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In this episode of Game Theory, Sam Vecenie is joined by Bryce Simon to go through all the teams they've tuned in for the most on NBA League Pass through one month of the NBA season.
CHAPTERS:
07:40 - NBA League Pass Rankings! (Explained)
11:40 - Los Angeles Clippers
17:30 - Orlando Magic
30:49 - Denver Nuggets
37:13 - Houston Rockets
47:38 - San Antonio Spurs
57:27 - Cleveland Cavaliers
1:14:27 - Golden State Warriors
1:23:26 - Memphis Grizzlies
1:31:12 - OKC Thunder
1:40:33 - Los Angeles Lakers
1:49:08 - Honorable mentions w/ GMAC
1:52:45 - TRIVIA!
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In this episode of Game Theory, Sam Vecenie is joined by Bryce Simon to go through several early NBA trade ideas setting a market for who might be available, which teams might be buyers & which teams might be sellers.
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In this episode of Game Theory, Sam Vecenie is joined by Bryce Simon to go through the opposite end of the NBA standings & decide which teams they believe will finish w/ the bottom 8 records (as of now).
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- Sam Vecenie, a Senior NBA Writer at The Athletic, talks all about basketball. From the NBA, to the NBA Draft, to college hoops and even some high school, Vecenie has you covered in this show.
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In this episode of Game Theory, Sam Vecenie is joined by Bryce Simon & together they go through several rookies from the 2024 NBA Draft class giving their overall impressions of how this group is doing so far, as well as highlighting specific players making great early impressions on their new teams.
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In this episode of Game Theory, Sam Vecenie is joined by Bryce Simon to go through the top 10 in their personal NBA Power Rankings through the first few weeks of the NBA season!
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In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie is joined by Adam Finkelstein from 247Sports and CBS Sports to go around the country & talk about a number of interesting 2025 NBA Draft prospects, including Egor Demin, Jaland Lowe, Kam Jones, Asa Newell and Donnie Freeman.
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In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie is joined by Bryce Simon to go through several different teams off to rough starts to the season & grade them all on a scale from 1-10 on the NBA Panic Meter!
CHAPTERS:
04:17 Discussing the Joel Embiid/Marcus Hayes incident on Saturday night
32:58 NBA Panic Meter - Philadelphia 76ers
44:07 NBA Panic Meter - Milwaukee Bucks
57:21 NBA Panic Meter - Orlando Magic
1:05:33 NBA Panic Meter - Indiana Pacers
1:14:31 NBA Panic Meter - Denver Nuggets
1:29:17 TRIVIA TIME w/ GMAC! 10 Players averaging at least 15 rebounds & 10 rebounds this season
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In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie & Bryce Simon have a conversation about some of the NBA's earliest most-improved players.
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In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie & Bryce Simon to talk through the opening week of the NBA season with the only way we know how: by overreacting to what we've seen from the Lakers, Celtics, Nuggets and Thunder among others.
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In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie is joined by Keith Smith of the @NBAFrontOffice Show to discuss the NBA contract extensions that were reported earlier this week & give their grades for each one from the team perspective.
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- Sam Vecenie, a Senior NBA Writer at The Athletic, talks all about basketball. From the NBA, to the NBA Draft, to college hoops and even some high school, Vecenie has you covered in this show.
CHAPTERS:
2:30 How do you watch NBA games?
7:30 Big picture look at Rookie Extension Window from Keith
18:15 Houston Rockets extend Alperen Sengun and Jalen Green
43:25 Orlando Magic extend Jalen Suggs
50:45 Atlanta Hawks extend Jalen Johnson
55:15 The real money pressure on NBA players to extend now
1:06:18 New Orleans Pelicans extend Trey Murphy III
1:11:42 Corey Kispert extends with Washington Wizards
1:15:12 Moses Moody and Jaden Hardy extensions, rookie scale guys that haven't extended
1:22:00 Aaron Gordon and Denver Nuggets come to agreement
1:25:45 Minnesota Timberwolves extend Rudy Gobert
1:35:45 BOSTON KEITH TALKS ABOUT THE CELTICS
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In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie & Bryce Simon to talk about players they're looking at this season who could break out as important, impact players or even NBA stars in the 2024-25 season.
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- Sam Vecenie, a Senior NBA Writer at The Athletic, talks all about basketball. From the NBA, to the NBA Draft, to college hoops and even some high school, Vecenie has you covered in this show.
CHAPTERS:
7:40 Christian Braun (and Julian Strawther)
22:41 Jalen Williams
35:05 Jaden Ivey
43:55 Amen Thompson
51:50 Deuce McBride
57:05 Nikola Jovic
1:03:00 Rapid Fire on Brandin Podziemski, Jordan Miller, Dyson Daniels, Ayo Dosunmu, Tre Mann, Andrew Nembhard, Lonzo Ball, and others
1:24:17 GMAC joins for Trivia 11 players who have 14k points and 6k rebounds. name them!
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In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie is here to break down 2025 NBA Draft prospects, including Cooper Flagg, Ace Bailey, Dylan Harper, V.J. Edgecombe and Nolan Traore among others with @HoopIntellect 's own Keandre Ashley.
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- Sam Vecenie, a Senior NBA Writer at The Athletic, talks all about basketball. From the NBA, to the NBA Draft, to college hoops and even some high school, Vecenie has you covered in this show.
CHAPTERS:
2:50 How do you rate the 2025 NBA Draft compared to other NBA Draft classes?
7:05 Can any other prospect break into the top-five of the 2025 NBA Draft?
910:00 Ben Saraf and Noa Essengue takeaways versus Portland
20:45 Cooper Flagg Preseason Eval
38:00 Rating Cooper Flagg compared to other elite prospects
40:15 Ace Bailey and Dylan Harper
1:11:20 V.J. Edgecombe
1:23:50 Nolan Traore (and some Kasparas Jakucionis)
1:31:35 Tony Bennett retires
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In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie & Bryce Simon make their predictions for the 2024-25 NBA Season!
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- Sam Vecenie, a Senior NBA Writer at The Athletic, talks all about basketball. From the NBA, to the NBA Draft, to college hoops and even some high school, Vecenie has you covered in this show.
CHAPTERS:
9:55 Luka Doncic wins MVP
17:55 The Thunder will win 65 games
27:31 The Suns finish top 4 in the West
39:15 The Pistons will NOT finish bottom 3 in the NBA
44:36 Tyrese Maxey makes ALL-NBA
49:26 The Pelicans will NOT finish top 8 in the West
1:01:11 The Cavaliers will trade 1 of their core 4
1:06:07 OKC vs BOS in the Finals & goes 7
1:21:35 TRIVIA
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In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie is joined by his colleague at The Athletic Fred Katz to discuss who they think are the most important players in the NBA this season.
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- Sam Vecenie, a Senior NBA Writer at The Athletic, talks all about basketball. From the NBA, to the NBA Draft, to college hoops and even some high school, Vecenie has you covered in this show.
CHAPTERS:
7:00 - Bradley Beal
20:08 - Ja Morant
33:25 - Cooper Flagg
44:25 - Victor Wembanyama
59:09 - Chet Holmgren & Evan Mobley
1:11:24 - Khris Middleton
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In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie & Bryce Simon do their first 2025 NBA Mock Draft of the season! Come join us and break down a loaded draft class with Cooper Flagg, Ace Bailey, Dylan Harper, V.J. Edgecombe, and many more!
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In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie is joined by Jason Timpf, where we're going to talk through his best players in the NBA list that he recently released. How does he go about ranking his top players? And who does he think is set for enormous seasons?
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- Sam Vecenie, a Senior NBA Writer at The Athletic, talks all about basketball. From the NBA, to the NBA Draft, to college hoops and even some high school, Vecenie has you covered in this show.
3:00 Karl-Anthony Towns trade; Why Sam and Jason disagree a bit!
33:00 Jason's Player Rankings; How does Jason go about ranking players? What is his criteria?
45:27 Jayson Tatum vs. Anthony Edwards and Tatum's ranking
57:15 Victor Wembanyama
1:03:10 Tyrese Maxey, most important player in the league?
1:13:00 Big group of guards and how to parse through the league's best
1:17:00 The Players who could break out and make people ranking players look stupid
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In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie, Bryce Simon & Andrew Claudio draft the best 32 and Over Teams in the NBA! We go snake style and draft all players born before December 31, 1992! We talk LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry, Kawhi Leonard, and many more!
But first, we run through NBA news and notes, including Jose Alvarado's extension, Terance Mann's extension, the Mitchell Robinson situation and more.
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In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie, Bryce Simon & Andrew Claudio break down the NBA's first true BLOCKBUSTER trade of the 2024-25 season: Karl-Anthony Towns is going to the Knicks for Julius Randle and Donte DiVincenzo. Was this the right trade for the Knicks? What about for the Timberwolves? Does this deal make sense for a team coming off of a Western Conference Finals berth?CHECK OUT THE VIDEO VERSION OF THIS EPISODE ON THE GAME THEORY YOUTUBE CHANNEL!FOLLOW GAME THEORY ON SOCIALS:TWITTER - @GameTheorySamVINSTAGRAM - @GameTheorySamVTIKTOK - @GameTheorySamV- Sam Vecenie, a Senior NBA Writer at The Athletic, talks all about basketball. From the NBA, to the NBA Draft, to college hoops and even some high school, Vecenie has you covered in this show.CHAPTERS:6:30 First Impressions of the Trade16:30 The Knicks side of the deal. How much does Towns help?1:03:03 The Timberwolves side of the deal; Why this makes them potentially much better1:44:00 TRIVIA TIME on Towns, Randle, Donte!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie is joined by Robby Kalland to run through gambling picks for each Western Conference team's over/under win total line. Will the Lakers win more than 43 games? Will the Warriors win more than 42? Can Wembanyama lead a Spurs turnaround? We break it all down.
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- Sam Vecenie, a Senior NBA Writer at The Athletic, talks all about basketball. From the NBA, to the NBA Draft, to college hoops and even some high school, Vecenie has you covered in this show.
CHAPTERS:
5:00 - Dallas Mavericks
12:23 - Denver Nuggets
18:45 - Golden State Warriors
26:53 - Houston Rockets
38:01 - Los Angeles Clippers
43:15 - Los Angeles Lakers
50:25 - Memphis Grizzlies
1:01:58 - Minnesota Timberwolves
1:10:40 - New Orleans Pelicans
1:16:45 - Oklahoma City Thunder
1:21:54 - Phoenix Suns
1:26:07 - Portland Trail Blazers
1:36:50 - Sacramento Kings
1:44:08 - San Antonio Spurs
1:52:50 - Utah Jazz
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In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie & Bryce Simon discuss Joel Embiid's extension, AJ Griffin's sudden retirement, which NBA prospects stand out at the NBL and much more before prediction which 10 teams will finish top 10 in defensive rating this upcoming NBA season.Control Body Odor ANYWHERE with Mando and get $5 OFF your Starter Pack (that’s over 40% off) with promo code GAMETHEORY at https://shopmando.comCHECK OUT THE VIDEO VERSION OF THIS EPISODE ON THE GAME THEORY YOUTUBE CHANNEL!FOLLOW GAME THEORY ON SOCIALS:TWITTER - @GameTheorySamVINSTAGRAM - @GameTheorySamVTIKTOK - @GameTheorySamV- Sam Vecenie, a Senior NBA Writer at The Athletic, talks all about basketball. From the NBA, to the NBA Draft, to college hoops and even some high school, Vecenie has you covered in this show.CHAPTERS4:15 Joel Embiid signs extension; Why the Sixers had to do it even with the downside24:05 AJ Griffin leaves basketball38:53 NBL Early Season Draft Breakdown!39:57 Alex Toohey46:00 Rocco Zikarsky51:26 Ben Henshall56:20 Izan Almansa59:30 Malique Lewis and Lachlan Olbrich1:05:00 Predicting the Top-10 Defenses in the NBA!1:56:05 TRIVIA TIME! 10 Most Recent Individual Seasons of 50+ games, 1000+ minutes, 11 or more 3-pt attempts per 36 minutesLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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