2022: The Year of the NBA Superstar, and the most talent in league history; plus, Cam Whitmore breakdown, and Nuggets breakdown!

Game Theory Podcast

Sam Vecenie

Sports, Film Reviews, Tv & Film, Sports News, News, Basketball

4.7 • 766 Ratings

🗓️ 31 December 2022

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

Mark Schindler joins the show, and we dive into the biggest takeaway from 2022 in the NBA: this is the year that redefined what a star is within the league. The talent level has never been higher. We dive into why this season has seen the biggest overlap of superstardom eras, and if this is an outlier year or if it's a thing to continue within the league moving forward. How the overlaps of the Curry/KD/LeBron era, the Jokic/Giannis/Embiid era, and the Luka/Tatum/Zion era of stars has led to such a dominant stretch of stardom in the NBA this season. Then, we move to the Nuggets. Why are the Nuggets legit contenders to win the title? How special is Nikola Jokic? Why have they been as successful as they've been recently winning 8 out of 10? Finally, we do a Cam Whitmore breakdown. What has the potential top-five pick out of Villanova shown in his first few games? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:37.2	Hello and welcome to the Game Theory podcast.
0:39.1	I'm your host San Vosini.
0:40.0	We are presented by The Athletic.
0:42.0	Today on the show, the show is back.
0:44.4	After one episode in like a week, I think, and that episode came out only because I pre-recorded it with Adam Spinella because I'm going to the beach with my wife.
0:55.0	Mark Schindler is here with me today, and I'm super excited.
0:58.4	We're going to do the subject that I think defined 2022 the most in NBA basketball,
1:05.3	and it's that this was the season that I think redefined what it is to be a superstar
1:10.4	in the NBA in some ways.
1:11.8	You look across the league, there is more talent than ever across the league.
1:16.9	And I kind of want to talk about what all of that means moving forward.
1:21.6	But I've also been super sick.
1:23.9	So I'm very, very happy that you guys are here and have stuck with the show a little
1:31.3	bit after the last week where I have been basically unavailable because I lost like eight
1:36.8	pounds in two days because I couldn't keep any food down. So thank you guys for being here.
1:41.2	Thank you guys for spending your December 30th with us.
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