What if the NBA Used the English Football League Pyramid System?

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[@supercel55]

Damian Lillard’s only ring coming in the championship is funny as hell😭😭😭

[@atlantic_31]

Well, at least he won a "championship" 😂😂😂

[@aok2075]

He didn't even win the league. He just won promotion lol

[@feetug]

@@aok2075 he won the championship league

[@AT-dp6rg]

@@feetughe didnt he won the playoffs to get promotion

[@zsigmondfalussy2342]

Dame is the Harry Kane of basketball

[@carlo6670]

I love to see the bottom teams fighting to stay in the NBA instead of tanking for a top draft pick.

[@arthropod-doctor]

Ikr. Relegation battles are always some of the most entertaining matches in all of football. Hurt my soul to see both Leeds AND Leicester get relegated to the Championship this year. I imagine it was doubly worse for hardcore Leicester fans, since they won the Premier League title back in 2016

[@doomjazz420]

Providence pirates, going from league 1 to one of the best teams in premier in the span of 2 seasons was absolutely hype. Best storyline and wasn't even commented on.

[@alsotrace1124]

Time stamp?

[@aloe.0v0]

​@@alsotrace1124 23:56 Pirates promoted to Championship 25:04 Pirates promoted to Premier League 27:20 Pirates finish 4th in Premier League

[@cole3363]

the providence pirates of the ABA are In the national tournament this year lmao. they're killing it irl and sim

[@oaxtec765]

Ik! I'm from Providence and I was so hyped! We went from medicare league one to top of the prem in no time

[@matthewfeighery8838]

Rhode Islanders know

[@camiloalves55]

Sadly, I think it would be harder to make this happen irl than one might think. In Europe, teams and the league are standalone, while in the NBA, the league is technically owned by the owners of every franchise together, right? There's no way one of them would agree to go down a league and receive less money

[@Baruch.Spinoza]

Also each player makes a much bigger difference in basketball like if Lebron gets hurt for the season the lakers get relegated even though they aren’t the worst team in the league

[@FluffyJuelz]

@@Baruch.Spinoza well if they are the worst team in the league without lebron then they get relegated, because they're the worst team in the league.

[@camiloalves55]

@Baruch Spinoza yeah true, but that's kind of a good thing. Since most leagues don't share revenue in Europe and there is no salary cap, it usually comes down to whoever has more money to spend. So, a team like the Lakers would be fine cause the rest of team without LeBron would be way better than a "bad team", and that sucks.

[@Shockkings0714]

@@FluffyJuelz That's unfair bs

[@BigPurp9]

@@Shockkings0714 well that’s sports, players get injured it’s all down to luck.

[@FatBeagle]

Hoooooly.. The amount of work that you put in to make these season swaps work, and the pure amount of time to set this up. Respect.👊 Franchise system blows, relegation would be sick for US sports.

[@Busola29]

The problem of American sports is that the franchises are helped by fixing, and the clubs that are last don't care about that... That's why the refereeing is getting worse and the Lakers have three times more free throws than the other team in the game. Those who bring in the most money are helped. What would this bring? Less rigging, because the teams would fight dangerously not to be relegated even more than someone fighting for the champion! More fan passion, the club experiences real ups and downs, the regular season would not be fun and promoting consumption and food! Sports stories about ups and downs! More respect for small clubs, which turn to creating players and making money from them. P.S. Americans have forgotten the true essence of sports many times lately, and I don't believe that as long as there is capitalism, they will ever live true sport again (I'm not referring to amateur sports in the US)! I don't understand why they didn't do that in their soccer, they would have developed soccer faster! This way, they have one big flaw, too little production of quality players

[@i-man872]

@@Busola29European clubs are owned by ultra rich oil tycoons lol. They spend billions to sign good players while small clubs are left to rot. And there isn’t any draft where small clubs get the best new talent.

[@Busola29]

@@i-man872 You do not understand football (soccer) and many other sports in other parts of the world except America and Canada, and you comment... Small clubs do not acquire players in the draft but by producing players (pioneers, cadets, juniors...) and they are protected by the UNION clauses if they leave as a junior. Then, regardless, those clubs get compensation in money if those players are developed and sold. If the generation and president match, even a club from a small town or village can succeed and play with big clubs. This is impossible in the USA in professional sports, except for eg. college basketball. You are condemned to watch only the "big ones" ... Small towns and villages have to play in much lower, uninteresting leagues. Those clubs will never play a competitive game against, for example, Lakers, Bulls, Suns, Warriors, Sixers... So the dream of success DOESN'T EXIST! Who wins the titles, the one who has more money and a bigger franchise (sponsors, following, famous star...) There are rare, very rare moments of surprise...

[@dogkingify]

It sadly would be impossible with how the NBA and NFL work

[@otaviofrn_adv]

@@Busola29 and you forget about the FIFA Solidarity Rule, in which at least 5% of a future trade is guaranteed for the club that revealed the player. Example for everyone else: let's say the Cavs built LeBron through their academy system instead of drafting him. And they sell him to Miami for, I don't know, 50 million dollars. If he goes to the Lakers 5 years later for 200 million, Cleveland gets 5% of that money (10 million). Many clubs are academy machines, with a lot of good players coming out. This is a way for them to keep the system, otherwise the logic would have been broken a long time ago

[@salinebaseball17]

Love the concept as I watch a lot of English footy but atleast get this format in the MLS! Would vastly increase interest from a lot of people I bet!

[@CodyGissel]

The A-League is only just creating a second division in Australia now so don't hold your breath for the MLS to do it any time soon

[@fegismcclaren1632]

Currently it wouldn’t work. The current lower league clubs in the US are too small, they would go bankrupt if they got relegated. The league and sports needs to keep growing before that

[@limitless_pulls]

Doesn't work with how the leagues infrastructure is set up currently. And it allows way more parity amongst teams.

[@zod548]

I disagree, a team like Utah would never accomplish nothing. The same couple teams win the premier league every season with little to no hope of smaller teams achieving that same feat. They’re just satisfied with not being relegated. Not only that, but the playoffs is the only tournament the pro sport has right now outside of Olympics.

[@llSuperSnivyll]

I mean, even within basketball, the NBA's format is almost non-existent outside of the US. Most nations do have a promotion and relegation system in their basketball leagues. For example, Spain: - Top division has 18 teams, they play each other twice. Top 8 goes to a playoff for the league title, bottom 2 gets relegated. - Second division has 18 teams, they play each other twice. The team at the top gets promoted, and second to ninth go to a playoff for the second promotion slot. Bottom 3 get relegated.

[@danielmessi1092]

WOW. This video just made me realized how in-depth NBA franchise mode is compared to fifa, madden and other sports games.

[@Ninja-gt3zi]

Could have just said ea sports crap

[@samuelpinder1215]

​@@Ninja-gt3zi nhl player career having the same story every year sums up ea

[@matthias8161]

@@samuelpinder1215 ea doesnt care about hockey sadly

[@sheena9904]

EA$ doesn’t care about anything besides 💰

[@Jearbearjenkins]

@@sheena9904on god it took me 1 hour to start up fifa on the pc for the first time in 6 months today. Purely because of origin’s bs issues and then when I got it to work it kept throwing me with a prompt that said “all that trouble you just went through? Well fuck you. Origin isn’t supported anymore. Instead of letting you know at the start we waited for you to waste an hour of your life. Go and download the ea app that does exactly the same thing with the same layout you cunt”

[@Rose-bc3ll]

For NBA fans that don't know, there's also an annual cup competition that runs alongside the leagues. Every team from the tiers is entered and has a chance to win, with teams from the higher leagues getting byes for the first rounds. However, you still get big upsets as the games are in a knockout format.

[@Londronable]

The FA cup(oldest soccer cup in the world, talking like 150+ years), has anually over 700 teams competing for it to give some context.

[@otaviofrn_adv]

@@Londronable and it's far from being the cup with most teams. The French Cup has over 8 thousand teams, from every corner of continental France and territories abroad (those small islands and French Guyana). If the draw allows, PSG can play in the island of Reunion. But from the round of 16 on every game is in Europe

[@otaviofrn_adv]

In Germany, there is no Byes in the Cup (the DFB Pokal). But there are less teams playing. For everyone not familiar with, the german system have three national divisions (Bundesliga, Bundesliga 2 and 3 Liga). Every division below is regional. Consider this as a mere example of how things work: in California you have the Lakers, the Clippers, Kings and Warriors playing in the top three divisions. But a team that is not in the top three divisions plays a local league in California. And there is a regional Cup between, let's say, teams in the lower divisions from California, Oregon and Washington. This cup is for the teams in the lower league (below 4th division) and the third division teams not qualified for the Cup. The main reward, in sports terms, for the winner of the California Cup is a spot in the National Cup the following season. So, you have 40 guaranteed teams in the Cup, namely: the whole first division, the whole second division and the top 4 of the third division. The other 24 comes from the local leagues or local cups, generally only the champion. And the rule is: the team from the smaller division plays at home. On the first two rounds there is a pot in the draw for the Bundesliga/Bundesliga 2 and the other for 3 liga and below. From the third round on, just one pot with everyone in it. A local league team against a Bayern, Borussia Dortmund has a disadvantage in money, conditions, competition level... so they play at home to ease this. Sometimes we have the giants getting killed. Saarbrücken in 2020 went all the way to the semifinals while being in the 4th division

[@christianrodriguez1465]

As a big football fan I would love to see this the NBA

[@SteeleProductions5]

Soccer*

[@Ohandori]

@@SteeleProductions5 stop being miserable

[@linktown-blue907]

@@Ohandori you seem pretty miserable

[@bigducky-vp5mv]

It’s not football its soccer

[@luMz0.]

@@bigducky-vp5mv it’s called whatever you want to call it you can call it soccer if you want but don’t expect football fans to call it soccer

[@patmcclung7205]

As a massive football fan I love this concept. Props for all the work that got put into this.

[@imhimfrrrr]

How do you even come up with these video ideas, creativity on another level!

[@Frosti69]

thanks. for this video I have to give credit to Ted Lasso and Welcome to Wrexham lol

[@EyeOfThePhi]

​@@Frosti69 Nah. You stole this idea from Not The Expert. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oWKldXSmequFnsU

[@ChristianFure]

the idea is easy. The execution and effort is whats mind blowing

[@UrFavoriteIdiot]

@@Frosti69 Ted lasso is a top tier show istg

[@alexsmith6322]

Lmao what!?!? Football manager creators been making videos like this for 10 years 😂 and OOTP. I’m not even hating the video I’m just hating on this comment this is not some “other level” of creativity 😂

[@the773king]

As a Bulls fan, this was more stressful than it should've been

[@samuelpinder1215]

Now you know why football and european basketball fans are a lot more passionate

[@thememeroo178]

Everyone can be passionate for they're teams

[@LeoGameMusic]

The amount of work here for this simulation is insane, banger video bro

[@aaronsanders4122]

This has to be one of the most creative ideas ever done. U deserve way more credit than u get

[@swas7083]

As a hawks fan this was a fun fantasy, wish we make the playoffs this year.

[@kdilla4687]

we are literally locked for atleast the play in

[@itsunity23]

This gotta be one of your best videos bro. I’m a huge football fan and would love to see the nba with promotion/ relegation so this a dope concept for a video.

[@primeconor]

Honestly this was a great video but I would love a full series

[@alexsmith6322]

If only this video didn’t base its entire existence on the insanely broken 2k simulation process 😂

[@ayron4428]

Love the pyramid system and I've always wanted to do this. Your videos are God tier keep it up. They should definelty do this, stakes are higher and every game counts

[@ayron4428]

Also imagine a championship league

[@imsimplyjazzy3393]

Seeing the Hartford Whalers make a appearance confused me so much being a hockey fan 😂

[@njmksr8686]

Made me really happy though

[@otaviofrn_adv]

true. There are some brands from other sports as well, like the Flying Squrrels (AA baseball)

[@shawnb8908]

This is one of the coolest ideas I’ve seen and I just wanna say you crushed it on the execution.. keep up the great content!

[@roddysmith5286]

As a Englishman, this should be how it is. Ive followed football (soccer) all my life and this the tier system is incredible as it has its incredible highs in all ablities across the sport. It would be sick if american sports followed this format but its not realistic unforunately. Ive supported my team southampton through some ups and downs but honestly you dont beat a playoff final win at wembley, even if its from league 1 to the championship.

[@otaviofrn_adv]

this overall concept of the english playoff is amazing. I really love it since I found out. But I wish that there were no playoffs in the National League this season, it would be really sad if Notts were not promoted with Wrexham. The two best clubs by a mile this season. But the rush is really crazy, the atmosphere is always good, and there is one ethernal moment that is from the EFL Playoffs that every fan knows: FORESTIERI... HERE'S HOGG... DEENEY DO NOT SCRATCH YOUR EYES. YOU'RE REALLY SEEING THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY MOMENT HERE. The only way the US fans can come close to feel this is with many bad years due to terrible ownership

[@arianr772]

This video was next level. Absolutely loved it. Great job Frosti

[@bhilbwift52]

Yoooo it’s crazy how much effort you put into these ideas, do this again fr. Fire video 🔥

[@TheFootballNerd7]

I’m not even a huge Fotbal’ fan rn. But This is the best system in all of sports. And I really wish American leagues had adapted it by now

[@mowey8853]

The nba would be so dope like this even baseball

[@NSLUploader]

*Explain Germany then.*

[@TeguhNugrahaPratama]

Yeah promotion and relegation are cool. But I wish (or dream of) football/soccer to also adapt draft system and salary cap of american sports.

[@otaviofrn_adv]

@@TeguhNugrahaPratama I'm not a fan of the draft system because the age of turning pro for football is lower. If a draft is done in the way they do it, the whole draft would be of kids straight from high school, not even finished even But I totally agree with a salary cap, in the mode of the NFL

[@anfronike]

That was one of the best videos I've seen lately. You did an amazing job, kudos.

[@Bruceymac11]

I respect the grind my guy. Awesome video, always wanted to see relegation simulated in the NBA.

[@jimmysox2260]

Bro the amount of work in these videos is insane and then on top of that you funny as hell. Great Vids

[@louisbentivegna855]

Great idea and execution. In england they also have cup tourneys that include all english teams, would’ve been cool to see that worked in even though it was probably impossible.

[@justinkelley6994]

impressed by how much work went into this video, great work!

[@bhill005]

Awesome idea for a 2K video. You can only be impressed by the amount of detail needed in order to have made this work. Good stuff🔥🔥🔥

[@Sledgehammer003]

Not sure if this was ur goal but outlining how u did every step instantly earned u a like for effort , and i appreciate the insight too!!! thats a good way to make these - maybe show a bit more of the world as ur going?

[@markostojanov8193]

Great video, love your nba content. Crazy amount of work you put in, keep it up man

[@xtackett3728]

Love the creativity you use to come up with new videos man. That’s one thing that’s always set you apart from others since you started. Love the content as always man

[@bayscit]

Holy crap the effort you put into making this video deserves a subscription

[@tylito4764]

I do stuff like this all the time but dude, I applaud your determination. It's insane lol I appreciate these!

[@SaturnAT839]

Really nice work. I can tell a lot of work went into making this video. It was really fun!

[@jujuju948]

As a football and a basketball fan, this is wild. Great video and concept man

[@dallasgram5685]

This was fantastic thank you for grinding though it! So entertaining!

[@shortsio5657]

Respect the dedication you have for these videos!

[@canelazo1772]

@Frosti you are the ONLY yt who i can listen to as a podcast. your formula is unmatched

[@crofty719]

The amount of effort put into this is crazy bro you deserve a lot more subs

[@jaydenskaggs8879]

Bro the hard work u put into these is crazy all love fam keep it up❤️

[@yourhomie7568]

Loved how you explained every detail W content

[@rottenpotatoes4072]

Thanks frosti, this wasnt even one your funniest videos but its the first time ive smiled and laughed in a few days

[@deffydubs]

the work you did for this seems insane, I can't even process the information you're giving me half the time.

[@joeroberts1840]

You go above and beyond for these videos, appreciated

[@Andrew-rp1lh]

This is one of the best youtube videos i’ve ever seen. Please continue this simulation in a future video

[@atstucke10]

thumbs up, commenting and sharing strictly for the amount of work this man had to put into making this video.

[@MiggyDmigaso]

I had to sub just off the strength of you doing all that work and it was very entertaining

[@KriminalisDK]

What a cool experiment and hats off for the amount of work and effort I'm sure this took. Well done sir

[@charlie-ft1ch]

this vid is mad, so much hard work, credit to you man really entertaining video

[@alexgordon9508]

I’ve been waiting for someone to do this. You just gained a new subscriber

[@jsimon6467]

the amount of time and effort you put into these videos is so badass. Thanks for the fire content babe

[@emixyballing]

Frosti putting sm work into his videos, they mad creative

[@oweng9456]

The effort on the video is crazy. Thank you for the content

[@otaviofrn_adv]

I really appreciate your effort, this kind of video is not easy, because you have to revamp the whole thing

[@RawJah]

Amazing work. Great video. This was a blast. I didnt understand half ot he stuff you said about setting this up, but it sounded like aaaaaaaaaaaaaalot of work. Thank you for that

[@dillonthompson7506]

The effort in this video is insanity. Great video.

[@cstmex4937]

This is an insane amount of effort, good on you man

[@indrasyafei2304]

Bruhh, you deserve a big love for this effort in your content.

[@namename6263]

This whole video was amazing man, thank you

[@StarWarsGeek99]

This was one of the most fun vids I’ve ever watched. I would watch another 10 years of this

[@cadds8055]

Love your voicing over gameplay and your video ideas man

[@wfm9uhbret180]

Hawks turning into man city is crazy

[@kussamanga]

One of the best videos I’ve seen. I’ve been wanting us basketball to implement this method

[@tylershapiro2964]

Leaving a like for the hard work you put in!

[@cddevri]

im only like a third of the way through but holy shit dude you went above and beyond. this must've taken forever

[@zac5855]

Your videos are the shit dude, interesting concepts brilliantly executed with some spicy jokes for good fun. LOVE the TUF on GTA/UFC series

[@atomshrek]

One other key difference between European soccer and American sports is the transfer system. Deals are almost always for transfer fees rather than player for player trades. Usually when teams get relegated they can no longer afford to pay their star player wages, losing tons in TV money, sponsorships, ticket/merch sales, etc. This means they're forced to sell their best players or lose a ton of money for a year hoping their quality is enough to get back to the prem. A star player at the level of Lebron, Giannis, Luka, etc. would never play in the 2nd tier. Also keep in mind that there's a much bigger disparity within the Premier League than in the NBA. It's pretty much unfathomable for any of the top 6 teams in the Premier League to get relegated because of how much money they have & spend. I'm not sure how/if you could rework you NBA 2K simulation to account for these differences, but I thought I'd point it out.

[@stephenbergen36]

This is a fantastic idea, keep it coming!!

[@greathirteen13]

This video was awesome. You do incredible work.

[@zod548]

I just know this video took insane work, don’t even know what to say just super thankful

[@Beingben247]

This is insane, we love you man

[@papasmurf8741]

I really appreciate how much work you put into your videos to entertain us!

[@ClementWilliamstheoneandonly]

Amazing dedication frosti!!!

[@RKOStunner]

wow what a video, the amount of effort you went through is insane

[@EEeEEeEeeEeEeEeEeL]

Frosty I love ur content so much I discovers ur stuff a year ago and I can’t stop laughing from some of your stuff. The first video of your I ever watched was the Helen Keller video from madden lol

[@Angtony]

this guy is a man of focus, commitment and sheer f ing will

[@parkerhoeppner451]

Liked and subbed just to show appreciation for the work you did here. I’m blown away. Love to dream of a system like this in the NBA (although I know it’s not possible..) Cheers!

[@ThatBritishSnep]

I don't watch the NBA religiously and I watch a lot of UK footy, but what an interesting video! (What a rise for the Pirates and the Hawks Man Utd-like dominance for the majority of the save - I see what you did near the end there lol) Would love to see this sort of thing happen in the MLS or the NHL, however I also feel there would be a lot of complications in doing so (i.e. investors giving up a concept that they've been using for a number of years) Massive respect for putting all of this together!

[@TakenOnWorld]

This is a great video that deserves to go viral bet it took forever to sim maybe try a version of the playoffs where top teams play in a ucl tournament style good way to use an NBA playoff tree

[@user-ou5ov9hs5e]

Another banger as always

[@Qbqbqbq]

This is awesome. Keep it up, you got great vids

[@lakerslake3247]

Shout out to you for the video bro. Sounds like a lotta hard work and bullshit to deal with lol. Appreciate the effort in the content my man, that’s why I tune in ✊

[@DillSkin]

Props for the effort in this one!

[@massspagnuolo9713]

That was absolutely awesome, I've watched a lot of simulation videos but this one is the best by far. What a ride haha.

[@ATILIOCRAFT]

what a great work man! awesome video!

[@alexsoselia6698]

Man you have done so much work, respect and ony respect

[@robinorchard8401]

Amazing Video, very impressive work! Kudos to you!

[@kyanwillpampolina6334]

Such a great video, I don't normally comment but this was too great not to do so, I was also wondering what if you did everything again but also had a europa league, europa conference league, and champions league as well. Might be a whole mindfuck because you'd need other leagues as well but again, great video!

[@mobtron5904]

The dedication is crazy bro

[@cyphate]

I'm legit commenting for the algorithm because this was a cool vid and it looked like so much work

[@nicholasgoatifiyt8343]

Great Vid Frosti Putting My 2 Favourite Sports Together (except f1)

[@michaelhutchings8599]

23:45 Pop is REALLY supportive with his Spurs kit on 😂

[@Poopcool69]

The effort you put into these videos is incredible… probably, what, 25+ hours of work?

[@Frosti69]

there were 20 hours of recording for this one, 10+ hours of non-recorded work in between seasons, then the time it took to edit the video on top of that

[@Poopcool69]

@@Frosti69 wow

[@JosephMorgan-dh8vv]

common frosti w

[@zoidph1313]

i commend the effort you put into this. such an interesting video. thank you for this

[@johnslattery8208]

This dude grinds, good shit bro

[@richardguzman_]

Man, what a video. A well deserved "like" and new subscriber. Greetins from México.

[@AgainstTheCallPodcast]

One of the best videos yet