In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie & Bryce Simon recap the final day of the regular season before giving their selections for every NBA Award, such as MVP, All-NBA, Rookie of the Year & much more.

06:50 Sam's trip to Hoops Summit

14:00 Doc Rivers Steps Down As Bucks Head Coach

20:55 NBA MVP/1st-Team All-NBA Ballot

49:48 2nd Team & 3rd Team All-NBA

1:11:55 Defensive Player of the Year/All-Defense Teams

1:32:18 Rookie of the Year/All-Rookie Teams

1:54:15 Coach of the Year

1:57:41 Most Improved Player

2:01:55 Sixth Man of the Year

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In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie is joined by Bryce Simon to react to several news items from the NBA weekend before giving their biggest takeaways from the 2nd to last week of the NBA season season.

08:28 Chicago Bulls fire Arturas Karnisovas/Marc Eversley

23:48 UNC Basketball hires former Nuggets HC Michael Malone

45:20 Cooper Flagg's big weekend/Rookie of the Year Race

1:09:35 Lakers lose Luka Doncic & Austin Reaves indefinitely

1:20:15 Are the Cade-less Pistons getting better? / East Playoff Seedings Are Jam-Packed

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In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie & Bryce Simon answer several NBA mailbag questions.

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In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie & Bryce Simon open with their reactions to the thrilling end of Duke vs UConn. They also discuss the NBA introducing tanking anti-tanking ideas, Luka Doncic's MVP surge & much more!

02:20 UConn vs Duke Reactions!

32:17 Luka's Case for NBA MVP

59:25 Magic lose by 52 pts to the Raptors

1:10:46 NBA Propses Anti-tanking Ideas

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In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie & Bryce Simon rank the Top 10 Defenders in the NBA this season!

01:21 Sweet Sixteen/Will Wade Reaction

14:40 SQUAD BET OF THE NIGHT w/ GMAC (Presented by Fanatics Sportsbook!)

28:37 Victor Wembanyama

39:13 Rudy Gobert

44:02 Chet Holmgren

50:12 Ausar Thompson

57:17 Scottie Barnes

1:03:40 Alex Caruso

1:08:27 Herb Jones

1:18:13 OG Anunoby

1:24:00 Bam Adebayo

1:30:00 Candidates for #10

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In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie & Bryce Simon rank the 10 teams currently out of the play-in or playoff race in order of the best longterm future & outlook.

01:00 - Men's March Madness Opening Weekend Thoughts

24:31 - Sacremento Kings

30:43 - Chicago Bulls

40:30 - Brooklyn Nets

47:18 - Milwaukee Bucks

54:27 - New Orleans Pelicans

59:36 - Memphis Grizzlies

1:05:52 - Washington Wizards

1:12:35 - Utah Jazz

1:18:55 - Dallas Mavericks

1:23:50 - Indiana Pacers

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In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie & Bryce Simon list their 3 biggest surprises of the NBA season!

01:55 NCAA Player of the Week

19:25 Biggest Surprises of the NBA Season (Criteria)

21:19 The Spurs are ALREADY a title contender

36:30 Nickeil Alexander-Walker & the Atlanta Hawks

48:20 The Boston Celtics are contenders in their "gap year"

1:02:14 Jalen Duren & the Detroit Pistons

1:09:45 Phoenix Suns in contention for a playoff spot

1:20:36 LaMelo Ball & the Charlotte Hornets

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In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie & Bryce Simon go through 10 NBA players having under the radar stellar season & highlight their performances.

03:09 Player of the Week (Presented by Warner Bros)

16:25 Donovan Clingan and why he made me want to do this show

30:40 Neemias Queta & Sam Houser

44:35 Jalen Suggs

53:40 Onyeka Okongwu & Dyson Daniels

1:01:19 Jarace Walker

1:16:40 Devin Vassell & Julian Champagnie

1:26:22 Jaylin Williams

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