NBA Breakout Players for the 2024-25 Season! | Game Theory Podcast w/ Sam Vecenie

10/21/24 • 104 min

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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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- 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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Previous Episode

2025 NBA Draft Preseason Scouting w/ Keandre Ashley of Hoop Intellect

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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NBA Rookie Extension Grades with Keith Smith of The NBA Front Office Show

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