Game Theory Podcast

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! VISIT our partners over at PrizePicks to go support the show! Download the app today and use code GAMETHEORY to get $50 instantly after you play your first $5 lineup! Use the code GAMETHEORY or visit this link to sign up:...

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. VISIT our partners over at PrizePicks to go support the show! Download the app today and use code GAMETHEORY to get $50...

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 Met...

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. VISIT our partners over at PrizePicks to go support the show! Download the app today and use code GAMETHEORY to get $50 instantly after you play your first $5 lineup! Use the code GAMETHEORY or visit this link to sign up: https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LM...

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. VISIT our partners over at PrizePicks to go support the show! Download the app today and use code GAMETHEORY to get $50 instantly after you play your fir...

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. VISIT our partners over at PrizePicks to go support the show! Download the app today and use code GAMETHEORY to get $50 instantly after you play your fir...

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. CHECK OUT THE VIDEO VERSION OF THIS EPISODE ON THE GAME THEORY YOUTUBE CHANNEL ! FOLLOW GAME THEORY ON SOCIALS: TWITTER - @GameTheorySamV INSTAGRAM - @GameTheorySamV TIKTOK - @GameTheoryS...

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 . CHECK OUT THE VIDEO VERSION OF THIS EPISODE ON THE GAME THEORY YOUTUBE CHANNEL ! FOLLOW GAME THEORY ON SOCIALS: TWITTER - @GameTheorySamV INSTAGRAM - @GameT...

In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie & Bryce Simon make their predictions for the 2024-25 NBA Season! CHECK OUT THE VIDEO VERSION OF THIS EPISODE ON THE GAME THEORY YOUTUBE CHANNEL ! FOLLOW GAME THEORY ON SOCIALS: TWITTER - @GameTheorySamV INSTAGRAM - @GameTheorySamV TIKTOK - @GameTheorySamV - Sam Vecenie, a Senior NBA Writer at The Athletic, talks all about basketball. From the...

In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie is joined by his colleague at The Athletic Fred Katz to discuss who they think are the most important players in the NBA this season. CHECK OUT THE VIDEO VERSION OF THIS EPISODE ON THE GAME THEORY YOUTUBE CHANNEL ! FOLLOW GAME THEORY ON SOCIALS: TWITTER - @GameTheorySamV INSTAGRAM - @GameTheorySamV TIKTOK - @GameTheorySamV - Sam Vecenie, a Se...

In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie & Bryce Simon do their first 2025 NBA Mock Draft of the season! Come join us and break down a loaded draft class with Cooper Flagg, Ace Bailey, Dylan Harper, V.J. Edgecombe, and many more! CHECK OUT THE VIDEO VERSION OF THIS EPISODE ON THE GAME THEORY YOUTUBE CHANNEL ! FOLLOW GAME THEORY ON SOCIALS: TWITTER - @GameTheorySamV INSTAGRAM - @Game...

In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie is joined by Jason Timpf , where we're going to talk through his best players in the NBA list that he recently released. How does he go about ranking his top players? And who does he think is set for enormous seasons? CHECK OUT THE VIDEO VERSION OF THIS EPISODE ON THE GAME THEORY YOUTUBE CHANNEL ! FOLLOW GAME THEORY ON SOCIALS: TWITTER - @Gam...

In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie , Bryce Simon & Andrew Claudio draft the best 32 and Over Teams in the NBA! We go snake style and draft all players born before December 31, 1992! We talk LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry, Kawhi Leonard, and many more! But first, we run through NBA news and notes, including Jose Alvarado's extension, Terance Mann's extension, the Mit...

In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie , Bryce Simon & Andrew Claudio break down the NBA's first true BLOCKBUSTER trade of the 2024-25 season: Karl-Anthony Towns is going to the Knicks for Julius Randle and Donte DiVincenzo. Was this the right trade for the Knicks? What about for the Timberwolves? Does this deal make sense for a team coming off of a Western Conference Finals berth...

In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie is joined by Robby Kalland to run through gambling picks for each Western Conference team's over/under win total line. Will the Lakers win more than 43 games? Will the Warriors win more than 42? Can Wembanyama lead a Spurs turnaround? We break it all down. CHECK OUT THE VIDEO VERSION OF THIS EPISODE ON THE GAME THEORY YOUTUBE CHANNEL ! FOLLOW...

In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie & Bryce Simon discuss Joel Embiid's extension, AJ Griffin's sudden retirement, which NBA prospects stand out at the NBL and much more before prediction which 10 teams will finish top 10 in defensive rating this upcoming NBA season. Control Body Odor ANYWHERE with Mando and get $5 OFF your Starter Pack (that’s over 40% off) with promo code GAM...

In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie is joined by Robby Kalland for their annual NBA Over/Under Wins predictions 2-parter! Here in part 1, they begin by going through each team in the East & picking the over or under on their projected Vegas win total. CHECK OUT THE VIDEO VERSION OF THIS EPISODE ON THE GAME THEORY YOUTUBE CHANNEL ! FOLLOW GAME THEORY ON SOCIALS: TWITTER - @GameT...

In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie & Bryce Simon open by announcing the newest addition to the crew - new Executive Producer Andrew Claudio ! Then, they go through the 7 teams they're most excited to watch this upcoming NBA season while discussing the one thing about each team that they're specifically looking forward to seeing. Hungryroot is offering Game Theory listeners 40%...

In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie is joined by Keith Smith from The Front Office Show and Spotrac to chat about potential contract extensions forthcoming in the next few months. They break down the 2021 NBA Draft class, the stars that have weird decisions to make, and some of the veterans with interesting potential options. CHECK OUT THE VIDEO VERSION OF THIS EPISODE ON THE G...

In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie & Bryce Simon break down the top 10 contracts in the NBA heading into the 2024-25 season. Shout out to the Memphis Grizzlies and New York Knicks for being featured prominently. CHECK OUT THE VIDEO VERSION OF THIS EPISODE ON THE GAME THEORY YOUTUBE CHANNEL ! FOLLOW GAME THEORY ON SOCIALS: TWITTER - @GameTheorySamV INSTAGRAM - @gametheorysamvec...

In this edition of Game Theory, Sam Vecenie & Bryce Simon now transition to talk about expectations for teams in the Western Conference this season, and break down how each team can potentially exceed those expectations this year. CHECK OUT THE VIDEO VERSION OF THIS EPISODE ON THE GAME THEORY YOUTUBE CHANNEL ! FOLLOW GAME THEORY ON SOCIALS: TWITTER - @GameTheorySamV INSTAGRAM - @gametheorysamvecen...

In this edition of Game Theory, Sam Vecenie & Bryce Simon talk about expectations for teams in the Eastern Conference this season, and break down how each team can potentially exceed those expectations this year.  Control Body Odor ANYWHERE with Mando and get $5 OFF your Starter Pack (that’s over 40% off) with promo code GAMETHEORY at https://shopmando.com #mandopod CHECK OUT THE VIDEO VERSION OF...

In this edition of Game Theory, Sam Vecenie & Bryce Simon are joined by Andrew Schlecht of the Athletic NBA Show & the Down To Dunk podcast to wrap up their 2-week coverage of the best players 24 & Under in the NBA by drafting three 10-man teams consisting solely of these players with the goal of winning as many games as possible this upcoming season. Help Alienware make a difference and shop now...

In this edition of Game Theory, Sam Vecenie & Bryce Simon continue their break down the top 24 players in the NBA that are 24 years old or younger. The rules: You have to be 24 years old as of December 31, 2024 to be eligible. The criteria: What player would you bet on long-term to have the best overall career? That means current career to this point counts, but we're also projecting out into the...

In this edition of Game Theory, Sam Vecenie & Bryce Simon continue their break down the top 24 players in the NBA that are 24 years old or younger. The rules: You have to be 24 years old as of December 31, 2024 to be eligible. The criteria: What player would you bet on long-term to have the best overall career? That means current career to this point counts, but we're also projecting out into the...