In this episode of Game Theory, Sam Vecenie is joined by Bryce Simon to go through several early NBA trade ideas setting a market for who might be available, which teams might be buyers & which teams might be sellers.

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In this episode of Game Theory, Sam Vecenie is joined by Bryce Simon to go through the opposite end of the NBA standings & decide which teams they believe will finish w/ the bottom 8 records (as of now).

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In this episode of Game Theory, Sam Vecenie is joined by Bryce Simon & together they go through several rookies from the 2024 NBA Draft class giving their overall impressions of how this group is doing so far, as well as highlighting specific players making great early impressions on their new teams.

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In this episode of Game Theory, Sam Vecenie is joined by Bryce Simon to go through the top 10 in their personal NBA Power Rankings through the first few weeks of the NBA season!

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In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie is joined by Adam Finkelstein from 247Sports and CBS Sports to go around the country & talk about a number of interesting 2025 NBA Draft prospects, including Egor Demin, Jaland Lowe, Kam Jones, Asa Newell and Donnie Freeman.

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In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie is joined by Bryce Simon to go through several different teams off to rough starts to the season & grade them all on a scale from 1-10 on the NBA Panic Meter!

CHAPTERS:

04:17 Discussing the Joel Embiid/Marcus Hayes incident on Saturday night

32:58 NBA Panic Meter - Philadelphia 76ers

44:07 NBA Panic Meter - Milwaukee Bucks

57:21 NBA Panic Meter - Orlando Magic

1:05:33 NBA Panic Meter - Indiana Pacers

1:14:31 NBA Panic Meter - Denver Nuggets

1:29:17 TRIVIA TIME w/ GMAC! 10 Players averaging at least 15 rebounds & 10 rebounds this season

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In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie & Bryce Simon have a conversation about some of the NBA's earliest most-improved players.

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In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie & Bryce Simon to talk through the opening week of the NBA season with the only way we know how: by overreacting to what we've seen from the Lakers, Celtics, Nuggets and Thunder among others.

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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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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

1:35:45 BOSTON KEITH TALKS ABOUT THE CELTICS

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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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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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