Game Theory

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December 18, 2023 NBA Eastern Conference Overreactions, First Q of Season: Celtics, Cavaliers, Raptors, Pacers, Knicks
Bryce Simon joins the show, and we do Eastern Conference Overreactions for the first quarter of the 2023-24 NBA season! We talk about five topics:
CHAPTERS:
0:00 Intro
2:50 The Celtics need more depth to win the title and have to make a trade
16:52 The Raptors should blow up their roster
26:57 The Pacers can make a legit playoff run and Haliburton makes first team All-NBA
40:30 The Cavs’ core doesn’t work as presently constructed as a legitimate contender and is running out of time
56:50 The Knicks are genuinely dangerous still and can make an Eastern Conference Finals appearance.
1:08:45 Outro
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1 hr 10 min
December 14, 2023 NBA Trade Deadline Primer: What names and teams do you need to know as trade season tips off? Breaking down all of the teams and trade candidates; PLUS Draymond Green Hits Nurkic
Bryce Simon joins Sam Vecenie to preview the NBA Trade Deadline. The unofficial start of NBA trade season is typically December 15, as a significant portion of the league becomes eligible to be moved after signing as free agents in the summer.
What players can you expect to move? Who is potentially on the block? Will the Raptors blow it up with OG Anunoby and Pascal Siakam moving? Will the Bulls blow it up with Zach LaVine and DeMar DeRozan moving? Can the Warriors make a move? Can the 76ers make their in-season swing?
We'll talk about all that and more as we preview teams first, then players that could be available.
CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
4:20 Draymond Green smacks Jusuf Nurkic. What are you doing man?
10:58 Cam Whitmore Watch!
13:31 Trade Deadline Primer Intro
13:59 Atlantic Division -- Celtics, Knicks, Nets, Raptors, 76ers
25:50 Central Division -- Bulls, Pacers, Cavaliers, Bucks, Pistons
33:35 Southeast Division -- Heat, Hornets, Magic, Wizards, Hawks
40:50 Northwest Division -- Nuggets, Wolves, Thunder, Jazz, Blazers
50:20 Pacific Division -- Lakers, Clippers, Kings, Suns, Warriors
1:13:50 Southwest Division -- Mavericks, Pelicans, Rockets, Spurs, Grizzlies
1:21:44 Best Fits for LaVine, Siakam, Anunoby, Caruso, Bogdanovic, Tate, DeRozan, Hayward, Tyus, others
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1 hr 45 min
December 11, 2023 2024 NBA Draft: Answering your questions on Prospects like Isaiah Collier, Reed Sheppard, Kyle Filipowski, and more on Trade Targets
Hey! Sam Vecenie is going live to answer YOUR QUESTIONS about the 2024 NBA Draft! Send off some questions ahead of time, and I'll answer as many as I can live on the show! Already, we'll be talking about guys like Isaiah Collier, Kyle Filipowski, Reed Sheppard, Donovan Clingan, and more!
CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
1:20 Isaiah Collier and Bronny James, G, USC
8:00 Kentucky, Aaron Bradshaw, Reed Sheppard
24:10 UConn, Donovan Clingan, Tristen Newton
32:32 Nikola Topic, G, Mega
40:24 Ryan Dunn, F, Virginia (plus some Pacers stuff)
46:00 Raptors stuff, plus should teams try to convey draft picks in 2024?
51:49 Biggest faller top-15
54:03 Evaluating Upperclassmen, who can find success?
58:47 Garwey Dual, G, Providence
1:00:08 Robbie Avila, Indiana State
1:01:37 Oklahoma City Thunder Trade Stuff
1:03:54 Jarin Stevenson, F, Alabama
1:05:23 Malik Mack, G, Harvard!
1:08:23 Otega Oweh, W, Oklahoma
1:10:03 Aday Mara and what makes Sengun, Jokic, Sabonis special
1:11:26 Andrej Stojakovic, Jaylon Tyson, Hansen Yang, Ajay Mitchell
1:16:45 Ignite
1:18:38 Bub Carrington, G, Pittsburgh
1:21:43 Tyler Smith, F, Ignite
1:23:13 Kyle Filipowski, C, Duke
1:29:51 Outro
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1 hr 32 min
December 09, 2023 First Quarter NBA Awards: MVP, DPOY, All-NBA, Rookie of Year, more; Plus, In Season Tournament Semis, Haliburton and Zion Questions
Andrew Schlecht joins Sam Vecenie and they pick who the NBA Award race winners would be through the first quarter of the season. They'll dive into MVP, All-NBA, Defensive Player of the Year, All-Defense, Rookie of the Year, Coach of the Year, and more.
Apologies on the audio for the first minute, had the wrong audio setting. It fixes literally right after the intro.
CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
3:38 Bucks, Bobby Portis confront coaching staff after IST loss
8:25 Tyrese Haliburton and the Pacers are unstoppable
14:32 Zion Williamson's, what up there?
22:13 AWARDS
23:30 MVP, First Team All-NBA Jokic, Giannis and Embiid
33:20 Haliburton vs Shai for No. 3 or 4?
39:45 INSANE Haliburton stats
46:00 Second Team All NBA: Luka, Tatum, LeBron, KD, Steph, Fox
56:55 Third Team All-NBA Fox/Steph, Edwards, Maxey, Booker, PG, Trae
1:02:10 DPOY? Rudy Gobert vs Anthony Davis
1:09:15 All-Defense Suggs, Caruso, Mobley, Shai, Brooks, Herb, Jaren, Bam, more
1:17:55 Rookie of the Year? Chet vs Wemby plus Jaquez
1:25:45 All Rookie
1:31:50 Coach of the Year
1:34:23 Most Improved Player including Duncan Robinson thoughts
1:39:45 Outro
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1 hr 42 min
December 05, 2023 The Pacers in 2023-24, their In Season Tournament win over Boston, and the NBA's MOST IMPORTANT X-FACTORS over the next two months of the season
Bryce Simon is here to join Sam to break down a group of players that will be incredibly important to their team's title race moving forward. We'll talk about players on the Lakers, the Pelicans, the Pacers, the Warriors, the Rockets and the Bucks, and explain how those teams have looked recently and why those players are so important to each team's hopes moving forward.
CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
5:10 Indiana Pacers, their defense, the In Season Tournament, and where they go from here
26:00 Andrew Wiggins and the Warriors
37:00 The Lakers and Austin Reaves
44:28 Jalen Green and the Houston Rockets
55:03 Trey Murphy and the New Orleans Pelicans
1:04:10 Khris Middleton and the Milwaukee Bucks
1:11:30 Others, including Jaime Jaquez, Dereck Lively, Bojan Bogdanovic and Terance Mann
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1 hr 23 min
December 01, 2023 NBA News and Updates! LaMelo out; What's up with the Warriors? Kings rolling; Pistons blow up? Also, Mavericks/Pacers sales, In-Season Tournament!
Mark Schindler joins the show today, and we're here to dive into a few news-y and notes-y items across the NBA. The In-Season Tournament has been a huge success. Why? Second, LaMelo Ball will miss some significant time with an ankle injury. Third, what's going on with the Warriors? Why have they been so messy? Fourth, Sacramento is rolling again with De'Aaron Fox back. Where does it go from here? And finally, the Pistons. Oh, Detroit. Do you blow this whole thing up?
CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
4:12 Mark Cuban sells majority stake in Mavericks, Steven Rales buys part of Indiana Pacers
11:35 In-Season Tournament is great! Plus, In-Season Tournament picks!
21:30 LaMelo Ball injured; what happens with Hornets?
34:17 Golden State Warriors are kind of a mess?
53:00 Sacramento Kings are good again!
1:10:20 Detroit Pistons need to blow something up
1:33:50 Outro
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1 hr 37 min
November 30, 2023 2024 NBA Draft: Early College Basketball Breakouts and potential first round picks with C.J. Moore
C.J. Moore from over at The Athletic joins us, and we're here to break down early college basketball season breakouts that may be morphing into first round picks. We'll break down at least Reed Sheppard from Kentucky, Dalton Knecht from Tennessee, Kobe Johnson from USC, Ryan Dunn from Virginia, Tyler Kolek and Oso Ighodaro from Marquette, and more.
CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
1:09 Reed Sheppard, G, Kentucky
14:04 Robert Dillingham, G, Kentucky
18:25 Oso Ighodaro, C, Marquette
27:45 Tyler Kolek, G, Marquette
32:32 Kam Jones, G, Marquette, and a crazy Kolek clip
39:33 Ryan Dunn, W, Virginia
47:54 Kobe Johnson, W, USC
53:25 Kevin McCullar, W, Kansas
58:30 Dalton Knecht, W, Tennessee
1:06:23 Jamir Watkins, W, Florida State
1:10:25 Alex Karaban, W, Connecticut
1:13:40 Harrison Ingram, W, North Carolina
1:16:46 Braden Smith, G, Purdue
1:21:05 Outro
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1 hr 23 min
November 27, 2023 The Sophomores you NEED TO KNOW In the NBA Through One Month of the 2023-24 Season
Bryce Simon is here and we're breaking down the sophomores in the NBA. We'll dive deep into Paolo Banchero, Jalen Williams, Shaedon Sharpe, Jeremy Sochan, Jaden Ivey, Jabari Smith Jr., Jalen Duren, Christian Braun, Keegan Murray, Mark Williams, Dyson Daniels.
CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
7:25 Paolo Banchero and the Orlando Magic Breakout!
26:50 Jalen Williams
36:38 Jabari Smith Jr.
45:45 Keegan Murray
52:30 Jaden Ivey and Jalen Duren
1:03:26 Shaedon Sharpe
1:07:40 Dyson Daniels
1:15:30 Jeremy Sochan
1:27:20 Mark Williams
1:30:56 Walker Kessler
1:36:25 Christian Braun
1:43:35 Other Sophomores
1:49:00 STOP RAISING YOUR BASKETBALL COURTS
1:50:06 Bub Carrington takes at Pittsburgh Q and A
1:54:25 Outro
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1 hr 57 min
November 20, 2023 The 11 Rookies you NEED TO KNOW In the NBA Through One Month of the 2023-24 Season
Bryce Simon is here to join Sam Vecenie and break down the 11 rookies you need to know across the NBA one month through the 2023-24 season. From the to picks to the surprises and the breakouts, we'll talk about Chet Holmgren, Victor Wembanyama, Scoot Henderson, Brandon Miller, Ausar Thompson all the way through Toumani Camara and Cason Wallace.
CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
2:38 Chet Holmgren and Cason Wallace @okc + OKC
23:42 Victor Wembanyama
35:25 Brandon Miller
45:44 Ausar Thompson + Pistons
56:03 Scoot Henderson and Toumani Camara
1:06:23 Dereck Lively II
1:10:47 Jordan Hawkins
1:15: 26 Jaime Jaquez Jr.
1:18:38 Bilal Coulibaly
1:23:35 Other Rookies
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1 hr 30 min
November 18, 2023 2024 NBA Mock Draft! Version 1.0, Top-30 Players in the Class Two Weeks in College Basketball Season
Bryce Simon joins Sam Vecenie and they deep dive into the 2024 NBA Draft prospects! We go back and forth, making picks and giving our top-30 players in the class. Names like Alex Sarr, Isaiah Collier, Ja'Kobe Walter, Nikola Topic and many others will get picked and discussed, and we'll dive into what we like about their tape, and dislike about it so far.
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2 hr 11 min

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