Sam Vecenie

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I talk about basketball. And watch movies. Host of the Game Theory Podcast, presented by Barstool, 92k on YouTube ⬇️. Presented by @draftkings

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Man, Dusty May has these Mavericks playing a completely beautiful brand of basketball. Drive, kick, swing, keep the defense in rotation, get clean looks. This is just wonderful basketball. Perfect coach for Cooper Flagg's style of play.

This is pure filth from JJ Redick to start the third quarter. A 1-4 High Iverson set with Reaves coming across, the play, AD cross screening for LBJ to go set an empty side slip screen for Reaves. Pocket pass from Reaves forces the Gobert help which sets up the AD lob. Whew.

Max Strus crushing a Miller Lite during his media after drilling eight 3s in a game is why we love Max Strus.

Just saw this. Think it's a wild quote from a basketball player. Don't think you can be a transfer and say "don't switch sides." Then, you've been there for 6 months and you're telling fans who probably paid to go to Indiana for years what to do? Huh?

Look at how Drew Timme seals out both Jamal Murray and Bruce Brown on this LeBron drive. Feel like I haven't seen Lakers bigs do this much on drives for the perimeter players this year, but it's a huge value add. Not just the scoring stuff with him, IMO. Little things add up.

Absolutely dying at Cam Thomas' transition defense here.

These are the AJ Dybantsa shots that absolutely drive me crazy and it happens multiple times per game. Truly can't do fadeaway, midrange jumpers w/ 22 seconds left on shot clock in semi-transition. If these are later shot clock bailouts, great. But we can't settle for these.

Literally second possession of the game in Cal-UNC and Caleb Wilson misses a backside tag as the low man leading to a wide open dunk while UNC is in drop. Gonna be a lot of bad defense on tape in this one from UNC, isn't there?

Just finishing the deep dive on Florida-Arizona for a Koa Peat video to go up tomorrow, and what in the world happened here with the refs missing the most obvious double-dribble the world has ever seen from Alex Condon? lol

This possession is why I'm so skeptical of the Duren/Ausar pairing long-term. They both prefer to work in the same areas of the court and the coaching staff all season has not been intentional enough in how they space with those two. Their reactions are to move to same areas.

Thought this from Cooper Flagg's 42-pt game is what really stood out. Know he didn't finish the lefty and-one, but the ability to put his shoulder into Kyle Anderson and move him backward is such a vision of what his future is going to look like once he fills out even more.

This was such a slick zone set on offense by Indiana with the dual screens set at the top to get McConnell immediate middle penetration for an easy midrange jumper, just missed it but the OReb comes out to Sheppard. Loved this one.

Honestly think this is one of the best Pistons defensive possessions of the last 3-ish years. Genuinely really good! They're helping in gaps, closing out well and cutting off drives, connected, communicating. Think DET has really started well on D under Bickerstaff for a half.

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My favorite Luka Doncic stat right now involves how many shots he has taken at the rim in nine games while averaging over 40. It’s truly preposterous.

Talked a lot about Miami’s problems on the podcast on Sunday night. Particularly on offense.

Got asked how many players I would take over Cooper Flagg right now if I was starting a franchise. The number is startlingly low.

Talked about Nolan Traore for the Nets on the podcast tonight with James L. Edwards III because I think we're quickly entering a world where he is among the most underrated young guys in the league based off of what he's doing this year.

Tyrese Maxey has been dominant to start the season for the 76ers (with Andrew Schlecht)

I've seen people upset that the Jazz benched Darryn Peterson at the end of their OT loss against the Spurs. After watching the tape and seeing why I think Will Hardy did it, I agree with Hardy. Good accountability moment for a rookie early on and I explained why.

A. Iman Shumpert is so good on TV already. He’s super sharp, he has fun. Really hope he has a bigger role moving forward. B. I am dying at Richard Jefferson just leaning back and watching this.

For anyone questioning Darryn Peterson, I'd implore you to go back and watch him play in high school. For instance, look at the elevation on this jumper today in the second half, then one from last year at Prolific vs. Columbus. He can't even elevate into his shot right now.

I had a few things to say about the ridiculousness that has been the Jonathan Kuminga free agency over the last two years and how it has been handled.

Talked about a lot about one of my favorite college basketball players, David Mirkovic at Illinois, on the show yesterday and made what might be some truly irresponsible statements about how good of a season I think he's going to have.

Winning the possession battle is important and an essential part of basketball. Also, I’m going to lose my mind if people keep acting like this is some new discovery.

I mean, what in the world is this Indiana? Particularly Oumar Ballo. What in the world? This is gross effort. This is the kind of effort where you have to sit Ballo the rest of the game, I think. You can't let that kind of effort go without serious accountability in terms of PT.

Thought this was an awesome interview in general with SVP, JDub is super thoughtful so I wouldn't expect anything less. But I thought particularly this answer was pretty amazing.

Sometimes, I'll pull up a random game from 1990s just to check myself. Maybe teams did move more off the ball, run more complex actions! Newsflash: they did not. Some different things, got to post ups. But some UGLY possessions. (Jazz-Nuggets 1st Q O from Denver, 2/8/1994)

Like I mentioned last week, we're dark this week on Game Theory. No new shows. So instead, I did a quick video on Jalen Duren's contract negotiations and why it would be insane for him to take the $9.6M qualifying offer vs. Detroit's $190M contract offer.

"What's the percentage of kids who make the NBA? (Unless you play for me)? What would be the percentage?" The aside here in what is a good rant is maybe my favorite Calipari flex I've seen in a long while. Extremely funny lmao.

A. Extremely funny that all of the Purdue guys looked toward Loyer for this question on if they've prepped for Arizona yet. B. Loyer's dad was a long-time NBA coach and has been a Clippers' director of scouting for like a decade, so this tracks.

People in the US ask me all the time why I love and care about the NBL. This is exactly why. This league is totally insane and it rules.

I just want to remind people what Kevin Durant was at Texas in 2007. Averaged 26/11/1/1/2, shooting 47/40/82. And the tape is somehow better. It's the most absurd thing you'll ever watch in your life. He dominated everyone and was (still is) UNBELIEVABLY competitive.