Brandon Ingram's Team USA struggles; How has NBA evaluation changed in 2023? Detroit Pistons in 2023-24, Sacramento Kings post-breakout

Game Theory Podcast

Sam Vecenie

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

4.6 • 835 Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2023

⏱️ 105 minutes

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Summary

Mark Schindler joins the show and we break down a few different topics that are happening either around the NBA or adjacent to it. First, we'll start with Brandon Ingram's struggles with Team USA. Do they matter for his future? What does this say about Ingram and his standing league-wide? Then, we move to the Sacramento Kings, an interesting team worth discussing in light of their offseason where they decided to run it back. What do the post-breakout 2023-24 Sacramento Kings look like? Finally, we chat about how basketball evaluation has changed in the last 12 months? Is there anything that we've noticed or continued to pick up upon that stands out? CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro 2:44 Pistons Talk 3:35 Jaden Ivey Improvement throughout year 5:37 Why I'm fundamentally opposed to Jalen Duren-James Wiseman lineups 11:15 Will Jalen Duren-Isaiah Stewart lineups work? 13:50 Why I would strongly consider starting Alec Burks for the Pistons 17:20 Brandon Ingram on Team USA, what hasn't worked? 21:20 Brandon Ingram's struggles away from the ball and on defense 25:15 Brandon Ingram's dynamic offensive game matters, too 31:15 Ingram and Zion together has been AWESOME 41:38 Sacramento Kings Time! 42:20: Reasons to be bullish on the Kings 45:45 Why the Kings front office has done a great job of building the roster 47:25 Why health is a huge factor for the Kings 49:34 Why Mark is bullish on the Kings winning more games next year anyway 51:05 Chris Duarte is a good bet for the Kings 58:05 Why Denver is the point of comparison for Sacramento's team build 1:04:15 What have we learned evaluation-wise in 2023? 1:07:30 NBA rookies have less time to prove themselves now 1:09:40 The Rondae Hollis-Jefferson example 1:12:10 How Sam has changed his tune on draft stock and when kids should leave school 1:17:25 How many MVP candidates are "elite" athletes by the traditional definition of athleticism? 1:26:20 How has shooting changed and the way you get into your shot 1:34:20 Why the intel piece matters more than ever 1:40:00 Outro and future podcast schedule Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:36.7	Hello and welcome to the Game Theory podcast.
0:38.7	I'm your host Sam Vesini.
0:39.7	We are presented by The Athletic today on the show.
0:43.0	Mark Schindler is in the building.
0:45.7	Mark is over there in Atlanta.
0:47.8	And I got to be honest with you.
0:49.1	It was a little bit hard to find topics this time of year.
0:51.3	But we got three of them.
0:52.4	And I'm excited to talk about them.
0:54.1	After this show, we're going to start getting into some more, like, topic-based shows.
1:01.9	We just need to find something to talk about today when we're in the middle of just, like,
1:06.8	absolutely no news and notes across the NBA that are worthwhile.
1:11.1	So we've had a few topics that matter to Mark.
1:13.7	And I'm really excited to talk about them.
1:15.3	I'm really excited to dive in and break them down.
1:17.8	The first one we're going to talk about.
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