A long-lens view at sports, fantasy sports, cryptocurrency, gambling, sports betting and all the digital culture in between. Davis Mattek is joined by a guest on a semi-regular basis to have semi-intelligent conversations about this world of outcomes and analytics.
Davis Mattek is joined by Pat Mayo ( @MayoMediaNetwork ) to discuss creating on Youtube Shorts, Tiktok, Instagram Reels, fixing NBA rating, Brain Rot, short attention spans, Super Teams, World War 2 and much more
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00:00 Pat Mayo Introduction
2:00 Why do people want to hear us not talk about football (or golf)
8:11 Optimizing For TikTok/Instagram Reels/YouTube Shorts
16:00 Why we are never leaving Twitter
22:55 Avoiding Brain Rot On TikTok
29:12 Is there any way to fix NBA television ratings?
36:00 Tim Duncan Was Better Than Kobe Bryant
39:45 Super teams are great for every sports league
44:40 Americans do not like French people (Wemby has no chance)
52:30 We are far enough removed from World War 2 that it is not in the cultural conscious
55:00 Is life bad now or are we just much more aware of it?
1:01:00 No One Wants To Play A Game That Rewards Perfect Strategy
1:05:00 How To Win At PGA Best Ball
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Davis Mattek is joined by Socrdave (David Kitchen) to discuss their mutual history, Fantasy Insiders, RotoGrinders, David's personal organization, Elon Musk and much more.
00:00 David Kitchen X Introduction
2:30 How did David Kitchen find daily fantasy sports?
8:30 Life before Rotogrinders for David
12:45 Grinders live….with Socrdave
17:00 Reading DMs from 2013 between David and Davis
23:50 The Legend Of Basketball Monster
29:01 The End Of Fantasy Insiders
36:04 DFS Communities
40:03 Notion, Trello, Asana, Basecamp… David can never find the perfect program to get organized
48:00 The Hollowness of SEO
55:20 David Kitchen and Late Round QB
1:01:00 David loves Elon Musk
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Davis Mattek welcomes Kevin Cole from Unexpected Points for an in-depth discussion about football analysis and data analytics. Using python and sports analytics tools, they explore the intersection of statistical modeling and football strategy. They use these tools to discuss who should win NFL MVP, Coach Of The Year, Offensive Rookie of the year and more! The conversation delves into data science applications in sports, making this football podcast episode essential for anyone interested in the analytical side of the game. 🏈📊
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00:00 Taekcast Kevin Cole Unexpected Points Introduction
2:01 Who Will Win 2024 NFL MVP ?
5:45 Is it okay for Saquon Barkley to win NFL MVP?
13:03 Are Lamar Jackson’s bad games worse than a normal QBs bad games
14:30 Caleb Williams learned the wrong lesson Patrick mahomes on the sideline scramble
16:04 What is Jared Goff’s NFL MVP case?
21:45 Are the Chiefs bad or just unserious? Why is Andy Reid not pressing the edges?
31:30 It Always Comes Back To Brock Purdy and Kyle Shanahan
35:30 What do the Panthers and Dave Canales do with Bryce Young?
43:30 2024 Offensive Rookie Of The Year
52:01 Jayden Daniels vs Drake Maye
55:02 2024 NFL Coach Of The Year: Who should we bet?
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Davis Mattek is joined by former top-level DFS professional and high-stakes poker player Ryan Daut to discuss his retirement from gambling, realizing he had a 160+ IQ, taking the official IQ test and much more.
00:00 Ryan Daut Taekcast Introduction
1:27 Ryan’s DeFi Realization: What is wealth?
4:45 No One Really Retires From Gambling; how did Ryan?
11:00 Gambling as someone who hates losing
12:10 We need ambitious people on this earth
17:02 Is Davis Mattek an NPC?
23:01 Ryan Daut Decides To Take An Official IQ Test: Why?
27:58 The Mega Test???
32:02 Ryan Breaks Davis’ Brain With A Math Problem
35:21 The Actual Reasons To Take An IQ Test
40:30 What was the IQ test actually like?
49:50 How To Measure Memory For IQ
56:35 What do you feel when you realize you’re a genius?
1:01:01 What does any of this matter? Why should anyone care about being intelligent?
1:09:50 Microstrategy Blowup, when?
1:12:01 Social Media Response To Posting Ryan’s IQ Test
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Davis Mattek and Andrew Wiggins from Establish the Run dive deep into daily fantasy football game theory and discuss how draftkings has evolved over the years. They explore modern gambling and DFS strategy while examining the impact of sports betting on the industry's growth. The conversation covers innovative approaches to betting, DFS and includes discussion of bitcoin, crypto and downswings in gambling.
00:00 Andrew Wiggins Makisupa Introduction
2:00 Is DFS Dead
4:20 Why is gambling so popular right now?
7:01 Are you old enough to remember watching TV without a phone?
10:20 Owning ETR in a short attention span economy
15:15 The downswings of DFS
19:10 Getting off the top optimal in cash (and why you can do it)
22:01 Jauan Jennings Is The Greatest Player In Football
25:10 Getting off of hyper efficient players before the projections adjust
31:55 NBA Projection and the difficulty of median projections
36:30 Why don’t people like the NBA as much as football? When was the last collective sporting event?
41:00 Some of the dumbest people on Earth are going to get insanely rich because of Bitcoin
44:55 What is going on in the crypto casino?
48:10 Davis’ biggest conspiracy theory belief
50:55 Nuclear Power Could Be The Future
52:30 Wellymaker https://x.com/DrewDinkmeyer/status/1832057141126930784
53:30 Do Not Use The For You Tab
56:00 Andrew Wiggins Training Schedule
1:01:15 Bets To Improve Your Health
1:03:30 The Greatest Grateful Dead Live Recording
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Davis Mattek is joined by Mike Zakarian from the NBA Bit to discuss content creation, self employment, self doubt, always being on the clock, the YouTube economy and much more
00:00 Mike Zakarian Introduction
1:45 The Journey into self employment and content creation
3:55 How sports betting changed the entire landscape for the sports content market
6:45 The reality of the fickleness of peoples viewing habits
12:30 Marketing versus Knowledge
18:40 The over saturation of the content market: there is too much to watch!
27:00 The upside of working for yourself
31:55 No one works for the same company for their entire life anymore
38:55 The 99% versus the 1% in content and in life
47:05 Why does something bad have to happen before we are ready to make the leap?
53:00 You could be working 100% of your waking hours theoretically if you wanted to
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00:00 Election Consequences Intro
4:30 Is Political Polling dead?
10:44 The Biden Campaign vs The Harris Campaign Strategies
16:30 Comparing the 2024 election to the 1968 election
19:20 There will be no end to inflation
26:30 The Wrong Strategy vs Trump
34:01 Harris did not run a good campaign
45:00 How easy it is to bet on elections?
52:40 Harris not going on Rogan is one of the biggest unforced errors in political history
59:30 If the economy is good, incumbent party wins.
If the economy is bad, incumbent party loses.
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00:00 Ron Stewart Introduction
2:10 Who does Ron blame for the 2-6 New York Jets start?
9:50 How much of the Jets mess should Aaron Rodgers be able to fix?
12:10 How much does Sam Darnold make in free agency?
23:20 Anthony Richardson benched after 10 NFL starts…what the hell is going?
33:01 Anthony Richardson Cope From Ron…Can he turn it around?
39:51 Why was Davante Adams not traded to the Jets earlier?
46:02 DeAndre Hopkins To The Chiefs, Amari Cooper to the bills, who has the biggest impact?
50:02 Just how bad are the Bills coaching staff?
Davis Mattek is joined by Ron Stewart to discuss the epic collapse of the 2024 New York Jets, Aaron Rodgers' accountability, Anthony Richardson getting benched, the worst coaches of good NFL teams and much more
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Davis Mattek is joined by Jared Dubin from Last Night In Basketball to predict the 2024 NBA season and get up to speed with what to expect over the next 6 months of hoops.
00:00 Jared Dubin Introduction 1:40 OKC Thunder: Are they going to make an in season trade? 7:55 Are the Boston Celtics a hollow super team? 11:55 Is The Eastern Conference More Fragile at the top? 16:02 The Orlando Magic Are Ready To Make A Run 19:15 What is the NBA trade market like in-season in 2024-25? 22:45 What the hell is going on with the detroit pistons? 27:59 Rookie Of The Year: Who is it? 35:03 The New Orleans Pelicans: Trey Murphy III, Zion Williamson, Brandon Ingram… how good can they be? 41:11 Are the aprons working as intended? 46:45 What is the deal with Jamaal Murray? 50:01 Any breakout bench players for the Denver Nuggets? 53:59 Golden State Warriors: No Klay Thompson, Melton/Hield, More minutes for the young guys? 56:00 The Warriors closing lineup: Steph, Draymond Green, Kuminga and….? 1:01:58 The End Of Era: Lebron James
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Davis Mattek is joined by Justin Phan from Unabated & Underdog to discuss how NBA projections are made, the brand new Unabated NBA betting & DFS projection model, the OKC Thunder, the Philadelphia 76ers, Victor Wembenyama, and much more about the 2024-2025 NBA Season
00:00 2024-2025 NBA Season Preview Intro
3:00 New Unabated NBA Conditional Projection Tool: How Do Conditional Projections Work & the best way to leverage projections to make money in the 2024-25 NBA Season
15:01 Oklahoma City Thunder 2024-25: Are they as good as their odds suggest? How could they fail? How good is Isaiah Hartenstein?
22:02 Denver Nuggets: What Is The Deal? Why did they cheap out on Kentavious Caldwell-Pope?
26:45 The New Look Golden State Warriors: No More Klay Thompson? Who starts? Old vs Young at every position!
35:10 San Antonio Spurs & Victor Wembenyama: It’s A New Era in the NBA as Wemby is perhaps the best player in the NBA
46:10 New York Knicks Trade For Karl Anthony Towns: Who won the trade? The Knicks or the Wolves?
53:30 Anthony Edwards The Next Super Duper NBA Superstar??
55:01 Boston Celtics: Can They Repeat As Champions? Why or why not?
58:03 It Is The Philadelphia 76ers Season (Or Maybe Not)
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Davis Mattek is joined by Brian Hooper to discuss how sims are changing the NFL DFS landscape, what sims actually do, issues with the public facing sim products and how the field is missing the trick with Underdog Battle Royale contests
00:00 Intro 1:00 State Of The Nation For DFS Sims 3:15 What Are Sims Saying Is +EV This Year 5:50 What Actually Happens Inside Of A DFS Sim 7:30 Issues With Overcorrelations In Sims 11:20 Fragility In Projecting The Field In DFS 14:00 Knowing Ball Vs Knowing Nerd 19:30 Can You Still Win In DFS With A Solver 20:15 Input Volatility (How Do DFS Projections Work) 26:01 Changing Inputs In DFS Projections And How That Effects Sims 31:00 Why DFS Sims Want You To Always Play The Chalk 35:00 How A Handbuilder Should Play DFS In 2024 41:00 Can Sims Tell You When To Swap In DFS? 46:00 Is Battle Royale On Underdog The Last Beatable Daily Fantasy Sports Game? 52:00 God Knowledge Projection For Fantasy Sports 56:30 Anchoring Bias Of DFS Salary Vs Best Ball ADP
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