Game Theory Podcast

In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie & Bryce Simon react to the latest NBA news before giving their 3 BOLDEST PREDICTIONS for the 2025-26 NBA season! 02:00 - NBA EXTENSTIONS! Keegan Murray 5/140) & AJ Green (4/45) 20:20 - NBA NEWS! Jaden Ivey's knee surgery, Spencer Dinwiddie released & Malcolm Brogdon retires from Knicks/NBA 35:00 - BOLD PREDICTIONS FOR THE 2025-26 NBA SEASON!...

In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie & Bryce Simon conduct their first MOCK DRAFT for the 2026 NBA Draft Class!  SIGN UP FOR BONUS NBA DRAFT FILM BREAKDOWNS & DISCUSSIONS ON SUBSTACK! CHECK OUT THE VIDEO VERSION OF THE FULL LIVE SHOW ON THE GAME THEORY YOUTUBE CHANNEL !  SPONSORS: START YOUR HAIR GROWTH JOURNEY WITH NUTRAFOL!  FOR A LIMITED TIME, NUTRAFOL IS OFFERING OUR LISTENE...

In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie, Bryce Simon & Andrew Claudio react to the Lebron James injury news (5:09) & the Giannis/Knicks story from earlier this week (13:45) before taking part in the first ever Game Theory Projected Wins Draft (52:37). SIGN UP FOR BONUS NBA DRAFT FILM BREAKDOWNS & DISCUSSIONS ON SUBSTACK! CHECK OUT THE VIDEO VERSION OF THE FULL LIVE SHOW ON THE GAME...

In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie & Bryce Simon give their preseason predictions for several major NBA Awards for the upcoming NBA season! 02:38 - Dash Daniels vs Pelicans 16:10 - 2025-26 NBA Awards Predictions (Preview) 20:55 - MVP 56:33 - Defensive Player of the Year 1:09:04 - Rookie of the Year (If not Cooper Flagg, then who?) 1:26:00 - Most Improved Player 1:35:30 - Sixth...

In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie , Bryce Simon & Andrew Claudio go through the entire Western Conference & predict whether each team will go over or under on their projected wins total this season.  01:05 - BRYCE FOUGHT A SNAKE????? 04:55 - Quentin Grimes agrees to 1-yr qualifying offer from Sixers 19:15 - Nikola Jokic signs extension, 4-yrs/$62-million 26:10 - West Over/Und...

In this BREAKING NEWS REACTION edtion of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie & Bryce Simon react to the news that Jonathan Kuminga & the Golden State Warriors FINALLY came to an agreement on a 2-year deal Tuesday night.  SIGN UP FOR BONUS NBA DRAFT FILM BREAKDOWNS & DISCUSSIONS ON SUBSTACK! CHECK OUT THE VIDEO VERSION OF THE FULL LIVE SHOW ON THE GAME THEORY YOUTUBE CHANNEL !  SPONSORS: START YOU...

In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie , Bryce Simon & Andrew Claudio go through the entire Eastern Conference & predict whether each team will go over or under on their projected wins total this season.  01:30 - GMAC reacts to the Mets collapse 5:10 - Sam reacts to the Ryder Cup disaster 09:45 - East Over/Unders! (Preview) 20:00 - CLEVELAND CAVALIERS 28:33 - NEW YORK KNICKS 36:48...

In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie & Bryce Simon go through the NBA teams that they are most excited to watch in the 2025-26 NBA season!  SIGN UP FOR BONUS NBA DRAFT FILM BREAKDOWNS & DISCUSSIONS ON SUBSTACK! 02:00 - Thoughts on Dash Daniels/Substack Plug! 06:30 - Miikka Muurinen aka "Slim Jesus" Turns Pro 11:40 - Kuminga Watch 22:35 - Grimes Watch 34:44 - Houston Rockets (FVV...

In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie & Bryce Simon go through who they believe will be the most important players of the 2025-26 NBA season!  SIGN UP FOR BONUS NBA DRAFT FILM BREAKDOWNS & DISCUSSIONS ON SUBSTACK! 08:43 - Luka Donic   17:35 - Deandre Ayton 31:15 - Trae Young 41:50 - Jonathan Kuminga 1:01:02 - Evan Mobley 1:08:40 - Cam Johnson 1:16:18 - Amen Thompson 1:25:05 - Vic...

In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie & Bryce Simon discuss several NBA players that they believe are about to have a breakout season in 2025-26!  01:55 - The latest from Pablo Torre... 07:00 - Kobe Bufkin traded to the Nets 22:00 - Paolo Banchero 35:10 - Alperen Şengün 46:35 - Jalen Johnson 50:57 - Ausar Thompson 57:51 - Brandon Miller 1:05:25 - Andrew Nembhard 1:11:15 - Scoot H...

In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie & Bryce Simon go through several players who will be due for rookie extensions soon & predict what their contracts will be! PLAYERS DISCUSSED: 10:47 - Already Extended: Paolo Banchero, Chet Holmgren, Jalen Williams & Jabari Smith Jr   26:36 - Keegan Murray 40:46 - Jaden Ivey 50:40 - Jalen Duren 1:06:33 - Benedict Mathurin 1:16:20 - Shaedon Sh...

In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie & Bryce Simon discuss several NBA storylines, from the latest revelation from Pablo Torre on the Clippers/Kawhi/Ballmer, Josh Giddey finally re-signing with the Bulls, Adam Silver's comments during his NBA Board of Governors press conference and much more! 01:40 - Pablo Torre released MORE DETAILS on Kawhi/Clippers story   28:30 - Adam Silver...

In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie & Bryce Simon go through all the NBA news headlines they missed from the past 2 weeks during Sam's vacation, covering everything from the Kawhi/Ballmer/Clippers story that has led to an investigation, PJ Washington's contract extenstion, Cam Thomas betting on himself & much more!  03:00 - Clippers Under Investigation After Pablo Torre Story o...

In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie & Bryce Simon re-draft the 2020 NBA Draft, seeing how teams did with the benefit of 5 years of hindsight after selecting this class during the pandemic without a combine or NCAA tournament CHECK OUT THE VIDEO VERSION OF THE FULL LIVE SHOW ON THE GAME THEORY YOUTUBE CHANNEL !  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for i...

In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie & Bryce Simon conclude their 3-part series going through the list of who they consider the top 25 defenders in the NBA today, finishing up with numbers 8 through 1.  CHECK OUT THE VIDEO VERSION OF THE FULL LIVE SHOW ON THE GAME THEORY YOUTUBE CHANNEL !  02:15 - Best Defenders In the NBA Today (Top 8 08:53 - 8. Anthony Davis 24:15 - 7. Bam Ade...

In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie & Bryce Simon continue their 3-part series going through the list of who they consider the top 25 defenders in the NBA today, going over numbers 16 through 9.  CHECK OUT THE VIDEO VERSION OF THE FULL LIVE SHOW ON THE GAME THEORY YOUTUBE CHANNEL !  01:30 - Best Defenders In the NBA Today (25-17 Recap) 06:35 - 16. Ausar Thompson 16:41 - 15. Lu...

In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie & Bryce Simon begin their 3-part series where they will go through the list of who they consider the top 25 defenders in the NBA today, starting with numbers 25 through 17.  CHECK OUT THE VIDEO VERSION OF THE FULL LIVE SHOW ON THE GAME THEORY YOUTUBE CHANNEL !  02:15 - Best Defenders In the NBA Today (Honorable Mentions) 26:52 - 25. Walker Ke...

In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie & Bryce Simon go through all the remaining offseason dominos that have yet to fall making predictions on what they think will happen with 6 weeks until training camp!  04:20 - Josh Giddey (RFA) Contract Prediction 27:49 - Cam Thomas (RFA) Contract Prediction 43:55 - Quentin Grimes (RFA) Contract Prediction 52:38 - Jonathan Kuminga (RFA) Contr...

In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie & Bryce Simon give their reactions to the Haywood Highsmith trade before going through their most underrated NBA trade targets!   6:40 - Haywood Highsmith Trade; what does it mean for Miami and Brooklyn? 29:30 - Underrated Trade Targets Intro! 31:50 - Devin Carter 40:30 - Jaden Ivey 52:50 - Jeremy Sochan 1:09:40 - Anthony Black 1:22:55 - Oso...

In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie & Bryce Simon going through a list of everthing they've learned from the last 2 NBA Draft cycles. CHECK OUT THE VIDEO VERSION OF THE FULL LIVE SHOW ON THE GAME THEORY YOUTUBE CHANNEL !  SPONSORS: SHOUTOUT TO SQUARE! GET UP TO $200 OFF HARDWARE WHEN YOU SIGN UP AT SQUARE.COM/GO/GAMETHEORY!    Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.a...

In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie and Bryce Simon are here for some fun offseason content, where we're going to re-draft the 2015 NBA Draft, a class that was seen at the time as quite strong but ended up quite poor.  CHECK OUT THE VIDEO VERSION OF THE FULL LIVE SHOW ON THE GAME THEORY YOUTUBE CHANNEL !  SPONSORS: SHOUTOUT TO SQUARE! GET UP TO $200 OFF HARDWARE WHEN YOU SIGN U...

In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie is joined by Andrew Claudio (GMAC) to first draft the best 10 NBA players who have yet to make an Allstar team! Then, they dive into the best movies that have come out in 2025, with lengthly spoiler-filled discussions on the 2 blockbusters from the summer: Superman & Fantastic Four!  CHECK OUT THE VIDEO VERSION OF THE FULL LIVE SHOW ON THE GA...

In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie is joined by Bryce Simon to catchup on several offseason news topics, like Luka Doncic extending with the Lakers, Mikal Bridges extending with the Knicks, Jonathan Kuminga & the Warriors negotiations and much more!  CHECK OUT THE VIDEO VERSION OF THE FULL LIVE SHOW ON THE GAME THEORY YOUTUBE CHANNEL !  03:55 - Luka Doncic extends w/ Lakers 34...

In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie is joined by Adam Finkelstein - Director of Scouting at 24/7 Sports - for a discussion of the U19 World Cup and an early look ahead to the 2026 NBA Draft Class!  CHECK OUT THE VIDEO VERSION OF THE FULL LIVE SHOW ON THE GAME THEORY YOUTUBE CHANNEL !    Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our coll...

In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie is joined by special guest Es Baraheni of The Athletic NBA Daily to recap the NBA offseason to this point by taking turns draft their 5 favorite moves that were made until they get to a top 10! They also list a few honorable mentions & wrap up by giving their thoughts on the two blockbuster superhero movies released in July: Superman & Fantas...