Game Theory Podcast The Athletic

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 Coach of the Year
1:34:23 Most Improved Player including Duncan Robinson thoughts
1:39:45 Outro
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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