{"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 Mock Draft + Pacers Draft Lottery Therapy Session with Alex Golden – Will Clippers take Mara 5th? Wizards Jazz Grizzlies Bulls win Lottery, 30 First Round Draft Targets","slug":"2026-nba-mock-draft-pacers-draft-lottery-therapy-session-with-alex-golden-will-clippers-take-mara-5th-wizards-jazz-grizzlies-bulls-win-lottery-30-first-round-draft-targets","published_at":"2026-05-18T09:59:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/learning-basketball-7062501/2026-nba-mock-draft-pacers-draft-lottery-therapy-session-with-alex-golden-will-clippers-take-mara-5th-wizards-jazz-grizzlies-bulls-win-lottery-30-first-round-draft-targets","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/learning-basketball-7062501","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/swish-learning-bball/episodes/2026-NBA-Mock-Draft--Pacers-Draft-Lottery-Therapy-Session-with-Alex-Golden--Will-Clippers-take-Mara-5th--Wizards-Jazz-Grizzlies-Bulls-win-Lottery--30-First-Round-Draft-Targets-e3jgcah","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/fc10a728/podcast/play/120123153/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-17%2F424330734-44100-2-3aeffe169aac8.mp3","summary":"Ep. 126 Learning Basketball with Alex Golden @AlexGoldenNBA Writer for Pacers on SI Creator & Host of @PacersPodSTP & Fever Focus Podcast 2026 NBA Mock Draft + Pacers Draft Lottery Therapy Session with Alex Golden – Will Clippers take Mara 5th? Wizards Jazz Grizzlies Bulls win Lottery, 30 First Round Draft Targets Timeline: 00:00 Introduction & Background 01:00 Indiana Pacers' Draft Lottery Heartbreak, Analyzing the Trade in Hindsight 06:00 NBA Drafting Strategy: BPA vs Fit & Opportunity 09:00 1 WAS – AJ Dybantsa 10:00 2 UTA – Cameron Boozer 12:00 3 MEM – Darryn Peterson 15:00 4 CHI – Caleb Wilson 28:00 5 LAC – Aday Mara + Evaluating Potential Upside vs Good Players, The Importance of dominant Centers in Basketball 37:00 6 BKN – Keaton Wagler 38:00 7 SAC - Darius Acuff 43:00 8 ATL – Kingston Flemings 47:00 9 DAL – Mikel Brown Jr 50:00 10 MIL – Ebuka Okorie 52:00 11 GSW – Yaxel Lendeborg 54:00 12 OKC – Labaron Philon 56:00 13 MIA – Allen Graves 58:00 14 CHA – Christian Anderson 59:00 15 CHI – Brayden Burries 01:00:00 Rapid Fire First Round 16 MEM – Chris Cenac Jr 17 OKC – Nate Ament 18 CHA – Hannes Steinbach 19 TOR – Jayden Quaintance 20 SAN – Dailyn Swain 21 DET – Morez Johnson 22 76ers – Tyler Tanner 23 ATL – Cameron Carr 24 NYK – Meleek Thomas 25 LAL – Karim Lopez 26 DEN – Bruce Thornton 27 BOS – Tarris Reed Jr. 28 MIN – Isaiah Evans 29 CLE – Bennett Stirtz 30 DAL – Flory Bidunga 01:04:00 Final Thoughts on Draft Strategy @SwishTheory","meta_description":"Ep. 126 Learning Basketball with Alex Golden @AlexGoldenNBA Writer for Pacers on SI Creator & Host of @PacersPodSTP & Fever Focus Podcast 2026 NBA…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4569,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/learning-basketball-7062501/episodes/2026-nba-mock-draft-pacers-draft-lottery-therapy-session-with-alex-golden-will-clippers-take-mara-5th-wizards-jazz-grizzlies-bulls-win-lottery-30-first-round-draft-targets/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-mock-draft-pacers-draft-lottery-therapy-session-with-alex-golden-will-clippers-take-mara-5th-wizards-jazz-grizzlies-bulls-win-lottery-30-first-round-draft-targets.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}