Michael Porter Jr. Surgery; Warriors and Suns are DOMINANT; I love the Timberwolves w/ Anthony Slater

Game Theory Podcast

Sam Vecenie

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

4.7 • 766 Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2021

⏱️ 75 minutes

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A full episode of the Game Theory Podcast! Anthony Slater from The Athletic joins, and we break down Michael Porter Jr.'s third back surgery and how it affects the Nuggets. Brook Lopez' back surgery and how it affects the Bucks. Bam Adebayo's thumb surgery and whether or not the Heat should be worried about the play-in. Then, we get into the meat of the episode, and break down the two best teams in the NBA, the Warriors and Suns. We spend time waxing poetically about Deandre Ayton and the Suns' defense. Then, we chat about the Warriors, the impending return of Klay Thompson, the weird situation surrounding James Wiseman, and more. We also close on the Timberwolves, where I make a bold prediction regarding the team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the game theory podcast. I'm your host Sam Vassini. We are presented by the
0:12.5	Athletic today on the show. Guy I've been wanting to get on for a long, long time. It is Anthony
0:18.8	Slater, our writer. I don't know. Who are you covering now? It feels like
0:22.8	you've got everyone. You've got the Warriors. You've got the Suns. You've got a wide swath of
0:28.0	the West Coast, let's call it, right? Yes. Just give me that region. No, I honestly probably
0:32.8	would have stretched out a bit more this season, but I've kind of had to hyper focus because this Warriors theme that
0:38.3	I thought was, I don't know, like four or five seed felt optimistic. It suddenly was 18 and two,
0:43.3	now they're 18 and three. And look again, it feels a little dynasty days where I just, most of my
0:49.1	time just kind of has to be around them. Yeah, I mean, it's not a bad thing. You get to sit at home and, you know, obviously
0:54.9	you're working, but like, you know, you've been around the block. You like to travel a little
0:59.2	bit on the beat, I'm sure, but I don't know. I'm a home body. I like to stay home. That's why I could
1:04.7	never do the job that you do. Like, this is a, it's tough. I, well, I mean i what i don't uh i guess i i don't envy for you is like
1:13.6	your timing like what what timers like does a west coast NBA game tip off for you or
1:19.4	tips off west yeah west coast game's a good question so west coast game tips off probably around
1:24.5	like 12 o'clock one o'clock typical a mm. Right? You're at 1 a.m.
1:29.8	No, PM? Oh, okay. That's really nice. No, it's the best. Okay, now I do envy you. What is
1:35.1	my bad. Never mind. This is the dream. Like, I get to wake up and I start basketball. Like,
1:41.8	the time, there's like obviously a two-hour time difference throughout the year.
1:46.7	Like sometimes I'm eight hours different from the East Coast.
1:49.4	Sometimes I'm 10 hours different.
1:51.8	And the 10-hour ones can be a little bit wonky because then like I have to wake up and be ready to watch basketball at, you know, 8 a.m.
2:00.2	Sometimes. And then the NCAA tournament,
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