 You guys are getting 2K early. What's even crazier is today's video is sponsored by 2K. They actually hooked me up with the game. So I'm super pumped to hop in. This year's 2K celebrates 25 years of NBA 2K. And I think the coolest thing is cross-play. So whether you're Xbox or PS5, you can get the smoke. And obviously I'm gonna be doing Wheel of 2K again this year. So the best place for me to start is gonna be my team. And it looks like my team kicks off with a starter kit. I know I technically should be the Detroit Pistons, but I'm bandwagoning jerk today. We're going Mavericks for our starter kit. Hopefully it's got a decent Luca in here to kick this demo. Yo, I've actually never played 2K so early where the my team cards aren't all like dark matter. We get Jason Terry to start out. He's an Evo. Josh Green, Seth Curry, Jaden Hardy. Oh, I got G Will, let's go. You guys know Grant Williams watches Wheel of 2K. So I'm excited to have him on the squad this early. Jaylen McDaniels should have some Mavs Unis here too. Ooh, got a Julius Randall. All right, I get another starter pack as well. What does my starting team gonna look like here? Ooh, there's an Emerald in here. You got Derek Fisher, wait a minute. We got Derek Fisher, Jason Terry. Looks like there's an Amethyst Chris Weber, Amethyst Jason Tatum, Amethyst Clay Thompson. Yo, this is new. Wait, you could directly purchase a player. They've got a Ruby Andre Iguodala right here. Ooh, that new card art looks fired, dude. Look at Iguodala. It wouldn't be an MMG video if I didn't open packs. Each of these 2K Day Deluxe packs contains a guaranteed 2K Day player and four random items. Chris Weber, Jason Tatum, Clay Thompson, Andrew Bogut, Al Horford, Jason Williams. Yo, I want Jason Williams actually. What, chocolate? That would be my favorite pull here. Let's start out strong boys. And this will basically be a pack and play. Whatever squad we assemble here, I'm taking straight into some gameplay. Rex Chapman, call me a casual. I'm not sure who it is. But if he balls out, he does. Hey, our first step, fire. He's fat lever. Is it fat lever? I struggled. Hey, I'll take a week and get Ron Artest. Yo, my first Ruby bow. We got Ron Artest. Wait, he's a dog. That's our best player right now. And Amethyst. Yo, wait, this animation is sick. Am I gonna walk out? Wait a minute. Power, don't tell me that's Jason Tatum. Oh, it's Al Horford. Ooh, ooh, it's a new walk out animation. I actually really like this. The fact that you can see the player's silhouette. Oh, dude, that is actually so much cleaner than last year. Hey, and we got an Amethyst pull already, boys. We got Bobby Parrish. What else we got here? Sween Nader, seven out of 10. Ooh, Drill Green, I like Drill Green. High three pointer, high driving dunk. That's all you need. Big baby Davis. Can we go one more Amethyst? We're nine of 10 right here. Kiki Vanduegge. I'm sure that's not how you pronounce it, but Sween Nader again. Our best lineup is Fat Lever. I'm literally Googling it, guys. It's Fat Lever, guys. It's Fat Lever. Boys, look at this, knowing a lot of Fat Lever, Rex Chapman, Ron Artest, Al Horford, Robert Parrish. I'm also gonna try out this Deal of the Day thing here. I can just outright purchase Andre Iguodal. I kinda want him on this squad too. All right, boys, our first ever game of 2K24. My team unlimited. This is our starting lineup. Let's go. Ooh, Kobe, Danny Ainge, Patterson, Jameson, and a, ooh, that Yannis looks good. And this is actually our first look at cross play, because my opponent is definitely not on Xbox. Danny Ainge up top. Let's see it, boys. Dude, this arena is packed, and Yannis is looking big. That Amethyst Al Horford posted up, bodying him down there. Get big. Ooh, wait a minute. Is that a meter on my layup right there? I gotta keep an eye out for that. All right, we'll go up to Al Horford. Down in, one more pass. Beautiful basketball. I gotta mess with my camera. Actually, no, I'm gonna keep it. This isn't the camera I normally use. Dude, Yannis is a giant. He's gonna be an issue. Ron Artest, greened our first ever layup. Let's go, baby. Wait, that was not my first ever layup. That was my second. Editing magic, you'll never know. Don't shoot there, shoot that from that knee. Uh-oh, he's bringing Yannis on the pick and roll. I really don't like that. Good defense, boys. Four, three, great, A, slam. Good work. Yes, sir. Cross left. Oh, he's gonna let me. He's gonna let me. I don't know about releases yet. I'm too used to end game dark matters, but that's okay. I'm gonna drill a three today. I'll tell you that. Ooh, hand down, man down. Don't you dare. Don't you give me a rage quit this early. I just downloaded the game. All right, let's get the young buck Chapman out here. Somebody should be open. Easy screen, Al Horford, ooh. Take the lead. My eyes got to adjust to that scoreboard though. I'm so used to looking at the scoreboard in the bottom right. Yup, stay up on him. Little step back. Brick, A, A, A. Our first ever game of 2K24, my team is a rage quit. And what's in the vault? What's in the vault for our very first W? Camo, A, 500, I'll take it. Good start, boys. Triple threat online first game. Let's see if we have as much luck. I'll take this. Chauncey Billups, Louis Scola, and Lamar Odom. It's actually pretty fair. I got a little overall advantage on him, so I can't lose. Oh dude, I got a mess of my camera. What do I run usually? I go like six, eight, right? Let's go five, eight this year. Let's try this. Oh, that'd be cheesy. I want to wait for him to get back on defense. There we go. Bring me the screen. Ignore it. Yeah, Iguodala. Dude, what does Kellerman say? He says like laser beam pointed at Earth. I want Iguodala. The Martians have the death beam pointed at Earth. You better hit it. I want Iguodala. And there I go. Letting Chauncey Billups get one. Dude, let's try the dunk meter. I assume dunk meter is still a feature. Let's bring this screen. Let's take it. Oh, very first dunk, I always did it. Artes, do you want a shot? Oh, I'm actually so, oh good D, good D, good D. Hey, if we don't need it, don't use it. Nice layup, Horford. Yeah, that window is tough though. If you want to get the big poster slam on somebody, you're going to have to time it right. And obviously so far I have not. Louis Scola's got a mismatch, but I don't know, I think we could hold him here. He's a big boy. Let's go. Iguodala's a stud, man. Oh, good. Down low, up top. Am I going to start out 2K24, 2-0? I think I might. Graphics are beautiful. Go. Our first three. You know, I don't know what Ron Artes' three pointer is, but I don't think I should be shooting that. Is that going to stop me from shooting it? Pump fake. Oh my goodness. Lamarroda, you're lost in the sauce up there, buddy. Come on. No way, no way you quit. Dude, it's even better. His name is New York Gigi and he's about to quit. Don't you do it. Shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot. We got there late. Yes, good close out. I really want to hit a three now. Let's go for a mid-range Iguodala. Ooh, my jumpers are absolute bricks right now. I'm pretty much a layup dunk machine. Wait, he greened that. I'm going to ignore this screen. I'm going to take another. I really want to hit a midi. I'm so trash with these midis right now. Granted, I do have the meter on. And I know if I turn that meter off, I'll probably have a little better chances to be making some of these. I can't sell the lead trying to hit these midranges now. Hey, there we go, boys. First green. First mid-range green. That certainly counts more than a layup. But 10-4, Lamarroda's going to take one. All right, we need to lock back in. Can't lose this game now. He's off-balling. Oh, shh. Guys, that was supposed to be a pass to X. X was also the shoot button, unfortunately. Guys, wait, no, I can't sell this game. I had him. Oh, pass out of shot. Ow, I'm selling. Don't you dare try and hit that three. Oh, that's fine. You're in no way. We like that. We like that shot. Up to our test, down low. Take the dunk. Good, stay high. No, Phillips. Bricks gets his own board. Luis Scola three. Lamarroda helps side. Damn. 10-12. Oh, no. Turn the ball over. Wait a minute, this game's about to be so close. I'm so surprised he didn't shoot that Luis Scola. Good defense. Let's go. Run the court, boys. Take it easy, Al Horford. Ooh, a shooting foul. I don't know, you could do that. Alrighty. It'll make him any easier than that, gentlemen. I guess I'm trying to rip this inbound. It does not work. Oh, no. Oh, no. Dude, this game is actually so close. Bring the screen. Post some up, Horford. No, Luis Scola. Chill out. Good defense. No way. Let's go, our test. 16-12, huge. My on-ball defense is weak. I can tell you that right now. Rip that ball. No, what are you doing, Chauncey? Chauncey, what are you doing? Good defense. Good defense. No. What happens if he gets an end? Does he get three points? Stay on him, Al. Stay high, Al Horford. Good defense. Oh. Who do we got? Up to Iguodala. Bad pass. In the paint. Ooh, missed layup. Good defense. Iguodala. Midi. My naked. Ow, I'm a brick. That's great defense, though. Ooh, Luis Scola's a dog. Got him. Got him. Let's go, Iguodala. We're so close to the win. 18-14. I'm gonna off-ball. I'm gonna take Luis Scola. This on-ball defense is difficult. Great defense. Switched out at the right time. Look at the true cheeser I am. No. Stop it, Phillip. Good defense. Where are we? Let's go, Al Horford. Al Horford, three. I did not green that three. That's my favorite thing about that. I was very close, but I don't think I'd perfectly green that. Give me some MT. Give me a little more MT. Oh, no, did I just use all my good luck? I don't want to use it right now, man. Although that's actually fire. I think I just got a diamond shoe. Shout out, Al Horford, for drilling that three. What is this three-pointer? It's gotta be pretty good. 83 overall three-pointer. Me drilled that right there. That's my boy. All right, y'all. Hey, I hope you guys enjoyed Absolublast. I can't wait to kick off Wheel of 2K. That will be later in the season, but I also want to give a massive shout out to 2K for sponsoring this video. It is so cool that they hooked me up with 2K. That's an awesome opportunity. I hope you guys enjoyed. I'm excited to post some more later on in the season, and I'll see you guys in the next video. Peace.