Game Theory Podcast

Bryce Simon is here and we're going to talk about five topics across the NBA/NBA Draft today. -First, OKC Thunder. After beating Boston, Denver and Minnesota in the last 10 days, can they just straight up win the NBA title in 2024? -The LA Lakers; What's up with them? How are they 17-17 with LeBron playing extremely well, AD having only missed three games? -First Impressions of the OG Anunoby/Immanuel Quickley/RJ Barrett deal -NBA Draft Prospect of the Week! Jared McCain from Duke! CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro 5:06 OKC Thunder deep dive, why are they successful? 28:15 Potential Thunder upgrades at the deadline? 35:00 Can OKC win the title in 2024? 40:32 Wendell Carter, Goga Bitadze and the Orlando Magic big situation 48:00 LA Lakers are 17-17, what's going on? 1:10:35 First Impressions of Knicks with Anunoby? 1:18:09 First Impressions of Raptors with Barrett and Quickley? 1:23:55 Jared McCain, NBA Draft Prospect of the Week 1:39:27 Tyrese Proctor and Kyle Filipowski takes 1:45:15 Outro Learn more about your ad choice

Jonathan Macri from Knicks Film School joins the show to break down the surprising OG Anunoby trade to the New York Knicks earlier on Saturday. The Knicks move Immanuel Quickley, R.J. Barrett and a second round pick to the Raptors for Anunoby, Malachi Flynn and Precious Achiuwa. How does this deal make sense for the Knicks? What works for the Raptors here? We'll break it all down! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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, more CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro/Zach Edey and Donovan Clingan take 5:00 Cleveland Cavaliers playing well without Garland and Mobley! 16:00 Cavaliers Future and What their next moves are 28:45 The New York Knicks Post-MitchRob Injury plus Brunson Breakout 38:00 Why Dejounte Murray or other non-No. 1 options don't make sense for NYK 51:35 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 balling 1:15:34 A Sacramento Kings check-in; Why the Kings are still fine even with recent losses 1:29:55 Outro plus a genius Will Wade to Wes

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? CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro 6:10 The Pistons lose 27 STRAIGHT GAMES 22:30 The Pistons need to move on from Troy Weaver 35:49 The Phoenix Suns; Is it time to hit the Panic Button? 51:45 Dallas Mavericks strong run and if Luka Doncic can win MVP 1:03:49 Why don't people believe in the Milwaukee Bucks? 1:15:30 Ja Morant and the Memphis Grizzlies are BACK 1:27:20 Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/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 Intro 1:55 The Warriors are Cooked and Need to make a TRADE 16:04 The Timberwolves are the best team in the NBA 27:15 The Los Angeles Clippers finish ahead of the Suns in the standings 43:55 The Thunder make the Western Conference Finals 55:17 The Spurs have done wrong by Victor Wembanyama to start the season 1:10:40 Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/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 Intro 2:50 The Celtics need more depth to win the title and have to make a trade 16:52 The Raptors should blow up their roster 26:57 The Pacers can make a legit playoff run and Haliburton makes first team All-NBA 40:30 The Cavs’ core doesn’t work as presently constructed as a legitimate contender and is running out of time 56:50 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 megaphone.fm/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. CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro 4:20 Draymond Green smacks Jusuf Nurkic. What are you doing man? 10:58 Cam Whitmore Watch! 13:31 Trade Deadline Primer Intro 13:59 Atlantic Division -- Celtics, Knicks, Nets, Raptors, 76ers 25:50 Central Division -- Bulls, Pacers, Cavaliers, Bucks, Pistons 33:35 Southeast Division -- Heat, Hornets, Magic, Wizards, Hawks 40:50 Northwest Division -- Nuggets, Wolves, Thunder,

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! CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro 1:20 Isaiah Collier and Bronny James, G, USC 8:00 Kentucky, Aaron Bradshaw, Reed Sheppard 24:10 UConn, Donovan Clingan, Tristen Newton 32:32 Nikola Topic, G, Mega 40:24 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-15 54:03 Evaluating Upperclassmen, who can find success? 58:47 Garwey Dual, G, Providence 1:00:08 Robbie Avila, Indiana State 1:01:37 Oklahoma City Thunder Trade Stuff 1:03:54 Jarin Stevenson, F, Alabama 1:05:23 Malik Mack, G, Harvard! 1:08:23 Otega Oweh, W, Oklahoma 1:10:03 Aday Mara and what makes Sengun, Jokic, Sabonis special 1:11:26 Andrej Stojakovic, Jaylon Tyson, Hansen Yang, Ajay Mitchel

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. CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro 3:38 Bucks, Bobby Portis confront coaching staff after IST loss 8:25 Tyrese Haliburton and the Pacers are unstoppable 14:32 Zion Williamson's, what up there? 22:13 AWARDS 23:30 MVP, First Team All-NBA Jokic, Giannis and Embiid 33:20 Haliburton vs Shai for No. 3 or 4? 39:45 INSANE Haliburton stats 46:00 Second Team All NBA: Luka, Tatum, LeBron, KD, Steph, Fox 56:55 Third Team All-NBA Fox/Steph, Edwards, Maxey, Booker, PG, Trae 1:02:10 DPOY? Rudy Gobert vs Anthony Davis 1:09:15 All-Defense Suggs, Caruso, Mobley, Shai, Brooks, Herb, Jaren, Bam, more 1:17:55 Rookie of the Year? Chet vs Wemby plus Jaquez 1:25:45 All Rookie 1:31:50

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. CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro 5:10 Indiana Pacers, their defense, the In Season Tournament, and where they go from here 26:00 Andrew Wiggins and the Warriors 37:00 The Lakers and Austin Reaves 44:28 Jalen Green and the Houston Rockets 55:03 Trey Murphy and the New Orleans Pelicans 1:04:10 Khris Middleton and the Milwaukee Bucks 1:11:30 Others, including Jaime Jaquez, Dereck Lively, Bojan Bogdanovic and Terance Mann Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/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? CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro 4:12 Mark Cuban sells majority stake in Mavericks, Steven Rales buys part of Indiana Pacers 11:35 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 up 1:33:50 Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/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. CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro 1:09 Reed Sheppard, G, Kentucky 14:04 Robert Dillingham, G, Kentucky 18:25 Oso Ighodaro, C, Marquette 27:45 Tyler Kolek, G, Marquette 32:32 Kam Jones, G, Marquette, and a crazy Kolek clip 39:33 Ryan Dunn, W, Virginia 47:54 Kobe Johnson, W, USC 53:25 Kevin McCullar, W, Kansas 58:30 Dalton Knecht, W, Tennessee 1:06:23 Jamir Watkins, W, Florida State 1:10:25 Alex Karaban, W, Connecticut 1:13:40 Harrison Ingram, W, North Carolina 1:16:46 Braden Smith, G, Purdue 1:21:05 Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bryce Simon is here and we're breaking down the sophomores in the NBA. We'll dive deep into Paolo Banchero, Jalen Williams, Shaedon Sharpe, Jeremy Sochan, Jaden Ivey, Jabari Smith Jr., Jalen Duren, Christian Braun, Keegan Murray, Mark Williams, Dyson Daniels. CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro 7:25 Paolo Banchero and the Orlando Magic Breakout! 26:50 Jalen Williams 36:38 Jabari Smith Jr. 45:45 Keegan Murray 52:30 Jaden Ivey and Jalen Duren 1:03:26 Shaedon Sharpe 1:07:40 Dyson Daniels 1:15:30 Jeremy Sochan 1:27:20 Mark Williams 1:30:56 Walker Kessler 1:36:25 Christian Braun 1:43:35 Other Sophomores 1:49:00 STOP RAISING YOUR BASKETBALL COURTS 1:50:06 Bub Carrington takes at Pittsburgh Q and A 1:54:25 Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bryce Simon is here to join Sam Vecenie and break down the 11 rookies you need to know across the NBA one month through the 2023-24 season. From the to picks to the surprises and the breakouts, we'll talk about Chet Holmgren, Victor Wembanyama, Scoot Henderson, Brandon Miller, Ausar Thompson all the way through Toumani Camara and Cason Wallace. CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro 2:38 Chet Holmgren and Cason Wallace @okc + OKC 23:42 Victor Wembanyama 35:25 Brandon Miller 45:44 Ausar Thompson + Pistons 56:03 Scoot Henderson and Toumani Camara 1:06:23 Dereck Lively II 1:10:47 Jordan Hawkins 1:15: 26 Jaime Jaquez Jr. 1:18:38 Bilal Coulibaly 1:23:35 Other Rookies Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bryce Simon joins Sam Vecenie and they deep dive into the 2024 NBA Draft prospects! We go back and forth, making picks and giving our top-30 players in the class. Names like Alex Sarr, Isaiah Collier, Ja'Kobe Walter, Nikola Topic and many others will get picked and discussed, and we'll dive into what we like about their tape, and dislike about it so far. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ricky O'Donnell from SB Nation joins the show to break down the two things he knows best: the Chicago Bulls, and the NBA Draft. The long-time Bulls fan and Game Theory Bulls Correspondent explains the Zach LaVine trade rumors, and breaks down what seems to be an impending Bulls blow up. Then, he was also at Champions Classic last night, so we break down what he saw as Duke beat Michigan State and Kansas beat Kentucky. What NBA Draft prospect do we need to know? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bryce Simon is here and we do Week 3 NBA Overreactions! As usual, six statements here about the NBA, where we draw purposefully overreactive conclusions and then discuss if they're actually true or not! Today, we talk Milwaukee Bucks head coach Adrian Griffin, the Houston Rockets playofffs hopes, the Minnesota Timberwolves aspirations to contend, the Utah Jazz backcourt, Isaiah Collier and his chances to go top-3, and Ryan Dunn/Riley Kugel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mark Schindler is back, and we're here to dive into a few fun topics around the NBA. First, we want to start with the 76ers, Tyrese Maxey, Joel Embiid, and where the team goes from there. Then, we'll hit Tyrese Haliburton and the Pacers, his continued growth, and the team's defense. Next, we'll hit Cam Thomas and the Nets, as well as the Shaedon Sharpe Year Two Breakout that seems to be upon us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jason Timpf from Hoops Tonight is here, and it's time for Week Two of the NBA Overreactions pod! We'll break down: The Boston Celtics, the final team left unbeaten; The Memphis Grizzlies, dead in the water?; The Milwaukee Bucks, a defensive mess?; The Atlanta Hawks, a top-four team in the East?; Franz Wagner, the best Magic prospect?; The LA Clippers backcourt with Russ and Harden Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bryce Simon joins the show and we look ahead to the 2024 NBA Draft. We dive in and ask 10 Questions about the 2024 NBA Draft, explaining what this draft is and isn't, what players to watch, and how teams should look at this draft class. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices