{"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":"Wemby's Shot Deterrence, Spurs-Thunder Christmas Day & NBA Cup with Bennett Herbert – Real Contenders? The Spurs Guards are working together, Comparing Spurs Coach Mitch Johnson's style to Popovich","slug":"wemby-s-shot-deterrence-spurs-thunder-christmas-day-nba-cup-with-bennett-herbert-real-contenders-the-spurs-guards-are-working-together-comparing-spurs-coach-mitch-johnson-s-style-to-popovich","published_at":"2025-12-23T14:30:08+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/learning-basketball-7062501/wemby-s-shot-deterrence-spurs-thunder-christmas-day-nba-cup-with-bennett-herbert-real-contenders-the-spurs-guards-are-working-together-comparing-spurs-coach-mitch-johnson-s-style-to-popovich","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/learning-basketball-7062501","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/swish-learning-bball/episodes/Wembys-Shot-Deterrence--Spurs-Thunder-Christmas-Day--NBA-Cup-with-Bennett-Herbert--Real-Contenders--The-Spurs-Guards-are-working-together--Comparing-Spurs-Coach-Mitch-Johnsons-style-to-Popovich-e3cnvs8","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/fc10a728/podcast/play/113032520/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-11-23%2F414895447-44100-2-28675d42d7009.mp3","summary":"Ep. 103 Learning Basketball with Bennett Herbert! (@bendog28) Bennett Herbert is a lawyer and San Antonio Spurs Fan who shares NBA Draft and NBA basketball analysis on Twitter. Today we analyze and preview the Spurs-Thunder NBA Cup + Christmas Day marquee matchups and we learn more about Victor Wembanyama's shot deterrence, the Spurs guards (Fox Harper Castle Vassell) working together in complementary ways, the coaching stylistic similarities and differences between new Spurs Head Coach Mitch Johnson compared to Gregg Popovich, and we consider Wemby's award chances and the Spurs' title chances this season. 00:00 Introduction & Background 02:00 Scouting Process Watching Film & Evaluating NBA Draft Prospects 05:00 The Intersection of Stats and Film 09:00 The State of the San Antonio Spurs 12:00 Spurs-Thunder NBA Cup Matchup + Wembanyama’s on-court impact 15:00 San Antonio’s Three (four?) Guards are additive, not negative 18:00 Stephon Castle's Development and Ideal Offensive Role 21:00 The Spurs winning with and without Wemby playing small with Positionless Basketball 24:00 Defensive Goals of the Spurs 32:00 Comparing Head Coach Mitch Johnson’s styles to ‘el jefe’ Gregg Popovich39:00 Most Underrated Players in Spurs' Success? 42:00 Experimenting with Lineups: The Sneaky Killer Big Man Duo of Wemby and Kornet 45:00 Christmas Day Preview: Spurs vs. Thunder 48:00 Wemby’s Award Chances for DPOY and MVP 51:00 The Spurs are here early. Are they already Contenders or still playoff Pretenders?","meta_description":"Ep. 103 Learning Basketball with Bennett Herbert! 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