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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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

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

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

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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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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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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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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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

In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie is joined by Bryce Simon to catchup on several offseason news topics, like Luka Doncic extending with the Lakers, Mikal Bridges extending with the Knicks, Jonathan Kuminga & the Warriors negotiations and much more! 

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03:55 - Luka Doncic extends w/ Lakers

34:31 - Mikal Bridges extends w/ Knicks

55:12 - Jonathan Kuminga/Warriors negotiations