Golden State Basketball + Top-5 Most Interesting 2025-26 NBA Storylines with Zena Keita – Expansion Draft Valkyries Year 1 Success, Peak Steph Curry, Jimmy Butler, Steve Kerr, Sports Media Advice

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Learning Basketball

Ryan Kaminski @BeyondTheRK

93 episodes

3 days ago

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

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Golden State Basketball + Top-5 Most Interesting 2025-26 NBA Storylines with Zena Keita – Expansion Draft Valkyries Year 1 Success, Peak Steph Curry, Jimmy Butler, Steve Kerr, Sports Media Advice

Learning Basketball

50 minutes 32 seconds

2 months ago

Golden State Basketball + Top-5 Most Interesting 2025-26 NBA Storylines with Zena Keita – Expansion Draft Valkyries Year 1 Success, Peak Steph Curry, Jimmy Butler, Steve Kerr, Sports Media Advice

Ep. 77 Learning Basketball with Zena Keita! @itszenakeita

Zena Keita covers all things Golden State Basketball between the Warriors for NBC and the Valkyries for CBS as a TV Analyst. She also hosts two basketball podcasts (NBA Daily, No Offseason) with The Athletic NBA & WNBA.

Timeline:

00:00 Introduction & Background to Zena Keita’s Journey in Basketball, Sports Media Advice, Breakthrough Career Moments

05:00 The Golden State Valkyries Expansion Draft

09:00 How to credit the Valkyries early success under the team building of GM Ohemaa Nyanin, team culture built by HC Natalie Nakase, leadership of Owner Joe Lacob, and second chance opportunity being taken on by the players

18:00 The Consistency of Golden State Warriors Head Coach Steve Kerr's Coaching Philosophy and Impact Heading into Year 12

25:00 Golden State Warriors' Franchise Outlook in the Jimmy Butler Era with another peak Steph season looming despite an uncertain future with Kuminga

35:00 Top-5 Most Interesting 2025-26 NBA Storylines

36:00 OKC Thunder's Dynasty Potential, how high of a ceiling does Bane give the Orlando Magic?

39:00 Warriors' Two-Timeline Strategy, Kevin Durant Rockets Offensive Identity, Cooper Flagg Living Up To Hype vs Mavs Sleeping Giants

43:00 How will the Luka LeBron Ayton Lakers surprise us this season? Are the Atlanta Hawks winning 50 games and a Top-4 seed? Can we finally trust the reloaded Clippers in the Playoffs? Is Giannis' Future in Milwaukee Secured?

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