Ep. 98 Learning Basketball with Grant Mona! @Gmona48

Grant Mona is on the Clippers Beat for Sporting Tribune, the podcast host of Sporting Tribune Today, and an NBA Writer for Roundtable

State of the Clippers, how the Magic ran LAC and GSW off the floor, and NBA Parody – Everything Kawhi, Zubac's decline, missing Norm Powell, Harden's absurd efficiency

Ep. 97 Learning Basketball with Jordan Grossman @TheBigWafe

Jordan Grossman built an NBA Draft Model, writes about the NBA Draft for Swish Theory, and does basketball analytics with Gmanalytics.

Timeline:

00:00 Introduction & Background, Basketball Analytics

03:00 Building a Draft Model: Coding, Formula, Stats

06:00 The Role of Historical Data in Draft Predictions

09:00 Evaluating Prospects: The Importance of Versatility

12:00 Analyzing the 2025 Draft Class: Standout Players

15:00 2026 Draft Model Sleepers - Alvaro Folgueiras, Iowa

38:00 Is This Team For Real? Biggest NBA Surprise Stories

40:00 Miami Heat's Surprising Start

42:00 Philadelphia 76ers

47:00 Struggling Teams

51:00 Competitive Teams

54:00 Successful Teams

Full Podcast LINKSSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2WPNyHW...Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNBCJ87gXz671ru-1b9s3U672nRO3k3nc

Ep. 96 Learning Basketball with Riley Gisseman @RGiss11
Riley Gisseman does data analytics and covers the Utah Jazz with Salt City Hoops.
Today we learn about the history and spike of floaters in the modern NBA, the growing value of the 2pt shot as the game goes on, and analyze the state of the Utah Jazz franchise, Markkannen’s growing stardom deserving max money, potential of prospects Ace Bailey, Walter Clayton, Keyonte George, and the adjustable coaching philosophies of Will Hardy.
Timeline:00:00 Introduction & Background in Basketball

09:00 True Value of Two-Point Shots

15:00 The Floater Boom in Modern Basketball

25:00 How midrange efficiency shows up in mysterious ways like A/TO and Offensive Rebounding

31:00 State of the Utah Jazz, Lauri Markkanen’s play-finishing gravity, Elijah Harkless’ defensive energy

36:00 Will Hardy's Adjustable Coaching Philosophy

42:00 Ace Bailey’s development, potential of prospects including Walter Clayton and Keynote George

Full Podcast LINKS
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2WPNyHW4I8wNgDFdsL6ZLf
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/learning-basketball/id1775085550
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXIZscpoE80&list=PLNBCJ87gXz671ru-1b9s3U672nRO3k3nc