Game Theory Podcast

Sam didn't wake up until 6:30 AM Melbourne time, which meant that while he was asleep, the NBA basically broke. Danny Leroux broke all the news to him live on the spot, so he reacted to all of the wild news that happened in the NBA on June 16. In order.... -Chris Paul in COVID protocols -Kawhi Leonard injured with an ACL injury -Stan Van Gundy out in New Orleans -Scott Brooks out in Washington -Do...

Pennie is here, and we run through what he saw at Pangos All-American camp, then talk about eight guys we would bet on to help themselves during the 2021 NBA Pre-Draft Process. We also break down what it's like to be savagely burned on the internet by someone calling you a pipsqueak. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See...

Former NBA scout and executive Drake U'u joins the podcast to chat about Clippers-Mavs Game 7; Philly-76ers Game 1; Bucks-Nets Game 1; Suns-Nuggets; and a couple of minutes at the end about the 2021 NBA Draft. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal da...

Matt Pennie is here and we run through the Celtics news, Coach K news, the NBA Draft Early Entry list, and we talk more about Mare of Easttown. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Matt Pennie is here and we have a grassroots episode for Pennie to take the lead. Overtime Elite has signed four players, all of whom are very interesting long-term prospects. Sam lets Pennie explain them, while they talk through the Overtime Elite program a bit and try to figure out where it's headed. Additionally, we run through Alperen Sengun, who continues to build buzz due to his terrific Tur...

NBA Playoffs breakdown with Dave DuFour. We run through each of the eight series currently taking place.  In order: ATL-NYK, MIL-MIA, BKN-BOS, PHI-WAS. Then, UTA-MEM, LAL-PHX, LAC-DAL, and DEN-POR. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for adver...

Tony Jones is here and we dive deep into the play-in games then go into our NBA Awards picks. Tony is an actual voter for the awards, I am a fake voter, so we run through our picks for MVP, All-NBA, ROY, All-Defense, COY, 6MOY, MIP and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our c...

Ben Taylor is here! We deep dive into the MVP race (among other tangents), discussing Nikola Jokic's historical dominance, Steph Curry's second peak, and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Danny Leroux is here to run through offseason previews for the 10 eliminated teams before the playoffs start on this coming week in the NBA. In order, we go: HOU, DET, OKC, CLE, ORL, MIN, TOR, CHI, NOP, SAC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data...

Part Three of The Athletic’s Origins story for Dell Technologies ‘Small Business Podference’ series. In this episode The Athletic’s co-founders Alex Mather and Adam Hansmann continue on about the company’s expansion into the U.K., how the team got through the shutdown of sports and challenges that lay ahead. Writers, Marcus Thompson, Anthony Slater, Zach Harper and David Aldridge give their though...

Part Two of The Athletic’s Origins story for Dell Technologies ‘Small Business Podference’ series. In this episode The Athletic’s co-founders Alex Mather and Adam Hansmann continue on about the company’s first steps into the marketplace. The challenges they met selling this idea to investors, and journalists they were trying to recruit, specifically with the expansion into the Bay Area. Writers, M...

Part One of The Athletic’s Origins story for Dell Technologies ‘Small Business Podference’ series. In this episode we hear from The Athletic’s co-founders Alex Mather and Adam Hansmann about how they met, how an idea for better sports coverage materialized into a significant media player in the sports landscape and the spirit at the heart of The Athletic’s culture. For the complete lineup of episo...

Matt Pennie joins to do another updated 2021 NBA Mock Draft. For the first time, we talk about teams and prospect fits instead of just a top-30 prospect listing. So it's a bit of a deeper dive into not just college prospects, but also some thoughts on where NBA teams sit as they enter the close of their season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simpleca...

In this episode, we run through why the Lakers, Clippers, Jazz, Suns, Nuggets, 76ers, Nets, and Bucks will or will not win what has quickly morphed into the most wide open NBA title chase in years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for adver...

Matt Pennie and I run through the top international prospects in the class, but first we talk Emoni Bates and what's going on with him as he starts the offseason and AAU cycle before his senior year. Longer thoughts on Alperen Sengun, Josh Giddey, Usman Garuba, Roko Prkacin, and Rokas Jokubaitis, plus others. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast...

Kyle Mann from The Ringer joins and we break down the rookies from the 2020 NBA Draft class. Deep dives on Anthony Edwards, LaMelo Ball, Immanuel Quickley, POKU, and Tyrese Haliburton, plus more Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertis...

Part Two of our series breaking down the 25 best coaching jobs in college basketball. Part One is in the podcast before this, where we run through the other jobs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Matt Pennie joins to chat about what the best jobs are in college basketball. Which program would be the best to coach? A deep dive into what matters in a coaching job, why there are more good jobs for coaches than ever, why you can be successful in more places than ever, and into the jobs rated No. 25 to No. 13, with discussions on all of the ones that just missed out. Learn more about your ad ch...

NBA Catch-Up w/ Nekias Duncan. We run through the NBA Title Race, the MVP Race, the East, the Suns, the Knicks, the weird middle of the Eastern Conference and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Matt Pennie is here to chat about winning and the NBA Draft; Josh Giddey, the toughest evaluations in the class, and some segments that include Pennie Recruiting Stories, Sam Explores Australia, Movies, Two-Year-Old Children, and more Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collecti...

Matt Pennie is back, we break down thoughts on the transfer portal, on the NBA Draft and some of the kids who have made early decisions to stay or go -- such as DJ Steward, Trayce Jackson-Davis, Taevion Kinsey, Scottie Lewis, and plenty more Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our c...

Pennie joins the show for the first of a two-part episode. In this first part, we break down everything to do with what we saw this weekend in the Final Four. Prospects, game breakdowns, contextualizing this season and way, way more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collectio...

Matt Pennie joins to break down what we saw in the NCAA Tournament, the Indiana coaching hire, and Russell Westbrook thoughts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Pennie is back, and we run through what draft prospects over and under performed in the first and second rounds of the NCAA Tournament.  We start with Cade, move through to the lottery guys still left like Suggs and Mobley. Then, we run through some of the fun stories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com...

Jim Root from the Three Man Weave joins the show and we run through a bunch of games in the Round of 64 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.