Leveling the Playing Field for Professional Basketball Players
HoopsBI blends real player experience with data analytics to create impactful insights.
100+
Global athlete interviews informing our insights
9/10
Athlete feedback for our questionnaire quality
11
Countries of professional basketball experience
Message from the Founder
Patrick Sanders Mcclain
Founder
The Vision Behind HoopsBI
Landing high, ready to battle, then career buckles. My friend's torn Achilles, long rehab, lost income despite team insurance – a harsh reality for athletes.
This wasn't just a story; it was a wake-up call. As someone who lived and breathed professional basketball for 11 years across 11 countries, I intimately understand our community's dedication, risks, and often-unspoken anxieties.
HoopsBI was born from this. My hoops passion meets business intelligence, arming players with knowledge. Over 100 global athlete chats fuel this vital resource, spotting pitfalls and highlighting trustworthy individuals and organizations within the industry.
HoopsBI's vision is to empower you. Clarity, better decisions, a transparent, supportive basketball world—this is for you from a fellow hooper who gets it and wants you to win.
Our Mission
HoopsBI is dedicated to leveling the playing field in the overseas basketball industry by providing accessible data analytics that inform better choices, empower players in managing their careers, and enhance overall experiences.
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Our Team
Meet the talented individuals who make our organization successful through innovation, expertise, and dedication to excellence
Patrick Sanders-Mcclain
FOUNDER & HEAD OF BUSINESS INTELLIGENCEPatrick offers a compelling fusion of data acumen and high-performance experience. A former standout basketball player at UC Irvine, he transitioned from a successful international basketball career across multiple continents to the analytics realm. He possesses a broad professional background, specializing in applied analytics solutions across various fields, including advertising, marketing, operations, finance, advocacy, and customer insights. Armed with a Master's in Business Analytics and certifications in data management, business analysis, and project management, Patrick demonstrates a strong commitment to analytical excellence and continuous development.
Prinnie Stevens
HEAD OF CREATIVEPrinnie has been working in the creative relm for over 20 years. Designing and conceptualizing ideas for events and companies from TV, to Movies, Artists, Shows and more. Prinnie has brought her creative eye to the team and her ability to think out of the box has set this product apart from the rest
Kripesh Shiwakoti
HEAD OF ENGINEERINGKripesh is a data consultant with a background in computer engineering, advanced studies in data science, and a strong foundation in artificial intelligence. Over the years, he has applied his expertise across healthcare, insurance, government, and media industries—designing scalable data pipelines, developing robust API services, and delivering impactful analytics solutions. A passionate sports enthusiast, Kripesh brings this fusion of technical depth and domain insight into the sports analytics space. Through Hoops BI—a platform guiding overseas professional basketball with strategic, data-driven insights—he aims to make complex data accessible and meaningful, empowering analysts, coaches, and players alike to harness data for smarter decisions and deeper engagement with the game.
Chad McDaniel
CHIEF LEGAL COUNSELChad is an in-house attorney within the biotechnology industry and provides employment, regulatory, and data privacy counsel in an increasingly complex legal landscape. Attorney McDaniel is also an experienced litigator and in his career he has regularly represented large multinational employers in state and federal court and before various administrative agencies. Attorney McDaniel’s work has been published several times over, he has been named among the “Ones to Watch” by “Best Lawyers,” and he is a graduate of Boston College Law School, the Carroll Graduate School of Management at Boston College, and the University of California, Irvine (“UCI”) where he earned degrees in political science and criminology, respectively, while playing basketball at UCI.