# Thinking Basketball: Latest YouTube Videos & Shorts

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As of 2026-10-28, Thinking Basketball has 682,000 subscribers, 122,986,857 total views, and 488 videos. It ranks #110,944 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ.

The most recent uploads from [Thinking Basketball](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingbasketball/). Each video links to its own stats page. The page lists the rest of the channel's videos to signed-in vidIQ users.

## About this sample

- The latest upload vidIQ has for Thinking Basketball is “The Heat offense is built for Giannis”, a long-form video published Oct 4, 2026.
- These are Thinking Basketball’s 48 most recent public uploads vidIQ has data for, published between Dec 21, 2024 and Oct 4, 2026 (48 long-form videos).
- Median views across these 48 uploads: 267,629. 24 videos are above that median and 24 below.
- Most viewed in the sample: “How a podcaster solved Nikola Jokic” (1,015,964 views, Feb 23, 2025). Least viewed: “What if '90s players played in a modern NBA game?” (115,011 views, Apr 30, 2026).
- Median length: 12:44 for 48 long-form videos.
- In this sample, Thinking Basketball’s consecutive uploads were a median of 10 days apart (shortest gap 1 day, longest 115 days).
- Views are lifetime totals as of Oct 28, 2026, so newer uploads have had less time to collect them. These figures describe only the videos listed here, not the whole channel, and do not show why any video performed as it did. Dates are UTC.

## Recent uploads

| Video | Published (UTC) | Format | Views | Duration | Outlier score |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [The Heat offense is built for Giannis](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingbasketball/videos/y1vIgYsO9Uw/) | 2026-10-04 | Long-form | 307,014 | 8:42 | 1.37x |
| [Everything that made the biggest Finals comeback possible](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingbasketball/videos/Y9inbefSygo/) | 2026-06-12 | Long-form | 248,549 | 16:24 | 1.08x |
| [Dylan Harper's incredible potential](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingbasketball/videos/SSoqvKr-9jA/) | 2026-05-31 | Long-form | 401,411 | 13:19 | 1.95x |
| [The Spurs Big Adjustment forces Game 7](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingbasketball/videos/Y0gQ0a4_ybc/) | 2026-05-29 | Long-form | 201,276 | 10:39 | 0.98x |
| [(Sorry, Internet) The Thunder are too good](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingbasketball/videos/jYQ4BdUK8J4/) | 2026-05-24 | Long-form | 135,202 | 10:46 | 0.67x |
| [Is a 22-year old the best player in the world?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingbasketball/videos/xEHlXKRgBxE/) | 2026-05-13 | Long-form | 299,126 | 14:37 | 1.38x |
| [Father Time is losing to LeBron](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingbasketball/videos/nZAxbiWA0tQ/) | 2026-05-02 | Long-form | 397,618 | 9:39 | 1.88x |
| [What if '90s players played in a modern NBA game?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingbasketball/videos/nLt_cY85MPg/) | 2026-04-30 | Long-form | 115,011 | 11:39 | 0.54x |
| [The invisible hand influencing NBA plays](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingbasketball/videos/c8kxorvotW0/) | 2026-04-14 | Long-form | 209,884 | 12:41 | 0.99x |
| [When the solution doesn’t address the problem](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingbasketball/videos/s5_ysUr9iEk/) | 2026-04-07 | Long-form | 251,050 | 16:40 | 1.15x |
| [Does LA’s clutch dominance make them contenders?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingbasketball/videos/YWCI6SSztww/) | 2026-03-25 | Long-form | 180,133 | 17:47 | 0.83x |
| [Why no one could average 50 today](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingbasketball/videos/EKdgHDDzyXU/) | 2026-03-01 | Long-form | 191,303 | 14:00 | 0.79x |
| [I asked Steve Nash (!) how to master the Pick-n-Roll](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingbasketball/videos/wTHKJaVgxqU/) | 2026-02-18 | Long-form | 270,905 | 23:14 | 1.02x |
| [When the box score lies](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingbasketball/videos/GFB4XN0zHFE/) | 2026-02-01 | Long-form | 192,287 | 15:55 | 0.79x |
| [When losing your superstar makes you more (!) efficient](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingbasketball/videos/qVBGAOjK9Wc/) | 2026-01-16 | Long-form | 224,268 | 15:54 | 0.92x |
| [How to dominate the champs](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingbasketball/videos/MliygUFGzT0/) | 2026-01-01 | Long-form | 212,384 | 11:25 | 0.9x |
| [The NBA is letting offenses do whatever they want](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingbasketball/videos/8NWDEbashTk/) | 2025-12-18 | Long-form | 523,785 | 20:55 | 1.82x |
| [Tyrese Maxey leveled up. Again.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingbasketball/videos/QE5jGqMM0jo/) | 2025-11-30 | Long-form | 146,953 | 10:55 | 0.66x |
| [Why one NBA team stopped setting screens (!)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingbasketball/videos/dVBsWm7uhGw/) | 2025-11-24 | Long-form | 319,403 | 17:02 | 1.11x |
| [Why does the NBA LOOK so different now?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingbasketball/videos/nARzNjqNoko/) | 2025-11-14 | Long-form | 262,133 | 14:07 | 1.18x |
| [The most talented basketball player ever?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingbasketball/videos/J1EPSY1DT4M/) | 2025-10-31 | Long-form | 312,082 | 11:30 | 1.5x |
| [How valuable is Steph Curry’s “gravity??”](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingbasketball/videos/NjYX7jc0dOI/) | 2025-10-18 | Long-form | 335,084 | 18:16 | 1.61x |
| [How will Luka and LeBron fit together?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingbasketball/videos/d3vfrIbchFc/) | 2025-10-01 | Long-form | 171,149 | 11:08 | 0.82x |
| [The Pacers defense looked like OKC's! \| NBA Finals Game 6 analysis](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingbasketball/videos/xxXBnLPhdyM/) | 2025-06-21 | Long-form | 183,150 | 11:43 | 0.8x |
| [OKC is a matchup nightmare \| NBA Finals Game 5 analysis](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingbasketball/videos/zagGBei-1Gw/) | 2025-06-18 | Long-form | 149,392 | 11:09 | 0.61x |
| [Why “no one plays defense in the NBA”](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingbasketball/videos/KwzHW-c5h7M/) | 2025-06-16 | Long-form | 317,402 | 27:21 | 1.26x |
| [Stretching basketball to new limits \| NBA Finals Game 4 analysis](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingbasketball/videos/lA2VjYP3Yto/) | 2025-06-15 | Long-form | 157,354 | 12:45 | 0.62x |
| [How to attack a defense with no weaknesses \| NBA Finals Game 3 analysis](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingbasketball/videos/1LF2Sd1jTXQ/) | 2025-06-13 | Long-form | 362,761 | 11:57 | 1.39x |
| [Can a defense move faster than the ball?? \| NBA Finals Game 2 analysis](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingbasketball/videos/ELm2PTViP_c/) | 2025-06-09 | Long-form | 148,928 | 10:13 | 0.57x |
| [How do the Pacers keep doing this?! \| Inside the comeback](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingbasketball/videos/YA1Lkl3h9AQ/) | 2025-06-07 | Long-form | 232,784 | 11:19 | 0.87x |
| [The Pacers “Beautiful Game” offense is relentless and magical](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingbasketball/videos/8Az91cJSfRk/) | 2025-06-01 | Long-form | 326,778 | 17:55 | 1.22x |
| [The best Game 7 adjustment in NBA history](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingbasketball/videos/EPiE-Ruhohg/) | 2025-05-19 | Long-form | 351,631 | 13:56 | 1.31x |
| [How Ant carved up the Lakers radical scheme](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingbasketball/videos/_qu65PAJd_M/) | 2025-05-02 | Long-form | 227,453 | 12:04 | 0.85x |
| [Inside the best NBA game in years](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingbasketball/videos/EPB6ZU6_rvA/) | 2025-04-27 | Long-form | 255,551 | 13:45 | 0.92x |
| [All the ways Denver's trying to stop Kawhi Leonard](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingbasketball/videos/HjhF-4fswnw/) | 2025-04-23 | Long-form | 248,309 | 9:38 | 0.68x |
| [The importance of basketball IQ, in one play](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingbasketball/videos/mMNDgSkRDEw/) | 2025-04-16 | Long-form | 266,842 | 5:18 | 0.65x |
| [The team that wins by missing (!) shots](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingbasketball/videos/penVYQvjOxI/) | 2025-04-10 | Long-form | 268,415 | 12:29 | 0.61x |
| [How Giannis created an era of copy-cats](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingbasketball/videos/jMmCd42hGQg/) | 2025-03-30 | Long-form | 284,633 | 17:29 | 0.63x |
| [Is Shai a grifter or a god?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingbasketball/videos/twK8rIDvPH0/) | 2025-03-15 | Long-form | 447,990 | 15:04 | 0.93x |
| [The "Nova Knicks" and their atypical offense](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingbasketball/videos/pMcei__fJ0Y/) | 2025-03-04 | Long-form | 177,347 | 14:32 | - |
| [How a podcaster solved Nikola Jokic](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingbasketball/videos/rsf84_ZEFwk/) | 2025-02-23 | Long-form | 1,015,964 | 9:33 | 1.98x |
| [The 52nd pick who guards Jokic AND Dame (!)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingbasketball/videos/LRVnEiSldeI/) | 2025-02-18 | Long-form | 459,192 | 9:49 | 0.95x |
| [What former players get completely WRONG about today's NBA](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingbasketball/videos/fp4but75EjY/) | 2025-02-07 | Long-form | 691,847 | 23:03 | 1.47x |
| [Why this defense is crushing modern offenses](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingbasketball/videos/J5VTLvw4Zpc/) | 2025-01-29 | Long-form | 617,635 | 14:54 | 1.41x |
| [Houston's two video-game defenders are terrorizing offenses](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingbasketball/videos/vU9pua8kO0A/) | 2025-01-21 | Long-form | 376,398 | 11:01 | 0.93x |
| [Wemby is ALREADY a superstar (!)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingbasketball/videos/F9bGtSJXgo0/) | 2025-01-10 | Long-form | 436,657 | 10:58 | 1.1x |
| [Players have invented (insane!) shots to counter NBA defenses](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingbasketball/videos/LB4h8PUAqwE/) | 2025-01-03 | Long-form | 504,524 | 18:15 | 1.44x |
| [LaMelo Ball is stretching the limits of basketball](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thinkingbasketball/videos/EL7G8ubQalo/) | 2024-12-21 | Long-form | 523,581 | 12:43 | 1.57x |

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