Why can NBA Draft Prospects struggle to live up to expectations? Deep-diving into what to learn from past NBA Drafts

Game Theory Podcast

Sam Vecenie

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

4.6 • 835 Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2023

⏱️ 118 minutes

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Summary

Adam Spinella joins the show and we have a fun idea for an episode from one of our listeners. What makes prospects struggle to succeed in the NBA if they've been taken highly in the NBA Draft? Sam gives an overarching idea set of why this can happen, and he and Adam dive deep into some examples going back from the 2015 draft through the 2020 NBA Draft, explaining with some specific players. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:28.7	hello and welcome to the Game Theory podcast.
0:38.6	I'm your host Sam Vesini.
0:39.5	We are presented by The Athletic today on the show.
0:41.4	Adam Spinella is in the building.
0:44.5	He's waving.
0:45.5	He's happy to be here.
0:47.0	Adam and I have a really fun episode scheduled today.
0:50.3	We are going to dive deep into why NBA prospects can sometimes struggle to live up to the
0:57.9	expectation heaped upon them when they get drafted early in their respective draft classes.
1:04.6	And this is a really fun idea, right?
1:07.6	I want to shout out the Twitter user that gave us this idea later on. I want to shout out a number of things. But first, Adam, what's going on, right? I want to shout out the Twitter user that gave us this idea later on. I want to shout
1:11.4	out a number of things. But first, Adam, what's going on, buddy? Hey, Sam. Happy Sunday night here in
1:18.7	the United States or Monday morning your time. Doing great. Everything is good on our end here.
1:24.3	Had a good weekend. Got to see Barbie. So like doing some actual life things in August because apparently that's what you're supposed
1:31.6	to do a little bit is not just watch Synergy for 18 hours a day.
1:35.8	So trying that on for size and you know, so far so good.
1:39.5	No, like you're tweeting out clips of Hansen Yang.
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