Hoop Threads

By Aaron Proia

Interviewing successful figures in the basketball space in the DMV and around the country: media members, trainers, coaches, scouts, and entrepreneurs.

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How many episodes does Hoop Threads have?

The podcast currently has 163 episodes available.

Hoop Threads episodes:

August 26, 2022 Episode 67: Kerwin Porter of Spalding/Team Melo
1:00 Playing for Coach Wilson
3:30 Transfer to Chesapeake
5:30 AAU experience
7:30 Style of play
8:30 Transition from playing to coaching
13:00 Coaching on the gridiron and court
15:00 Building relationships
17:00 Coaching public vs private
19:00 Spalding
21:30 Role on the coaching staff
23:30 Recruiting insights
25:30 Coaching philosophy
27:00 Stay Me7o
29:30 Misconceptions of AAU coaches
32:00 What makes the DMV different
34:00 Quick Hitters
38:00 Malik
42:30 Two sport athletes
49:30 His why
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53min
July 29, 2022 Episode 66: Nike Peach Jam (Aneesh Namburi+PD Web)
1:00 Our dudes
6:15 Names that popped
10:00 U15 Standouts
15:30 U16s Standouts
27:00 Cross-brands matchup
30:00 Best narrative
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42min
July 01, 2022 Episode 65: Chad Graham of Cerebrosports
1:00 Introduction to the scene
5:30 New kids that popped
9:30 Stock boosters
18:30 Impressive HS cultures
22:30 Underrated D1 names
31:30 Names to keep an eye on
40:30 Boosting the recruitment of 2023s
43:15 Message to prospects
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52min
April 26, 2022 Episode 64: Nike EYBL Recap with PD Web, Alex Brown, Aneesh Namburi
Had three national scouts on the podcast to recap standouts, fun matchups, and names to monitor at Nike EYBL
1:00 New names that popped
5:30 DMV prospects
10:45 22’s
12:30 ’23s
25:30 ’24s
42:00 ’25s
55:00 Peterson/Flagg/Boozer
1:13:00 Names to track
Podcast: @hoopthreadspod
Host: @pr0ia
Guests: @abovethebreak3 @ahbanalytics @AneeshNamburi
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1h 22min
March 18, 2022 Episode 63: Lamar Butler of Paul VI HS
We spoke with Lamar about his prep experience, playing on the 06 Final Four team at George Mason, coaching HS/AAU, and so much more
0:30 Growing up in a great culture at Oxon Hill
3:00 Recruitment process
6:00 Arriving at George Mason
8:00 Rehab process
9:30 Mentality entering tournament
14:30 Facing Florida
16:30 Continuing relationships with George Mason
17:45 Overseas story
19:30 Introduction to coaching
25:30 Distributing mins
27:30 Preparation
29:00 Getting players out of slumps
30:30 Buy-in
31:30 TTO
33:00 Coach English at Mason
36:30 Quick hitters Host: @pr0ia Guest: @Butler2two Podcast: @HoopThreadsPod
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43min
March 16, 2022 Episode 62: Speakeasy for Sports Founder, Sam
We spoke with Sam about his journey from HS basketball to the NBA to college, working in player development and as a video coordinator, networking in the basketball space, and Speakeasy for Sports.
1:00 Journey
15:00 SpeakEasy for Sports
22:00 Learning from Dave Adkins
25:00 Video projects for NBA FO/coaches
30:00 NBA playbooks
33:00 DeMatha takeaways
37:00 Learning from Coach Musselman
47:00 Networking without a playing career
49:30 Quick hitters
1:04:00 Legacy
Host: @pr0ia
Podcast: @hoopthreadspod
Guest: @Speakeasyfor , @SamKrosnick
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1h 9min
March 04, 2022 Episode 61: Tyler McKittrick of Point Guard Eyes
We spoke with Tyler about his playing career and transition into evaluating high school prospects. We also spoke about DMV HS tournament results, discussed prospects in all 4 HS classes, spoke about culture, and so much more
1:00 Playing journey
7:00 Transition to Point Guard Eyes
11:00 Evaluations
14:00 WCAC parity
18:00 Players to watch
24:30 Top storylines in the WCAC next season
29:00 MIAA/IAC
32:00 MAC
34:00 BCLs
43:30 Feel
44:30 Betting on certain coaches/cultures
45:30 What makes the DMV special
46:30 Quick hitters
Podcast: @HoopThreadsPod
Host: @pr0ia
Guest: @pointguardeyes
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58min
February 19, 2022 Episode 60: Ryan Girardot of Cerebro Sports
We spoke with Ryan about his basketball journey, thoughts on advanced analytics, vision for Cerebro sports, and so much more
:30 Journey
2:00 Mavs ball boy
4:00 Beginning of Cerebrosports
6:00 Background of his team
9:00 Cerebro Advanced Metrics
13:00 Value for every audience
16:00 Applications for the athlete
19:30 C-Ram and Recruiting
22:00 Building out vs building slowly
24:30 Breaking through noise in stats
28:30 Top row series
31:00 HS Czar
35:00 NBA Czar
39:00 Basketball hotbeds
45:00 Quick hitters
56:00 What’s coming next? Podcast: @hoopthreadspod Host: @pr0ia Guest:@rmgbuilds
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1h 5min
February 05, 2022 Episode 59: Marcus Helton of DMVElite
We spoke with Marcus about his journey as a writer and scout, the evolution of DMVElite, creating opportunities for HS prospects, and much more
:30 beginning
2:00 Building region-wide coverage
3:00 Being an OG
4:15 Transitioning from video to writing
5:00 Scout vs writer
6:30 Navigating the politics
8:00 Events during covid
10:00 DMVElite80
12:00 New events
14:30 DMV Basketball Czar
18:30 Advice to players/parents
21:00 Misconceptions about the transfer portal
24:30 Teaming up vs establishing a foundation
26:00 Underrated names in the DMV Class
29:00 Fit vs level
32:00 What makes DMV basketball great/unique?
37:30 Advice to young journalists
39:00 Legacy

Podcast: @hoopthreadspod
Host: @pr0ia
Guest: @marcushelton
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43min
January 21, 2022 Episode 58: Don Showalter of Team USA JNT
We spoke with Coach Show about his high school coaching experience, advice to young coaches, USA JNT, leadership skills, building great practices, his favorite Team USA players, best steak spots in the country, and so much more!
:30 Journey
5:00 Advice to young coaches
7:00 Wooden mentorship
10:00 Implementing what you've learned
14:00 Snow Valley
19:30 Practice
25:00 Building a competitive practice
28:00 Building leadership skills
31:00 Communicating with players
34:30 Team USA
40:00 Culture
43:30 You never know who's in the gym
45:00 Learning from Coach K and Pop
48:00 Separators at every level
49:00 Mentoring Coach Jones
52:30 Favorite Team USA players
53:45 What do you hope your players have taken away from you?

Host: @pr0ia
Guest: @dshow23
Podcast: @hoopthreadspod
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58min

FAQs about Hoop Threads:

How many episodes does Hoop Threads have?

The podcast currently has 163 episodes available.