Game Theory Podcast

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 episode, Matt Pennie and Sam Vecenie dive deep into the 2022 NBA Draft with a Mock Draft! See where Chet Holmgren, Paolo Banchero, Jaden Ivey, Jabari Smith, Shaedon Sharpe, and 25 other players end up!

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In this episode, I chat with Adam Spinella about who has the best young core in the Eastern Conference. We dive deep into the Magic, Pistons, Cavaliers, and Pacers, as well as chat a bit about the Raptors, Wizards, Hawks, Hornets, and others. We break down all of the young guys on those teams, then decide which core we'd most want to build around moving forward.

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Free Agency continues with DeMar DeRozan going to Sacramento Kings and Summer League begins. What to look out for and more.

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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

0:00 Intro

2:00 DeMar DeRozan to the Kings; How does he fit in Sacramento?

25:35 How did San Antonio do in this DeRozan deal in taking Harrison Barnes?

29:55 How did Chicago do in this deal and what do they do next?

35:20 Franz Wagner max; why in the world are people surprised by this?

47:00 How the Magic have had a terrific offseason including the Jonathan Isaac extension

59:10 Miles Bridges to Charlotte; why wouldn't have signed this deal?

1:04:25 Dario Saric to Denver; What is Denver doing?

1:09:25 Buddy Hield to Golden State; I kind of like Golden State's offseason?

1:20:05 Caleb Martin to Philadelphia; 4/32 deal is good for Philly

1:24:32 The Detroit Pistons sign Simone Fontecchio and Malik Beasley

1:33:15 Dink Pate to Mexico City Capitanes

1:37:40 Early Summer League thoughts on Steph Castle and Kel'el Ware plus the Heat two-ways

1:47:45 Outro

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In this episode, Shamit Dua of Boot Crewe Media joins the show and we do a substantial deep dive into 2022 NBA Free Agency and the offseason. We start with the Rudy Gobert trade. Why we're skeptical for Minnesota, and why it's a great deal for Utah.

Then, the Kyrie-for-Russell Westbrook report came from Chris Haynes while recording, so we dove deep into that, explaining why this is the kind of deal that just kind of makes sense for everyone involved given the weird stages of both organizations. Then, we move to the Malcolm Brogdon trade.

Then, we go, in order: Portland's free agency moves, the Knicks signing Brunson and Mitchell Robinson, the 76ers having a normal offseason!, Milwaukee's smart moves, the Tyus Jones deal, Golden State's moves, the Raptors bringing back Chris Boucher and Thad Young, the Lakers bringing in JTA, Walker and Brown, the weird Mo Bamba re-signing in Orlando, Marvin Bagley's deal in Detroit, DORT's extension versus Jae'Sean Tate's extension, Malik Monk, Bruce Brown, Ricky Rubio.

Finally, we then dive into the rampant Kevin Durant speculation portion of the episode.

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