Brian Geisinger covers College Hoops, NBA Draft, and Charlotte Hornets with 247 Sports and Sports Channel 8

. He’s the cohost of the Buzz Beat pod and a color commentator for High Point University
. He’s worked as a scout with SIS_Hoops, a writer for ACCSports.com, and credentialed media for Duke Basketball

Timestamps: 



0:00 Introduction and Background

0:57 Calling Games as Color Commentator for High Point University


13:15 Seeing Cooper Flagg and Duke Stars like Zion and Paolo live in Person over the years


19:12 Scouting Cooper Flagg at Montverde and Duke


24:14 Duke-Kentucky, Scouting Potential 2025 NBA Lottery Picks Kon Kneuppel & Khaman Maluach + Comparing Big Wing to Movement Scorers Chemistry between Cooper Flagg and Kon Kneuppel at Duke to Flagg and Liam McNeeley at Montverde to Scottie Barnes and Gradey Dick on the Raptors

37:45 Duke-Kentucky - Scouting Sion James, Tyrese Proctor, Malik Brown, Caleb Foster


45:30 Film Breakdown: Duke’s 5-Out Beilein Sets

1:00:25 LaMelo Ball’s Resurgence as Charlotte Hornets Star & recapping Orlando Magic - Charlotte Hornets matchup, Hornets Season Expectations with Brandon Miller’s and Tre Mann’s Breakout

1:24:21 Film Breakdown: Hornets’ 5-Slot, 77 Double Drag, Ghost Double Exit ATO, Delay Pindown Elbow Zoom and the strategy of building out multiple plays from the same formation


1:53:30 Scouting Alabama’s LaBaron Philon

Learning Basketball – Ben Pfeifer – Oklahoma City Thunder NBA Draft Retrospective & Season Outlook + NBA Rapidfire - San Antonio Spurs, Orlando Magic, New York Knicks, Detroit Pistons, Brooklyn Nets

Timestamps:



0:00 Background & Introduction


1:29 Oklahoma City Thunder Draft Retrospective, Analyzing Sam Presti’s past draft selections to project future Thunder draft picks


17:40 NBA Rapidfire - OKC Season Expectations: Can Oklahoma City Thunder’s busy offseason propel them to championship heights?

20:57 NBA Rapidfire - Will the added shooting catapult the Orlando Magic up the standings this year?


25:39 NBA Rapidfire - Are the San Antonio Spurs just a league pass darling this year or will they make push for the West play-in? Thinking about VJ Edgecombe going downhill off a Wembanaya screen + Handoff


30:10 NBA Rapidfire - Will the New York Knicks’ moves push them past the Celtics?

33:40 NBA Rapidfire - How much will the Detroit Pistons learn about their key core pieces?


38:23 NBA Rapidfire - Season Outlook for Brooklyn Nets: Who’s going to be on this team after this year?

Ep. 8 Learning Basketball with Charlie Cummings


Player Development Writer for Swish Theory, Covers the Golden State Warriors for Warriors Invite, 
Pro and College Consulting for Next Up BBall

Timestamps:



2:45 Appreciating Player Development

7:25 Finding a Role with Swish Theory

11:35 Tre Mann’s Breakout with Charlotte Hornets

21:35 Draft Scouting Process, Valuing Role Context in Player Evaluations


43:03 What Klay Thompson Means to Golden State

58:20 A Pet Snake Named Zaza Pachulia

1:02:48 Buddy Hield’s Hot Start to the Season


1:14:05 Steph Curry’s 2024-25 Golden State Warriors Dominating


1:31:28 Breaking down an ATO BLOB for Buddy Hield to run baseline P&R