Today should be the last 2K24 video you ever see on this channel. I cannot wait to uninstall, I cannot lie. I have to be the perfect general manager today. When I pick up the phone and call Sam Presti, if Sam Presti says no to my first offer, then I lose. Just that simple.
We out of here. The last video could end abruptly if another GM just says no. There's a lot of pressure. I mean a lot of pressure.
Today we are going with the team 3, 2, 1. The Utah Jazz to end out our 2K24 uploads and it is pick number 15 Smackdad in the middle of the association. Now we want to say in 2K25 I'm super excited. necessarily for the game but because it gives me another cycle to create cool content for y'all even though we basically gave up on 2k about four months ago it came back two weeks later baby here we are this video is brought to you by seeking hit the link the description and use code Kenny10 to get 10% off your purchase of tickets.
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We have Jalen Brunson, Scotty Barnes, Yaka Purtle, Denny Abdiah, Josh Giddy, DeAndre Hunter, THT, Larry Nance Jr., Scotty Pippen Jr. We got some sons of sons. We got Rick Brunson's son. We got Scotty Pippen's son and Larry Nance's son. And then I was trying to make a joke, but there's no jokes to be made.
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This video is really easy. All you got to do is go to trade finder and nobody's ever going to say no, no, trade finder does not exist today. I cannot use this. These are all organic trades that I have to build.
Um, and I'm excited for the reality of it is I'll probably have to overpay for any player that I want just to make sure, just to make sure that they don't say no. So we got young players like a Scotty Barnes and Denny and Josh Giddy. Um, so we could potentially, if every.
everything goes as planned, we could potentially go get another 90 overall player to put alongside Jalen Brunson. The scary part is that again, if they say no, then it's a wrap. I end the video and I don't want to end my 2K cycle with a four minute video.
I'll be honest with you. This is so stupid. This is so stupid. I'm going, I'm swinging. I'm swinging.
I'm swinging for the fences. I'm swinging for the fences, ladies and gentlemen. This is what I'm thinking. I'm going to go after Anthony Davis, a guy that we very, I mean, very, very rarely trade for on this cycle. The money should match if I just add in, let's say, Jetty Osmond.
I have my own pick. This is a lot of value. And honestly, I'm probably getting finessed if they say yes to this.
I'm a little bit afraid that that's, I got to add another pick. Is that a good deal? The answer is no, honestly. Scottie Barnes, Josh Giddey, DeAndre Hunter, two firsts for Anthony Davis and Jetty Osmond. If they say no, the video ends abruptly.
Will they say no? They do not. We got a 95 overall, Anthony Davis, and we gave up all the young pieces. Two really good draft picks, but Anthony Davis is on the team, ladies and gentlemen. This two-man game should be nasty, but now we need to go get some good role players to put them alongside him.
Now, I'm not going to be the one I would love to go get a Derek White. You feel me? I would love to go get a Desmond Bain. I mean, let's be real.
Herb Jones actually is perfect here. He's perfect here alongside Jalen Brunson. The three-point shot, what do they got it as?
I know he shot well in real life. They got it as an 85. What they got the defense like? Primitive defense, not even a 90 overall club?
Hello? What the badges look like, 2K? The badges look pretty okay. All right, so we're definitely going after Herb Jones to be our two. Our three, man, we can kind of get kind of crazy with it.
We can go get... I don't know. Let's focus on Herb Jones right now. He plays for the Bucs.
Let's go talk to the Bucs about Herb Jones. I just feel like I'm always going to overpay. You think if I give them Larry Nance and Kobe Buffkin, they say yes? I had a first round pick in here, but I'm thinking to myself that I don't know if I need that pick.
Can I give you two seconds? Boom. Deal.
Done. Okay. All right.
So far, so good. Two trades. The team looks good. I mean, no, it doesn't. But in time, it will.
We still got Denny Abdiah as a trade piece. THT is making $11 million with Denny Abdiah. That gives us to about 17 AMs, a little bit over that. Okay, so let's go look at the small four to powerful position for somebody making it.
Let's say 20. Let's round up to $20 million annually. It's going to be hard to find that. I think we could go younger and go get a Franz Wagner. We can go get Larry Markman, who's always going to be a guy that we could get in these videos. We do have Mikael Bridges, but he's only an 83. And Lisa Larry marketing is an 86. So what about power forwards here?
We could go get, no, we can't get Palo. We don't get the assets with Palo. J-Dub is possible. Evan Mobley, I don't think is possible. Aaron Gordon.
Aaron Gordon with Anthony Davis, spacing wise, don't sound amazing. But he's another one of those players that I feel like I really go trade for. Right now he plays for the Dallas Mavericks.
Let's go talk to the Mavs, man. Let's go talk to the Mavs about him. I just want to get to the point where simulator, you know, 22 million.
Again, we got THT. We're going to have Denny. Like this might be enough.
It's only full overall difference between Denny and Aaron Gordon, and they still got the same amount of trade value as far as stars go. What if I gave you two seconds? I feel like that two seconds thing is yes, deal, deal, baby.
All right. So we got Jalen Brunson, Herb Jones, Aaron Gordon, Anthony Davis as of right now. I like that a lot. We need to go get a three man that can score a little bit though. We need to go get a three man that can create for himself.
So we had Larry Market in there, still a possibility. What type of contracts can we put together? We still got 19 million Yaka Purtle.
We got 6 million Jetty Osmond and that's kind of it. So like 25 million, we do need to go sign some people for agency, but like $25 million in salary. It's not too bad.
I feel like we can make something happen on $25 million in salary. The Larry marketing one's going to keep coming up. I know it will, in my mind at least, because that money's only $18 million.
But maybe there's a shooting guard that I can move over. I don't know. We'll see. Or maybe there's a four man.
No, I don't know. Because honestly speaking, in the world of 2K, Aaron Gordon can run three. Only in the world of 2K. So if we talk at $20 million, we might be able to go like, oh, J-Dub can run three too. I'm not liking a lot of the stuff I'm seeing.
We got Kuzma. We talk about creating for yourself. Kuzma can do that and he's $25 million and he's an 83. It's not too bad. Again, the three spot is a little bit tougher to find somebody.
Like I would love to have Chris Middleton on his team. I just don't think we got that money, but I'll add him to the list. As far as two mans go, I guess Herb Jones can slide down because he's 6'7". Herb Jones can slide down and we can go get... um desmond bain to run the two and slide herb down i don't i'm not i don't mind that uh andrew nimhard can run the two and slide herb down he's only two million dollars i don't hate that at all interesting okay derrick white what's your money at eight a derrick white is still at 18 though i can't lie i can't get past derrick white at 18 million dollars here him jalen brunson herb jones aaron gordon and anthony davis should be ridiculous defensive I'm going after him first, and he's an 87. Now, in order to get that 87, it's going to cost us some draft capital. It's going to cost us some draft. Any of these young dudes have value. One and a half star for Pip, two star for Goga. That's kind of it. Bryce Sensabaugh is one and a half star. So we can go Goga. We can go Goga. And then, like, do we think this is enough? Purtle, Goga, one first? Or do I need to go two first to be sure? I'm throwing two first. I have to. I had to. I know. I got finessed. I understand that. But I was a little bit afraid that we weren't going to be able to get the deal done. And we do, though. All right. So, boom. Herb Jones moves over to the three. The star lineup looks really good. Defensively, who's scoring on us? Who's putting up big-time buckets on this team? They got Anthony Davis. They got Herb Jones. They got Eric Gordon and Derek White. We got three All-NBA defenders, even though Anthony Davis didn't make it this year for whatever reason. Or did he make it? I forget. He might have made it as a second-team player. Either way. We got four all defensive caliber defenders. Now our bench sucks. Our bench is really, really bad. But I feel like the bench is the one place that's going to be easy to build up. Especially when you think about a lot of the younger players in basketball. We got some like... Six million dollar contract that we can make. So it shouldn't be too bad. Let's think of a bucket getter off the bench. Who's the bucket getter? We need one guy that can come in and just light it up. But he also has got to be a cheap player too. And I think that's what makes it tough. Like Jalen Green can be that for sure. We don't have the assets to get Jalen Green no more. So we probably got to think like Colin Sexton. I think Tyler Hero's contract is way too big, but Colin Sexton's contract is only 17. That's actually a bigger contract than I expected. Quickly, quickly, boom. Quickly as. is the guy. Quickly is our off the bench bucket getter. I think that's our smartest move. I think that's our smartest move. We also got Cam. Off the bench bucket getters. Both of these dudes can be that. This is not going to work out well, is it? Because you got to think about it. They need to take Scottie Pippen here, right? And I only got one tradable first round pick at the moment. I don't think we're going to be able to convince them to say yes to this deal on the first try. No way. And we can't use Trey Finder to get more first round picks. So we might have to go go cheaper than these two um and they are what 83 we need to go like maybe high 70s to be safe and that's up yeah man this is not going the way i wanted it to i'm looking for high 70s and i got like payton pritchard i guess we got like dare jones jr what's alec burke said alec burke is two star hold on hold on alec burke is two star we can give them oh what's the pick word oh do i throw it in this up? Do I throw this lob and hope that they say yes? No, no, no. They're going to say no to that. Oh man. I didn't think this part was going to be the tough part. I thought getting the stars is going to be tough. It's really rounding out the team. Now we want to go for it. We run a five man rotation and say win that championship maybe. I at least need to run a seven man rotation. I need at least one guard and one forward, but getting there is almost impossible right now without potentially messing up. What about Allie Burks and Kevin Love instead of Derrick Jones Jr.? What, can we do that? Because, you know, we thought, I'm giving up a first round pick for these dudes. 32-year-old, 35-year-old, Alec Burks, Kevin Love. Ah, I'm scared. I'm scared to offer it. Okay, I'm throwing in a second. They say yes. I gave up all my draft picks to get Kevin Love and Alec Burks on the team. Count how many times I get finessed in this video. You're going to run out of fingers if you're doing it on your hands. Every one of these trades I've been finessed in. But it's the only way. way to be safe. It's the only way to be safe. So we do have a seven-man rotation. We got Pip here. Pip cannot be running real minutes for us. Meechich, even though you can play overseas, you can win an MVP award, so on and so forth, I don't feel comfortable with him being a part of my real rotation. Luckily, Derek White and Jalen Brunson can do that point guard stuff. So we can have it that technically Derek White is our backup. Regardless, we're still one or two pieces away and we got zero draft capital. So I don't even know how we get those pieces. I think we start. Start off by going to free agency and signing a guy like JaVale McGee. And you know what? JaVale McGee might stick on the team and play. Like, JaVale McGee might play real minutes for us this season. What about Rashawn Holmes? I don't know. If we, no, no, no. Let's package those two together. If we package those two together, we should be able to go get another 77 overall, if we're being honest with each other. Talk to the Grizzlies, who still have Santi Aldama. He's a 77. I said if you package these two together, it should work. I mean, it looks like Jeff Green has more value to him right now, but I'm still afraid. I won't just say yes to that. I will give you Mijic as well. They say yes. Okay. So far, so good, ladies and gentlemen. So far, so good. We do have a backup. I actually want to, I think his overall goes up. It goes down. I thought his overall went up. If you made him a small forward, it doesn't. Okay. What about, okay. So Kevin Love is a power forward and center stays exactly the same. So there's no reason to change that. Ah, snap. Again, if we want to run an eight-man rotation or a nine-man rotation, I need to upgrade Scottie Pippen Jr. you, bro. Even though in summer league, he looked great. And towards the end of the season last year, he had moments where he looked okay. I need to go get another point guard, I think. Is it Pat Bev? That's only one overall difference. Markel Fultz is, oh man, I don't even want to talk about Markel, actually. It makes me a little bit sad. Can we go get Brody? Brody's got real value though. He's two and a half star. I can't risk it. He's two and a half star. I would love to have Brody on this team right now, but I got to play it safe, y'all. I got to play it safe. And that's the opposite of what I... what I normally would do in the video, but we gotta be smart around here these days. They're the same overall, but I trust Jose Alvarado more, especially in simulation. So I'm gonna trade for Jose Alvarado, cool. Okay. Oh my goodness, this is not great. A small four. I just don't know how we get there. Small four, small four. Or do we need, yeah, we need a small four. Because Alec Burks can run three, right? Alec Burks can run three. He's got it at small four. Oh, he is a three. Let's move him to the three spot. Let's move him to the three spot. Oh, I like this a lot better. Oh, I like this a lot better. Alec Burks just got to the 80 overall club with an overall change or with a position change. Okay. I legit might be done. I legit might be done. I can't lie to you. I can't lie to you. I'm afraid to make another trade. So because of that, our lineup is Brunson, White, Jones, Gordon, Davis, Burks, Aldama, Love, and Alvarado. That's not bad at all. That's not bad at all, given the circumstances. First game of the season. Please be a win against Sacramento. That sets us off. Nope, we lose. Anthony Davis, what a game. Brunson, I need you to step up at ADBU. You know what? I kind of want AD to take all the shots. Is that crazy? Get that shot, Tennessee, up to at least to 90 AD. This is your MVP season, finally, at age 30. Oh, well, eventually we're going to win a basketball game. There it is. There it is. Aaron Gordon with the big game. Almost perked from the field, too. All right, I feel... Actually, it might be Jalen Burns'MVP. I don't know. Oh, man. This is kind of nice. Other than the fact that he's winning number 41, LeBron James is ridiculous. How about that? Willie Green is coach of the year. Oh, that's clutch player of the year. I thought that was MVP. MVP is Luka Doncic. There we go. With Midyama. Okay, Josh Giddey. We traded him away. He went six man of the year. Okay. I thought this was MVP. I don't know why I started off on clutch player of the year. Either way, LeBron in the Bulls jersey is pretty cool. um utah jazz utah jazz utah anthony davis second team baby 28 and 13 those are career numbers question mark yeah career numbers anthony davis even career high from three his jump shot is back oh my god we did it we did it anything is possible uh all defensive second team for ad as well we were the one seat as you probably expected tied with the pelicans though and we ain't we ain't just dominating everybody the pelicans apparently got it like that Our two top players were dope, though. The rest of them were dope as well, but those two dudes stood out. All right, first round of the playoffs is the Golden State Warriors. Chris Dunn. This is Tatum and Stuff. Shout out to him for carrying this team to the playoffs, but Lord knows they don't stand a chance. Sacramento Kings is next. They got Kobe White, Devin Vassell, Jalen Brown, Evan Mobley, Rudy Gobert. I like this team. I like this team. Wow, shout out to them. They got a chance, I think. Game one, we win, though. Pretty convincingly, they do have a 41, a 43 point Jalen Brown game. Oh no, I forgot. Kobe White's really bad in 2K. 10 points per game, my butt. His shot tendency is really low. Something that 2K needs to do better at. Ha ha ha ha ha. I should put together a list of stuff that I want 2K to have differently in 2K25. But with it coming out in what, five days? That list means nothing. You're not going to be able to change it. Shea, Bane, Keldon, Kevin Martin, and Yaka Kong. It's not a bad lineup. They're just really small. I mean, really, really small. We should be able to use that to our advantage. Game one, we win. Game two, we win. Let's sweep the Western Conference, please, in this series and in this cycle with zero losses. Kay Cunningham and the Brooklyn Nets are in the finals. Is Kay? Oh, Donovan Mitchell. Another smaller team. But Miles Turner's tall. Kay Cunningham's tall for his position. Just Josh Hart is small, I guess. When I say they're small, it's really just Josh Hart. But he's got the heart. of a seven foot one guy. All right, I think we're good here. I think we win this championship. We walk out of here. How can you get finessed? Oh, dang, we're not 16-0 though. How can you get finessed in every single trade and still win the championship? Oh, we need to, okay. Game seven, five man rotation, please. Alec Burks, you might be doing great this year. Oh my God, he actually was amazing. What a trade. What a trade, Alec Burks, baby. Okay, you're not playing though. Here we go. Game seven. Let's please end with a win. Please end with a win. We cannot go out of the cycle with a loss. We need this ring to end it. It looks like we will be walking out of there with a win, ladies. We lost. I forgot we were not the... Oh my God, I thought we were the Brooklyn Nets. Okay, well, end of a cycle, ends in a nail. Anthony Davis was phenomenal. Eight offensive rebounds, three blocks, 20 free throw attempts. Jalen Brunson fouled out in 30 minutes. um Derek White missed every shot he took Herb Jones missed every three he took we couldn't stop K Cunningham for whatever golly I thought we were the Brooklyn Nets for a second we lost okay whatever whatever um hey thank you for watching every video that you watch this cycle I'm excited next time you hear from me on this channel we will be talking and playing NBA 2k25 I would love to go out there with a win I was gonna say how how can you be finessing every trade and still win a championship We did not still win the championship. It is what it is. If you enjoyed the video, leave it a like, and I'll see y'all tomorrow. Well, later. Peace.