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Game Theory episodes

September 09, 2025 Kawhi/Ballmer Under Investigation | PJ Washington Extension & a FULL NBA News Catchup | Game Theory Podcast
In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie & Bryce Simon go through all the NBA news headlines they missed from the past 2 weeks during Sam's vacation, covering everything from the Kawhi/Ballmer/Clippers story that has led to an investigation, PJ Washington's contract extenstion, Cam Thomas betting on himself & much more!
03:00 - Clippers Under Investigation After Pablo Torre Story on Ballmer/Kawhi (REACTION)
1:07:30 - Cam Thomas SignS Qualifying Offer
1:22:05 - PJ Washington Signs Extension
1:34:05 - O-Max Prosper Waived
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1 hr 43 min
September 05, 2025 2020 NBA Re-Draft! | Game Theory Podcast
In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie & Bryce Simon re-draft the 2020 NBA Draft, seeing how teams did with the benefit of 5 years of hindsight after selecting this class during the pandemic without a combine or NCAA tournament
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1 hr 58 min
September 01, 2025 Top 25 Defenders In The NBA Today! (No. 8-1) | Game Theory Podcast
In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie & Bryce Simon conclude their 3-part series going through the list of who they consider the top 25 defenders in the NBA today, finishing up with numbers 8 through 1.
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02:15 - Best Defenders In the NBA Today (Top 8
08:53 - 8. Anthony Davis
24:15 - 7. Bam Adebayo
33:19 - 6. Jaren Jackson Jr.
50:57 - 5 Chet Holmgren
1:01:48 - 4. Evan Mobley
1:10:33 - 3. Amen Thompson
1:18:59 - 2 Draymond Green
1:31:52 - 1. Victor Wembanyama
1:40:50 - Top 25 Recap
1 hr 37 min
August 29, 2025 Top 25 Defenders In The NBA Today! (No. 16-9) | Game Theory Podcast
In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie & Bryce Simon continue their 3-part series going through the list of who they consider the top 25 defenders in the NBA today, going over numbers 16 through 9.
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01:30 - Best Defenders In the NBA Today (25-17 Recap)
06:35 - 16. Ausar Thompson
16:41 - 15. Lu Dort
25:51 - 14. Toumani Camara
33:08 - 13. OG Anunoby
43:29 - 12. Herb Jones
49:41 - 11. Dyson Daniels
57:11 - 10. Rudy Gobert
1:08:18 - 9. Alex Caruso
1 hr 22 min
August 25, 2025 Top 25 Defenders In The NBA Today! (No. 25-17) | Game Theory Podcast
In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie & Bryce Simon begin their 3-part series where they will go through the list of who they consider the top 25 defenders in the NBA today, starting with numbers 25 through 17.
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02:15 - Best Defenders In the NBA Today (Honorable Mentions)
26:52 - 25. Walker Kessler
34:05 - 24. Andrew Nembhard
40:02 - 23. Isaiah Hartenstein
48:38 - 22. Giannis Antetokounmpo
1:00:29 - 21. Kris Dunn
1:09:48 - 20. Jalen Suggs
1:18:00 - 19. Ivica Zubac
1:33:00 - 18. Jalen Williams
1:40:43 - 17. Jaden McDaniels
1 hr 38 min
August 22, 2025 Final NBA Offseason Dominos Predictions! | Game Theory Podcast
In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie & Bryce Simon go through all the remaining offseason dominos that have yet to fall making predictions on what they think will happen with 6 weeks until training camp!
04:20 - Josh Giddey (RFA) Contract Prediction
27:49 - Cam Thomas (RFA) Contract Prediction
43:55 - Quentin Grimes (RFA) Contract Prediction
52:38 - Jonathan Kuminga (RFA) Contract Prediction
1:03:08 - Landing Spots for Unrestricted Free Agents
1:23:29 - Will There Be A Blockbuster NBA Trade In September (Again)?
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1 hr 44 min
August 18, 2025 Best Underrated NBA Trade Targets! PLUS: Haywood Highsmith Traded by Miami Heat | Game Theory Podcast
In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie & Bryce Simon give their reactions to the Haywood Highsmith trade before going through their most underrated NBA trade targets!
6:40 - Haywood Highsmith Trade; what does it mean for Miami and Brooklyn?
29:30 - Underrated Trade Targets Intro!
31:50 - Devin Carter
40:30 - Jaden Ivey
52:50 - Jeremy Sochan
1:09:40 - Anthony Black
1:22:55 - Oso Ighodaro (plus why we think the Thunder guys like Cason/Dort aren't available)
1:38:00 - Grab bag of other younger guys like Kobe Bufkin, Marcus Sasser, Mo Gueye, Jon Mogbo, Jordan Hawkins, Yves MIssi, others
1:55:30 - Vets like Goga Bitadze, PJ Washington, others
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2 hr 4 min
August 15, 2025 What Have We Learned From The Last 2 NBA Draft Cycles? | Game Theory Podcast
In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie & Bryce Simon going through a list of everthing they've learned from the last 2 NBA Draft cycles.
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1 hr 32 min
August 11, 2025 2015 NBA Re-Draft! | Game Theory Podcast
In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie and Bryce Simon are here for some fun offseason content, where we're going to re-draft the 2015 NBA Draft, a class that was seen at the time as quite strong but ended up quite poor.
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2 hr 11 min
August 08, 2025 Top 10 Non-Allstars & Best 5 Movies of 2025 (so far) | Game Theory Podcast
In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie is joined by Andrew Claudio (GMAC) to first draft the best 10 NBA players who have yet to make an Allstar team! Then, they dive into the best movies that have come out in 2025, with lengthly spoiler-filled discussions on the 2 blockbusters from the summer: Superman & Fantastic Four!
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02:46 - Top 10 Non-Allstars Draft
1:22:03 - Honorable Mentions
1:28:00 - Best Movies of 2025
1:43:00 - Superman Spoilers Begin
1:53:15 - Best Movies of 2025 (cont'd)
1:59:30 - Fantastic Four Spoilers Begin
2 hr 16 min

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Sam Vecenie talks all about basketball. From the NBA, to the NBA Draft, to college hoops and even some high school, Vecenie is has you covered in this show. And some thoughts on movies, too.