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Sam Vecenie

@sam_vecenie

I write about basketball. And watch movies. Senior Writer at @TheAthletic on the NBA/NBA Draft. Host of the Game Theory Podcast. Email: [email protected]

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The Game Theory Offseason Preview Series is here. We'll have 30 of these going up over the course of the next 30-ish days. Our first one: Boston Celtics. To me, the most interesting offseason of any team in the NBA. (Also up on Podcast feeds) youtu.be/-2c8lnYJoF0

The Game Theory Offseason Preview Series is here. We'll have 30 of these going up over the course of the next 30-ish days. 

Our first one: Boston Celtics. To me, the most interesting offseason of any team in the NBA.

(Also up on Podcast feeds)

youtu.be/-2c8lnYJoF0
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Rick Carlisle is laughably good. First possession, Knicks overload the empty side action to try to stop the quick Turner PnPop when they're running hedge/recover. Sheppard relocates to get away from Mitch who has to scramble out. Then the next possession, Carlisle runs same

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Going live after this Knicks-Pacers game with @motorcityhoops. Come join us and hang out while we break down the Conference Finals Game 2s, and All-NBA picks. youtube.com/live/CzlB4h4gq…

Going live after this Knicks-Pacers game with @motorcityhoops. Come join us and hang out while we break down the Conference Finals Game 2s, and All-NBA picks. 

youtube.com/live/CzlB4h4gq…
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Jalen Brunson and Tyrese Haliburton, man. Your team is legitimately just never dead when you have either of those two. They never feel pressure. Just gonna get to their spots.

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Think it's probably the right call to take that 3 early from Brunson. Don't risk them fouling you. If you feel like you have the clean look, you take it.

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Acuna hitting a bomb on the first pitch he sees this year after ACL surgery is the absolute best. My goodness he launched that thing lmao.

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The Game Theory Offseason Preview Series rolls on. Cleveland Cavaliers are up. Should they look at breaking up their core four? How do they go about the Ty Jerome/Sam Merrill decisions? Can they move expensive bench pieces? Important summer ahead! youtube.com/watch?v=LwuKyl…

The Game Theory Offseason Preview Series rolls on. 

Cleveland Cavaliers are up. Should they look at breaking up their core four? How do they go about the Ty Jerome/Sam Merrill decisions? Can they move expensive bench pieces?

Important summer ahead!

youtube.com/watch?v=LwuKyl…
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An "Everything Goes Right" game for Minnesota so far. Chris Finch's defensive adjustments on Shai have worked splendidly (namely picking him lower), running Ant off of more off-ball action is good. And they're drilling 3s. Interested to see if OKC tries to make a run early in 2H

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OKC did win the second half of Game 1 in this series by 30, so that was an AWESOME response there in the last 2 minutes by Minnesota to go on a quick 11-0 run after the 11-2 OKC run to start the half to probably just stomp OKC's hopes out.

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Yeah we talked about this last night on the podcast that the Knicks probably needed to change the starting lineup at this point. I might have gone Deuce instead of Mitch and then maybe brought Mitch a bit earlier in the 1Q. But I like that Thibs is hopefully making a move.

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The Offseason Preview Series continues. Philadelphia 76ers. What should they do with No. 3? How do they retain their free agents while improving AND staying under the second apron? Most important offseason for Daryl Morey (Also up on podcast feeds) youtube.com/watch?v=t2u0V6…

The Offseason Preview Series continues. 

Philadelphia 76ers. 

What should they do with No. 3? How do they retain their free agents while improving AND staying under the second apron? Most important offseason for Daryl Morey

(Also up on podcast feeds)

youtube.com/watch?v=t2u0V6…
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A. That's just a super obvious foul on Brunson. Terrible, loose close out and drilled Nembhard. B. This is a serious issue for the Knicks now. Pacers are just going to attack him the entire 3rd Q and either try to get the 5th foul or just get easy buckets.

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Maybe the biggest three-minute stretch here of KAT's career. Has been unbelievable and aggressive to start this 4th with nine points when the Knicks desperately needed it to stay alive in this series.

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Every single game in this Knicks-Pacers series has delivered so far. They've all been utterly spectacular and I appreciate these two teams for giving us such fun hoops.

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Hello! @motorcityhoops and I are going live to talk about Game 3 of the Knicks-Pacers series and Game 3 of Thunder-Wolves. Come hang out! youtube.com/live/J2oruhEvu…

Hello! @motorcityhoops and I are going live to talk about Game 3 of the Knicks-Pacers series and Game 3 of Thunder-Wolves. 

Come hang out!

youtube.com/live/J2oruhEvu…