{"podcast":{"title":"Learning Basketball","slug":"learning-basketball-7062501","podcast_index_feed_id":7062501,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/fc10a728/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://theswishtheory.com/","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/42189498/42189498-1729427539916-601c85c7f7e21.jpg","author":"Ryan Kaminski @BeyondTheRK","episode_count":131,"summary":"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 Swish Theory. Follow @BeyondTheRK on YouTube + Twitter & Subscribe for FREE Substack Newsletter","last_synced_at":"2026-06-07T20:18:47.459715+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/learning-basketball-7062501"},"episode":{"title":"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","slug":"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","published_at":"2026-01-27T02:37:56+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/learning-basketball-7062501/2026-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","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/learning-basketball-7062501","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/swish-learning-bball/episodes/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-e3e81gc","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/fc10a728/podcast/play/114607052/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-0-27%2F416904360-44100-2-91b26e2714e51.mp3","summary":"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","meta_description":"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…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":6652,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/learning-basketball-7062501/episodes/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/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/learning-basketball-7062501/2026-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.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}