2K Sports has released its yearly update to the NBA 2K series

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 2K Sports has released its yearly update to the NBA 2K series, which means it is time for us to start playing MyLeague simulations. After more than a month since the Summer Hornets left Las Vegas, and with another month until the start of the regular season against the Indiana Pacers on October 20, it was fortunate that NBA 2K22 was released last week to help basketball fans pass the time.
 

 

 

What could be a better substitute for real hoops than virtual hoops, right? ATHers may recall the series we did for SBNation's "video game week" in June 2020, which saw a Hornets MyLeague sim begin just after the NBA's hiatus and run through the end of the virtual 2020-21 season, leaving off at the exact point in time that we are at in the present-day. This article will be formatted in a similar manner to those, albeit with different rosters and player ratings due to the fact that we are now playing 2K22 instead of 2K20.

For those who are unfamiliar with how MyLeague works in thebuy nba 2k22 mt, here's a rundown of how it works: Essentially, it's a step up from the MyGM mode, where the user takes control of a franchise as general manager, and instead gets control of a team as general manager while also making decisions for the NBA as a whole. This gives the user (in this case, me) the ability to approve or veto trades between CPU teams (teams that I do not control), to make or change league rules, and to relocate franchises, among many other things.

Basically, we're going to be playing a basketball video game on the computer, with the computer simulating actual gameplay and me pretending to be Mitch Kupchak and Adam Silver combined into a single individual. Let's get this ball rolling!

The beginning of the 2021-22 season
Nick Richards, unfortunately, was not retained. Vernon Carey Jr. has a higher ceiling (and a 2K rating currently), and a larger contract, which allows for some Kai Jones minutes to be added. After scanning the comments section of this website over the last month, it appears that moving on from Richards, rather than Carey Jr., Wes Iwundu, Cody Martin, or Jalen McDaniels, is the majority opinion.

After that, we'll sketch out the rotation. To keep things realistic, Jones and JT Thor will not be regular rotation members to begin the season, and Miles Bridges will retain his position in the presumed starting five. Here is a rotation schedule for the first few weeks of the season;