Scouting 2025 NBA Draft Sleepers, Rising Grassroots Prospects, Recruitment & Player Evaluation, Breaking into Sports Media, and The State of Texas High School Hoops with Tobias Bass of The Athletic

Ep. 38 with Tobias Bass@Tobias_Bass on TwitterScouting 2025 NBA Draft Sleepers, Standout Grassroots Prospects, Recruitment & Player Evaluation, Breaking into Sports Media, and The State of Texas High School Hoops with Tobias Bass of The AthleticTobias Bass is a basketball scout, analyst, and live news editor with The Athletic, covering the basketball pipeline and recruitment from grassroots to the NBA Draft.Timeline
0:00 Introduction & Background
03:00 Scouting Process and Player Evaluation, The Importance of Fit in Player Development, Identifying Potential NBA Draft Picks12:00 2025 NBA Draft Sleepers like Miles Byrd, Yaxel Landenborg, JoJo Tugler, Rasheer Fleming, Collin Murray Boyles, Asa Newell, Danny Wolf, Johni Broome, Tahaad Pettiford
, Jalaand Lowe37:00 Highlighting the offensive potential and defensive questions of Jeremiah Fears, Liam McNeeley, Kon Knueppel46:00 The State of Grassroots Basketball in Houston and Texas, with Sebastian Williams-Adams headed to Auburn and Kingston Flemings to Houston, and breaking down this loaded Duncanville team between Beckham Black, Kayden Edwards, Chris Hunt, and Cameron Smith
57:13 Shoutout to players who have impressed Tobias in Grassroots - Jordan Sigmund, Hudson Greer, Howard Williams1:00:20 Advice to anyone trying to break into the Basketball Industry and detailing the process of collecting intel for recruitment