What a 2K and what a season
. Went into the year with 4 teams you wanted to pay attention to in the east with Boston, Orlando, Chicago, and Miami in the wake of the decision as legit contenders or teams to watch out for and then there was Stoudemire looking to raise the Knicks from the dead alongside Pringles while Carmelo openly wanted to get there too. Then out west you had the Spurs, the thunder who were quickly on the way up, the mavericks who were always in the middle of it with 11 straight 50 win seasons to their name, and the lakers chasing a 3rd straight title in Phil’s final season while he went for his 12th with a 4th 3peat and Kobe chasing #6. Even among the bad teams you had Blake Griffin setting the league on fire, the nonstop fukkery of the Andray Blatche/Nick Young/Javale McGee wizards, and the morbid curiosity of how bad the cavaliers would be without LeBron.
There were at least a dozen teams who were fun to play as in 2K11 too and then we finally got MJ in a video game and the entire rotation of 5 different bulls title teams to top it off. They even gave us 3 different color patterns for Dennis Rodman with his hair
. Hearing Sirius as the game opened gave me goosebumps