Excellent read man. i was extremely disappointed in 2k14 next gen. All these tweaks 2K could and should do can make 2k15 epic. Now they left room for EA just a lil bit. Keep up the good work man. I truly believed you covered every issue out there. Sad part about it though is the 2K sports can EASILY do all of the above or have done so in the past, but gotten lazy due to lack of competition. Oh well.

Man!!!!!! it all comes down to real world money!!! i refuse to play myteam, too many people just pay intead of play, day one my bronze squad faced legends and gold players. and of course there was no way to win. quit after two days never looked back at that mode. Myplayer and GM i just grind away and use the app to get my VC.

So to end this VC is never going away sadly.

I completely agree with the entire post, excellent work! Clear and concise...

I would like to propose an addition though. 2K needs to reinstall the original body editing features. Many people missed this aspect of editing players because it was removed during the initial patch.

To better understand what I'm talking about, simply delete your current 2K14 game data, turn off your network setting so that your are disconnected from the internet and reinstall NBA 2K14. From there if you try to edit a player you'll notice that there are more dynamic body editing feature like "torso length" aspirate from "leg length." These features allowed the gamers to truly shape physically unique players, like Giannis Antetokounmpo, as there are in real life, adding amazing diversity and detail to the game. This was a game changing feature that sadly and inexplicably got removed.

Please add this feature to your wishlist, I'm sure your opinion holds more weight than us ****** gamers/consumers. You would be doing all a service

We need online lobbies back & a better match making & ranking system.Just because you play 5 million games more than the other guy your quality of wins or loses should determine your ranking & online lobbies will allow the best to trahstalk & battle the best

IKC I really like this post. I do have a question for you tho ... You wrote, "The re-introduction of the Draft Combine, Summer League, Training Camp, and D-League". It got me thinking about those people that play on HOF but aren't any good or just arent ready for HOF. Do you think it would be a good idea if they made it to where if you started your career in the combine, summer league, or rookie show case as a grading tool for the game. Then you get drafted and lets say you set the game to all star but you're still not getting it done wouldnt it be cool if the game could have you sent to the d league and the difficulty automatically lowered one skill level and until you can dominate the d league you cant go back to the nba?

Well my brother just told me it was like that on 2k10 or 11

U shouldn't play the whole first yr of my player especially if you are not a high draft pick. It's wack if you can be a 99 by the end of your first season. I like the idea of changing the story around too. They should add a draft combine where you do some drills for some skill points and then maybe u play a game to see where you end up in the draft. Good write up

@Raycool you are on point. I was thinking of writing a blog specifically about player models. In my opinion, it’s one area that doesn’t get enough attention and/or criticism. It makes zero sense that next gen 2K has only two player models. The skinny model, and the little bit thicker model. At this point in the game, there should be a lot more variation in the models, along with some body editing as you mentioned. Take EA’s NCAA football for example… In those games they would have different player models for each position, over at least five player models. Not to mentioned, weight actually changed the appearance of the model as well, which it does not in recent NBA 2K’s.

Back to body editing, I remember in some of the older NBA 2K’s, the user had the ability to alter certain body parts. You could make the chest smaller or bigger, along with the thighs, legs, forearms and butt. They really need to bring that back. Not to go all Michael Sam up in here, but speaking of butts… where are they with NBA 2K’s current player models? The gluteus maximus is a very important muscle in the performance of an athlete, especially basketball players. Think about guys like Charles Barkley, Rick Mahorn, or Mark Aguirre. How are the shorts being held up by the 2K player model? Anyway, another thing that should be added for variation with the player models, is uniform fit. Nowadays most players wear a more tailored, form fitting jersey if you will, as opposed to the baggy jersey. Of course, the more common fit that is being worn by players today, is not represented in NBA 2K. It would be nice if the jersey and shorts were independent of each other, and both could be adjusted on every player (I hate looking at MJ’s player model in 2K. The GOAT should be recreated close to perfection). Lastly, shoes! Shoes on players in 2K is poorly done. When a person playing basketball puts on his shoes, he laces up. Meaning he creates a snug fit with his shoes. He doesn’t just slide his feet into the shoes and start playing. The shoe model in 2K looks like the shoe is on display, rather than on a players foot playing basketball laced up tight. I’ve always felt that shoes in 2K look more like boots on the players rather than actual basketball shoes. The proportions seem off. This is one area where Live has 2K beat. The socks as well. What happened to the NBA logo on the socks and proper thickness? We also should be able to change the color of the socks from black to white to team color.