore, Braylon Mullins, Liam McNeely His Swish Theory Piece "The Draft

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00:39:12

Isaiah Hartenstein, Amen Thompson, Nolan Traore...

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2024/11/25

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 rebounder 11:34 Nolan Traore’s rare ability to get low, attack gaps, comfortability shooting, tracking

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01:57:34

Scouting Cooper Flagg, Duke-Kentucky, LaMelo Ball's...

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2024/11/20

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 for High Point University 13:15 Seeing Cooper Flagg and Duke Stars like Zion and Paolo live in Person

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00:42:33

Oklahoma City Thunder NBA Draft Retrospective & 2025...

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2024/11/18

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 NetsTimestamps: 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 Rapidfire - OKC Season Expectations: Can Oklahoma City Thunder’s busy offseason propel them to championship

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01:39:21

Charlie Cummings – What Klay Thompson Means to Golden...

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2024/11/13

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 Evaluations 43:03 What Klay Thompson Means to Golden State 58:20 A Pet Snake Named Zaza Pachulia 1:02:48

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01:10:48

Mark Schindler – Paolo’s 50 Burger, The Rise of The...

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2024/11/11

Learning Basketball Ep. 7Mark 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 Creator of They’ve Got Now, a media outlet covering all things women’s basketball, WNBA draft, player

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00:48:30

Antonio Diaz – International Scout with Mexico City...

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2024/11/06

Antonio Diaz, 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 GonzalezTimestamps: 0:00 Introduction of Newly Hired Scouting Associate with Mexico City Capitanes 4:45 Background and Scouting Philosophy as an International Basketball Scout 8:40 Scouting Report on Dwayne

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00:51:47

Mat Issa - Breaking into Sports Media, NBA...

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2024/11/04

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 the basketball? 16:10 What goes into your scouting process as an analyst and NBA writer? 18:40 Going

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00:46:27

Es Baraheni - Toronto Raptors Season Preview, Vince...

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2024/10/30

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-Ups be Barnes' next development focus? 19:09 Gradey Dick - more than a standstill shooter, a relocating

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00:38:37

Mirin Fader on Hakeem - New York Times Best Selling...

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2024/10/28

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 complete stories by reporting over 200+ interviews for two books (486 in total!) 6:58 Personal story of

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00:38:41

Steph Noh – Lonzo Ball’s BACK; Chicago Bulls Season...

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2024/10/23

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) 7:35 Lonzo Ball’s Feel Never Fades even after 2 years of not playing, injury recovery, and his impact

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02:18:07

NBA Season Preview with Jackson Frank on Breaking...

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2024/10/20

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 Media 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 would you rather build around? 55:00 Atlanta Hawks Season Preview – New team identity flanking Trae

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