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Sam Vecenie and Bryce Simon discuss their annual countdown of the best defenders in the NBA, covering players ranked from 25 to 13.

In this edition of the Game Theory Podcast, Sam Vecenie is joined by Bryce Simon for their annual countdown of the best defenders in the NBA today! Here in part 1, they cover #25 to #13 (the rest of the list can be heard in part 2 next Sunday).

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