In case you’re wondering if this year’s game is going to be good you have your answer. They can’t bother to get the cover right so the rest of the game is probably garbage money grab. So if you buy it, know what to expect: AI slop, money grab, and 2k not caring much

I feel like most of the NBA 2K community talks about MyCareer, MyTeam, or online modes, but I rarely see people talk about how much they enjoy actually playing MyNBA games. I've been playing MyNBA with the same core for quite a while, and I've become genuinely attached to my own team.

I play almost every game instead of simulating because I really enjoy using this specific lineup. My 2 favorite superstars + 3 fave role players. Over time, I've developed a feel for how every player plays and how they fit together. I know when to let DWade attack the rim, when to let Kawhi take over the isolation, when to use Patty to run the offense and create movement, and how much Battier and Chandler contribute defensively.

What's funny is that I don't even necessarily want to keep upgrading the roster. I'm more interested in seeing how far this exact group can go. I want to see if we can win multiple championships and potentially build a dynasty together. I also love how stories naturally develop when you play every game. DWade and Kawhi are both in the MVP race. Wade is my primary offensive engine, but Kawhi is currently my leading scorer because he's been incredibly efficient from all 3 levels. Patty is leading my team in assists, and Chandler is in the DPOY race while almost averaging a double-double. And I got Giddey as 6th man of the year contender.

At this point, I feel like I'm the only one who plays like this lol. I've developed an actual connection with this core and their story.

Does anyone else play MyNBA this way? Do you play almost every game with the same core players and get attached to your roster and progress with the story, or do most people prefer to sim seasons and focus more on roster building?

What is this crap? I want to hoop, not this ridiculous garbage.

Peak 2k coming hopefully

I put 1,000 plus into 26 and I got at least another year to get my moneys worth . I can’t in good conscience go spend that money again especially for what’s seem like a roster update.

2k27 IS FINALLY FREE FROM ITS SHACKLES AND BEING HELD BACK 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Official Release: September 4
Early Access: August 28
The City returns
Seasons are back
Crews are back
ProPLAY returns
The REC is back
Season Passes return
Cover Athletes: Victor Wembanyama, Derrick Rose & Caitlin Clark

So like is 2k trying to deliberately scam us cuz I’ll be damned I pay $150 just to get 135k worth of vc off rip. Knowing that isn’t nearly enough to fully upgrade a player, let alone buying accessories. Ik sum people don’t care but wat do yall think cuz I wanna hear everyone’s opinion.

Most major titles have this figured out. It’s a shame that 2K hasn’t made it a priority.

I know the answer why but fuck them they have enough money. Give me a Rui Hachimura/Yuki Kawamure cover for Japan, a Kumbucket cover for the DR of Congo, and a Josh Okogie cover for Nigeria.

Who do you think would make the best regional cover athlete?

These plates should be linked to teammate grade, and they should go up and down based on teammate grade only, not whether you win or lose. Teammate grade also needs to be reworked to actually penalize people for not playing team ball, like dribbling too much, not passing, making selfish plays, or quitting. Linking these plates to teammate grade will entice players to play more team ball and fix a lot of the issues in random rec.

Will PGs finally be forced to play team ball? No more dribbling behind a black hole screen for 20+ seconds while everybody spots up and watches every possession? Will everybody on the team be able to dribble and make plays? They can't play around about this, this is everything.

Usually I get super hyped around the time next year’s game news cycle starts up. I watch nearly every creator’s videos, I check 2K’s social media, and I start playing a lot again. None of that. This year has been horrid and I have 0 drive to play the game.

I haven’t played in months. The matchmaking is complete garbage. I’m purple and gold plate on all of my builds with about a 65% win rate playing with randoms and I’m always matched with some dummy who looks like he’s never touched a basketball before. The gameplay is shit. Defense just isn’t a thing, steals are trash and the one time that steals were actually in a good place they reverted the change the next day. There is no uniqueness in builds. I remember in 25 I had inside centers, all around guards, 99 speed 99 agility guards, lockdowns, stretch bigs. Everything in 26 is just the exact same.

Shooting is too easy so you’re forced to make your build with shooting otherwise you’re straight up selling. I remember at the beginning of the year I would just let people get 2s because it was pretty much just as good as a stop.

They made a super arcadey game and took away everything fun that made it arcadey. Fading from half court was a blast and they took it away. So now the playstyle is just slow and boring.

I’ve been playing Diamond Dynasty on MLB The Show 26 lately and it beats the absolute piss out of MyTeam. You can literally earn nearly any card in the game by just playing it. You don’t need to sink hundreds or even thousands of real dollars to get the best players. They are all earnable by simply playing the game.

This narrative that its the people quitting is wild. Ill take a two hour break if my other option is brain damage from people being terrible at the easiest 2k to date.

If you cant not suck this year, please do us a favor and protest the new game. You will hate it.

Might be just me, but the Ultra looks like a bad deal, and Deluxe absolutely looks like the move, and even more so if you don't play MyTeam.

• Base game for $70: 10k VC for pre-ordering
• Deluxe Edition for $100: 110k VC, 7-day early access, Wemby/CC Jerseys, and Skill/Gatorade Boosts
• Ultra Edition for $150: 145k VC, 7-day early access, Wemby/CC Jerseys, a Rose hoodie, and Seasons 1 + 7-9 pro pass ($10 value each).

So 4 pro passes (including 3 months where player retention is by far the lowest), 35k VC, and a hoodie for an extra $50? Yes, there are tons of MyTeam stuff, but man that is terrible value if you are a Career/Park player.

Am I missing something?

Additionally, if you are looking for value and if you have $150 in the budget, you can get the following:

1. Buy Deluxe Edition for 7-day early access/110k VC
2. Buy HoF Season 1 Pass (assuming its set up exactly the same) for 15k VC instantly, level skips, rep boosters, faster progression to badge perks, and 45k additional VC over the course of the season for $20.
3. Spend an additional $20 on 75k VC and hold $10 for S2, or get an additional 105k VC for $30
4. This would leave you with 7-day early access + 240k-275k VC before any in-game quests or VC earned playing (yeah, the 45k comes down the road from the pass, but it's essentially unrealized gains, so it's slightly different) vs a hoodie, pro passes for the summer, and 145k VC.

The Steph photo is from 2k21 and yes it’s a bit exaggerated because it was for the trailer but it still looked that good in game. Why are we moving backwards cooper Flagg looks like he’s made of play doh.

Edit: LIGHTING

I know this is a hot take but one of the topics of discussion in 2k26 is the lack of build diversity and one thing that I haven’t seen people comment on is the current cap breaker system. Part of the issue with lack of build diversity is how today every build is built around the cap breakers and how now you can make any build you want and cap breakers will give you every possible need. Theres no point of making a inside big if I could just make that same inside big with a few tweaks and add a shit ton of cap breakers to also be a demigod dribbler with a high 3 ball and middy.

I don’t think cap breakers are a bad idea, but they should limit it to 5 cap breakers per build ngl, or go back to the old system where each one was only 1+ so people go back to making actual diverse bigs. If I make a Shaq build I’ll use those 5 cap breakers to get my standing dunk up, not 20 cap breakers to make my Shaq build a 3 point sniper with 99 pass accuracy.

Huge news as shot contests have been missing for quite some time 😂

Hi, i bought some vc from eneba but i didnt know that i could only reedem one per account. I bought three 35k vc codes and redeemed one, refunded one but i cannot refund the other one so heres the code for anyone in steam-JGB39-Z76YB-MGAF7
its global and reedemable in steam only if you havent redeemed it before though.