# 2026 NBA Draft is The Deepest Guard Class Ever with Ben Pfeifer – Scouting Top Guards Darryn Peterson, Kingston Flemings, Mikel Brown, Ebuka Okorie, Labaron Philon, Tyler Tanner, Stirtz, Meleek, Acuff

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Podcast: [Learning Basketball](https://stenobird.com/podcast/learning-basketball-7062501)
Published: 2026-01-27T02:37:56+00:00
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Ep. 109 Learning Basketball with Ben Pfeifer @bjpf_ Ben Pfeifer covers the NBA, NBA Draft, and Indiana Pacers for Sportscasting NBA and Swish Theory Today we learn about Ben's draft grading film-based scouting process and detail the best guard class ever while drafting our Top-20 2026 NBA Draft Guards Timestamps00:00 Introduction & Background 03:00 Ben Pfeifer's Draft Scouting Process 05:00 Defining Winning Plays in Basketball 08:00 Evaluating Defensive Impact in Draft Prospects 11:00 The Importance of Context in Scouting 15:00 Historic Saturday Night for 2026 NBA Draft Freshman 17:00 Spotlight on Tyler Tanner's Potential 23:00 The Challenge of Undersized Guards 26:00 Scouting Profiles and Data Visualization 28:00 The Guards-Only 2026 NBA Draft 29:00 Darryn Peterson 34:00 Kingston Flemings 47:00 Mikel Brown 50:00 Ebuka Okorie 53:00 LaBaron Philon 56:00 Bennett Stirtz 59:00 Meleek Thomas 01:10:00 Darius Acuff 01:27:00 Acaden Lewis 11-20 11 Christian Anderson 12 Brayden Burries 13 Tamin Lipsey 14 Tahaad Pettiford 15 Braden Smith 16 Jaylen Petty 17 Bruce Thornton 18 Rob Wright19 Ja’Kobi Gillespie20 Cayden Boozer

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