Game Theory Podcast

Bryce Simon is here and we're talking about five topics again across the NBA-The Cavaliers have lost both Darius Garland and Evan Mobley to long-term injuries. What now?-What do the Knicks do now with Mitchell Robinson out while Jalen Brunson is on fire?-Coby White breakout for the Bulls!-The Clippers keep rolling following the James Harden deal.-Kings Check-in; Fox continues hot streak, moreCHAPTERS0:00 Intro/Zach Edey and Donovan Clingan take5:00 Cleveland Cavaliers playing well without Garland and Mobley!16:00 Cavaliers Future and What their next moves are28:45 The New York Knicks Post-MitchRob Injury plus Brunson Breakout38:00 Why Dejounte Murray or other non-No. 1 options don't make sense for NYK51:35 Coby White and the Bulls! The White Breakout! PatWill playing better!1:06:25 LA Clippers are rolling. Why the Harden trade is working and why Kawhi is balling1:15:34 A Sacramento Kings check-in; Why the Kings are still fine even with recent losses1:29:55 Outro plus a genius Will Wade to West Virginia idea Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bryce Simon is here to break down five NBA topics as we head into the new year.-Pistons lose 27 straight, have to talk about it.-Phoenix Suns are struggling. What's up there?-Why don't people believe in the Milwaukee Bucks?-Ja Morant back!-Luka for MVP?CHAPTERS0:00 Intro6:10 The Pistons lose 27 STRAIGHT GAMES22:30 The Pistons need to move on from Troy Weaver35:49 The Phoenix Suns; Is it time to hit the Panic Button?51:45 Dallas Mavericks strong run and if Luka Doncic can win MVP1:03:49 Why don't people believe in the Milwaukee Bucks?1:15:30 Ja Morant and the Memphis Grizzlies are BACK1:27:20 Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bryce Simon joins the show, and we do Western Conference Overreactions for the first quarter of the 2023-24 NBA season! We talk about five topics:CHAPTERS: 0:00 Intro1:55 The Warriors are Cooked and Need to make a TRADE16:04 The Timberwolves are the best team in the NBA27:15 The Los Angeles Clippers finish ahead of the Suns in the standings43:55 The Thunder make the Western Conference Finals55:17 The Spurs have done wrong by Victor Wembanyama to start the season1:10:40 Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bryce Simon joins the show, and we do Eastern Conference Overreactions for the first quarter of the 2023-24 NBA season! We talk about five topics:CHAPTERS: 0:00 Intro2:50 The Celtics need more depth to win the title and have to make a trade16:52 The Raptors should blow up their roster26:57 The Pacers can make a legit playoff run and Haliburton makes first team All-NBA40:30 The Cavs’ core doesn’t work as presently constructed as a legitimate contender and is running out of time56:50 The Knicks are genuinely dangerous still and can make an Eastern Conference Finals appearance. 1:08:45 Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bryce Simon joins Sam Vecenie to preview the NBA Trade Deadline. The unofficial start of NBA trade season is typically December 15, as a significant portion of the league becomes eligible to be moved after signing as free agents in the summer.What players can you expect to move? Who is potentially on the block? Will the Raptors blow it up with OG Anunoby and Pascal Siakam moving? Will the Bulls blow it up with Zach LaVine and DeMar DeRozan moving? Can the Warriors make a move? Can the 76ers make their in-season swing?We'll talk about all that and more as we preview teams first, then players that could be available.CHAPTERS0:00 Intro4:20 Draymond Green smacks Jusuf Nurkic. What are you doing man?10:58 Cam Whitmore Watch!13:31 Trade Deadline Primer Intro13:59 Atlantic Division -- Celtics, Knicks, Nets, Raptors, 76ers25:50 Central Division -- Bulls, Pacers, Cavaliers, Bucks, Pistons33:35 Southeast Division -- Heat, Hornets, Magic, Wizards, Hawks40:50 Northwest Division -- Nuggets, Wolves, Thunder, Jazz, Blazers50:20 Pacific Division -- Lakers, Clippers, Kings, Suns, Warriors1:13:50 Southwest Division -- Mavericks, Pelicans, Rockets, Spurs, Grizzlies1:21:44 Best Fits for LaVine, Siakam, Anunoby, Caruso, Bogdanovic, Tate, DeRozan, Hayward, Tyus, others Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hey! Sam Vecenie is going live to answer YOUR QUESTIONS about the 2024 NBA Draft! Send off some questions ahead of time, and I'll answer as many as I can live on the show! Already, we'll be talking about guys like Isaiah Collier, Kyle Filipowski, Reed Sheppard, Donovan Clingan, and more!CHAPTERS0:00 Intro1:20 Isaiah Collier and Bronny James, G, USC8:00 Kentucky, Aaron Bradshaw, Reed Sheppard24:10 UConn, Donovan Clingan, Tristen Newton32:32 Nikola Topic, G, Mega40:24 Ryan Dunn, F, Virginia (plus some Pacers stuff)46:00 Raptors stuff, plus should teams try to convey draft picks in 2024?51:49 Biggest faller top-1554:03 Evaluating Upperclassmen, who can find success?58:47 Garwey Dual, G, Providence1:00:08 Robbie Avila, Indiana State1:01:37 Oklahoma City Thunder Trade Stuff1:03:54 Jarin Stevenson, F, Alabama1:05:23 Malik Mack, G, Harvard!1:08:23 Otega Oweh, W, Oklahoma1:10:03 Aday Mara and what makes Sengun, Jokic, Sabonis special1:11:26 Andrej Stojakovic, Jaylon Tyson, Hansen Yang, Ajay Mitchell1:16:45 Ignite1:18:38 Bub Carrington, G, Pittsburgh1:21:43 Tyler Smith, F, Ignite1:23:13 Kyle Filipowski, C, Duke1:29:51 Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Andrew Schlecht joins Sam Vecenie and they pick who the NBA Award race winners would be through the first quarter of the season. They'll dive into MVP, All-NBA, Defensive Player of the Year, All-Defense, Rookie of the Year, Coach of the Year, and more.Apologies on the audio for the first minute, had the wrong audio setting. It fixes literally right after the intro.CHAPTERS0:00 Intro3:38 Bucks, Bobby Portis confront coaching staff after IST loss8:25 Tyrese Haliburton and the Pacers are unstoppable14:32 Zion Williamson's, what up there?22:13 AWARDS23:30 MVP, First Team All-NBA Jokic, Giannis and Embiid33:20 Haliburton vs Shai for No. 3 or 4?39:45 INSANE Haliburton stats46:00 Second Team All NBA: Luka, Tatum, LeBron, KD, Steph, Fox56:55 Third Team All-NBA Fox/Steph, Edwards, Maxey, Booker, PG, Trae1:02:10 DPOY? Rudy Gobert vs Anthony Davis1:09:15 All-Defense Suggs, Caruso, Mobley, Shai, Brooks, Herb, Jaren, Bam, more1:17:55 Rookie of the Year? Chet vs Wemby plus Jaquez1:25:45 All Rookie1:31:50 Coach of the Year1:34:23 Most Improved Player including Duncan Robinson thoughts1:39:45 Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bryce Simon is here to join Sam to break down a group of players that will be incredibly important to their team's title race moving forward. We'll talk about players on the Lakers, the Pelicans, the Pacers, the Warriors, the Rockets and the Bucks, and explain how those teams have looked recently and why those players are so important to each team's hopes moving forward.CHAPTERS0:00 Intro5:10 Indiana Pacers, their defense, the In Season Tournament, and where they go from here26:00 Andrew Wiggins and the Warriors37:00 The Lakers and Austin Reaves44:28 Jalen Green and the Houston Rockets55:03 Trey Murphy and the New Orleans Pelicans1:04:10 Khris Middleton and the Milwaukee Bucks1:11:30 Others, including Jaime Jaquez, Dereck Lively, Bojan Bogdanovic and Terance Mann Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mark Schindler joins the show today, and we're here to dive into a few news-y and notes-y items across the NBA. The In-Season Tournament has been a huge success. Why? Second, LaMelo Ball will miss some significant time with an ankle injury. Third, what's going on with the Warriors? Why have they been so messy? Fourth, Sacramento is rolling again with De'Aaron Fox back. Where does it go from here? And finally, the Pistons. Oh, Detroit. Do you blow this whole thing up?CHAPTERS0:00 Intro4:12 Mark Cuban sells majority stake in Mavericks, Steven Rales buys part of Indiana Pacers11:35 In-Season Tournament is great! Plus, In-Season Tournament picks!21:30 LaMelo Ball injured; what happens with Hornets?34:17 Golden State Warriors are kind of a mess?53:00 Sacramento Kings are good again!1:10:20 Detroit Pistons need to blow something up1:33:50 Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

C.J. Moore from over at The Athletic joins us, and we're here to break down early college basketball season breakouts that may be morphing into first round picks. We'll break down at least Reed Sheppard from Kentucky, Dalton Knecht from Tennessee, Kobe Johnson from USC, Ryan Dunn from Virginia, Tyler Kolek and Oso Ighodaro from Marquette, and more.CHAPTERS0:00 Intro1:09 Reed Sheppard, G, Kentucky14:04 Robert Dillingham, G, Kentucky18:25 Oso Ighodaro, C, Marquette27:45 Tyler Kolek, G, Marquette32:32 Kam Jones, G, Marquette, and a crazy Kolek clip39:33 Ryan Dunn, W, Virginia47:54 Kobe Johnson, W, USC53:25 Kevin McCullar, W, Kansas58:30 Dalton Knecht, W, Tennessee1:06:23 Jamir Watkins, W, Florida State1:10:25 Alex Karaban, W, Connecticut1:13:40 Harrison Ingram, W, North Carolina1:16:46 Braden Smith, G, Purdue1:21:05 Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices