Lakers: Real Contenders? | Fun Miami Heat | Unsung NBA Heroes | Clippers Mess | Game Theory Podcast
Sam Vecenie, a Senior NBA Writer at The Athletic, talks all about basketball. From the NBA, to the NBA Draft, to college hoops and even some high school, Vecenie has you covered in this show.
In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie & Bryce Simon give their 3 biggest takeaways from week 6 of the NBA season.
00:00 – INTRO
06:28 – Los Angeles Lakers: Trade Away From Real Contention?
26:50 – Harry’s!
28:32 – Rula!
30:15 – Unsung Heroes On Top 6 Teams
42:32 – Miami Heat: Team Most Enjoyed Watching
54:46 – Momentous!
56:20 – One Good Thing About Each Bottom 5 Team
1:05:59 – Clippers Might Not Be Able To Fix Their Poor Start
1:26:15 – Which Teams Have The Toughest Reintegration?
1:36:22 – OUTRO
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10 Comments
Look at the defensive rating in the second half of the lakers or in the 4 th quarter ! JJ needs to play vando !! And smart needs to be healthy ! The should take a trade like this ! Maxi, Gabe and DK plus a frp and a second for Terence Mann, Haywood highsmith and Tyree Martin ! Then u got money to get Oscar tchiebwe 🎉
For the amount of heat Dillon Brooks gets, we appreciated what he gave us at HOU. He left MEM and they started to suck and he's at PHX and they don't suck. I'm just sayin.
LAC desperately needs some athleticism on the roster. Everything seems slow and creaky.
Since they are already the most hated team due to the cap circumvention, could they think about Bogi + Brook Lopez for Miles Bridges?
They already had KPJ last year so they are used to it.
Clippers are 7 games back of 6 seed already… I know they don’t have their picks but blowing it up and trading everyone for as many draft picks/young players as possible is probably the direction they should go… but they probably will make a buy now move and shoot for 10th seed or something and lose more value on their old players and dig a bigger hole… what a disaster… and no you can’t build a contender through free agency with a bare bones roster anymore… them thinking they will in 2027 is totally delusional
Ajay Mitchell is an unsung hero for OKC.
I agree with Bryce re: the BBallRef UI update. Would have preferred that the original horizontal menu had just become sticky as you scroll.
Houston's current rebounding scheme and someone like Sengun as a playmaking hub could do a lot to clog up OKC's transition offense. Amen straight up on SGA, Brooks causing chaos and the Sengun/KD two-man game seems best set up structurally to go against OKC. Magic might present a match up problem but probably not at their current level.
YouTube is trippin they keep putting my comments on videos I watched way earlier… happened a few times this week… weird
What if u do mpj and cam Thomas to clippers like John Collins bogi brook lopez and 2030 first ? Rob dillingham and Randle maybe
I do not like that Nets/Clippers/Celtics did for The Nets if their takeaway is just a 2nder. It should cost more than that as they dont need to get off of Mann's money, they barely reached the salary floor this offseason.