IF WE WIN... WE'RE IN‼️ THIS GAME DETERMINES PLAYOFFS! NBA 2k25 Expansion Rebuild

[@zoid2998]

you have quickly become my favorite 2k youtuber. i love your passion, your videos are so damn fun to watch!

[@CodenameSteev]

Thank you so much bro!! I appreciate that so much! It’s better with you here family 👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻

[@hugh___morris]

Intro was FIRE, love the use of Allen Iverson to do voices

[@CodenameSteev]

Took me a minute to realize AI 🤣🤣👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻

[@CodenameSteev]

Thank you broooooo ⛄️👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻

[@CameronKropf]

Love the intro my man! good shit!!

[@CodenameSteev]

Thank you bro!! 👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻

[@keldrickturner5626]

You keep coming with the 🔥 uniforms!

[@CodenameSteev]

Thank you my bro! Uniform creation is definitely one of my favorite things to do 💪🏻👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻

[@darianjones3268]

The AI Stephen A, goes crazyyyyy!

[@CodenameSteev]

Yes sirrrrr thank you bro 💪🏻👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻

[@19DAY94]

Damn! W/ Dybansta things could’ve been a lot different! Hyped for the offseason! Big first round win though

[@CodenameSteev]

Yessss bro we actually held our own despite losing one of our better offensive threats! Now money is gonna be a concern I think Harper needs a contract and obviously he gonna want a bag and he deserves it! Next year could be CRAZY though!!! We rolling! 👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻

[@19DAY94]

@@CodenameSteev gotta keep the core together! Mark has earned his spot as starting center after that playoff performance! Bro had big double doubles plus 2 or 3 30 point playoff performances. I think Liam is a great glue guy, he’s a sharpshooter but even when it’s not failing he’s getting like 8 boards, 7 assists. Dybansta & Harper is the star duo. Scottie may just be a place holder until other guys develop into their prime…. When it comes to the bench I’d like to see Zo stay, he’s just the best of the best you can get as a bench PG & Tahj obviously on that rookie scale contract & he’s gonna be ready to take some minutes away from somebody on the bench mob. I feel like if need be, Grayson, Noa, Gafford (who I like a lot) are expendable. The starting 5 core plus Tahj & Zo. I feel like those are the guys we gotta pay & keep around. I didn’t mention Dunn either but I love what he brings to the team as a POA defender & if the shot falls he can be even more deadly. He’s worth keeping around for sure. In a perfect world Harper, Dybansta, Liam, Scottie, Mark. Zo, Dunn, Tahj, Noa, & Gafford sticks together & continues to develop. Harper was a mad man in the playoffs & I’m just excited for another year of progression for him & AJ

[@CodenameSteev]

@@19DAY94 I agree with legit everything you said! Frfr! I feel like in a perfect world we ride it til the wheels fall off but if money becomes an issue my main goal will be placing solid 3 and D role players around the core of Dylan, AJ, and Liam with Scottie as the guy that’s still young but also has some experience that’ll be super valuable in playoff situations! From a financial standpoint however it’s AJ and Dylan that are most important to have inked long-term. Then very close to being as important are guys like Liam and Dunn because you’re right even if Liam is shooting in the low 30’s percent wise he still contributes literally everything else because he’s a solid defender as well! It just so happens he’s consistently closer to 40 percent which is star status in my book. Zo gives us all we could ask for in a playmaking defender off the bench that knocks down the big 3 when his number is called and still can put the ball on the floor when the situation calls for it at times! Mark is simply phenomenal and literally fits the mold for what I wanted in a center. A rim protector with length that can go off on any given night offensively when he’s on! Grayson is cool to have on a team friendly deal and Noa shows flashes that keep me intrigued as we develop this talent so even if there are some moving parts as the years pass we know where our priorities lie and what’s better is that guys like Gafford, Grayson and Zo aren’t getting any younger so they’ll be more apt to accept a near minimum deal at some point which frees up what we need to open the checkbook for the duo! I’m so happy with how it’s playing out bro and winning a series against a very solid team is genuinely just an added bonus when expectations were we were probably still a couple years from true contention! I’m having more fun than ever with this and talking to you guys in the community about it just adds even more immersion and excitement 👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻

[@frankchialastri7374]

Amazing 7 game series! Good to see this team become a playoff team and even win a series, Minnesota is kinda weak they really just a two man team with ant and naz. Rob dill is good some games a nowhere to be found in some but still a great series as ur always in the game if any man in ur team. Future looks bright in San Diego

[@CozyHumanoid]

You just gave me an idea for my own series my guy!

[@CodenameSteev]

Awesome bro!!! I love when I can inspire even a little bit! I gotta start watching when you upload for sure! 💪🏻👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻

[@dominicjackson4462]

Ty Going crazy for Brooklyn

[@ChargedUpLeek9]

Lonzo was a great pickup!

[@bliggityvisions2913]

Naww how u do that intro 🔥🔥 ?

[@CodenameSteev]

Thank you bro! So I took highlights from the highlight builder in 2K and mixed them with some of the pre game footage, then I recorded myself speaking the Stephen A Smith parts and used AI to make it sound just like Stephen A! All done in Premiere Pro 💪🏻👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻

[@GuilhermeFM99]

Dylan Harper is already the GOAT for the Wildcats, I hope we see his jersey retired before the end of the rebuld.

[@CodenameSteev]

Oh I think if he stays on this pace he will absolutely be in the rafters!!! Health and consistency is going to be key because the talent is clearly there! 👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻

[@GuilhermeFM99]

​@@CodenameSteevYeah, now with the buzzer-beater and making the All-NBA Third Team, he is the best in the history of the franchise. Maybe this will change.

[@BigRaji1981]

Bro you couldn't have better timing. Please pray for me and my grandma I just called to check on her and see if she got the sonogram results and she did and I asked her what it says and she couldn't bring herself to tell me anything other than it's not good. It was her way to tell me it's cancer without having to actually say it. She's the last living immediate family member I have. God's got me and it's in his hands now. His will be done and he'll give me the strength and peace and grace to endure it. No weapon formed against me will prosper not even potentially losing my grandma. It's Faraji Council btw

[@CodenameSteev]

BIG PRAYERS to Faraji bro! I always know it’s you you’re my brother 😊 God please bless Faraji’s grandmother in the twilight of her life. If it’s her time to come home to You then please allow her to go peacefully and painlessly and more than anything allow Faraji the strength and courage to deal with a situation as difficult as this. Give him Your blessings and love and help life to lead him down a path that’s less grueling and help clear not only his road but his mind and his soul to let in all positive things! Please God be with him in his time of need as he deserves it many times over 🙏🏻🤜🏻🤛🏾

[@BigRaji1981]

@@CodenameSteev this is the prayer I posted right after on my FB talk about kindred spirits. Lord you said that all things will work out for good to those that love God and to those called according to your purpose and with thanksgiving and supplication let my request be known unto you. Father although I don't see how any good could come from what my grandma is going through and the legitimate possibility that you're going to call her home, nevertheless your will be done. Your grace is sufficient. If it's in your will please heal my grandma and if you are calling her home please let her go peacefully with the least amount of pain as possible. Give me the strength needed to endure and be there for her in any way I can. I know I have yet to meet my grandma and she hasn't seen me since I was three months old but please make a way for me to go see her again. Please give me strength Lord cause I can't do this without you. I love you Lord and regardless let your will be done. I trust you regardless of the outcome Lord. Your grace is sufficient during my weakest. Thank you Lord. In Jesus name Amen.

[@jermaineharris5647]

😢 praying for you and your grandma

[@search44-g4b]

Hey faraji, sorry to hear this I am sending prayers.

[@JoshuaMuzo1]

Sending you prayers ❤

[@frankchialastri7374]

Brother u gotta call timeout and get the proper lineups in there with 30 seconds left or in overtime. Ryan Dunn is not who I want on the court at all at the end of the game and if he must be why is he not guarding ant man? U have to manually set up your defensive matchups to put him on the other teams best player. No way would ant be dunking on him the way he just bullied Lonzo in ot. I know defense is hard in this game but too often players just run right past u in for the dunk or lay up. Not u personally just in this years 2k in general so what I found works best for me is get in my center or pf whoever is the better defender and just stay on my man but always ready to help in the paint if your cpu players get beat. So I let my cpu teammates guard the ball and just help with my big guys. It’s actually more realistic this way than just having great defenders just get run right by for no reason. Just a thought but it seems like u enjoy the challenge of guarding the guy with the ball. It’s just too wonky and unrealistic for me to have a defensive stopper like Dunn just run in a circle trying to guard his man who doesn’t even make a move but just goes right by for a dunk. It’s frustrating cus I love this game but the defensive controls are horrible. Another great video!

[@Sky2kgames1]

These jerseys and courts are sooooooo clean. Are they are on 2K share?

[@CodenameSteev]

Thank you bro! They are on 2Kshare under my gamer tag CodenameSteevPS 👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻

[@search44-g4b]

can you stream the offseason?

[@CodenameSteev]

I don’t mind doing that! If that’s what the people want! 😁👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻

[@search44-g4b]

@@CodenameSteev you should do a poll thing like you did in the discord for the 2027 draft, you made like a link to something to vote for a time when everyone was available, maybe friday night even🤷‍♂️

[@search44-g4b]

or you could just make a poll on if people want a stream or not

[@CodenameSteev]

@@search44-g4b yeah that’s what I meant! 😁

[@search44-g4b]

@@CodenameSteev awesome😁

[@frankchialastri7374]

It’s the playoffs you got Dunn and Allen playing way way too many mins! U should have ball at the 1 Harper 2 mcneely 3 Barnes 4 Williams 5 and they should all have 34 mins and Harper and Barnes should have at least 36/37. You got Greyson Allen stealing a lot of mins from Lonzo. IMO lonzo is the better player and def the better passer and defender. Good clutch job as the user comin in and stealing those two games late and in ot!

[@CodenameSteev]

Thank you bro! And yeah I COMPLETELY forgot to shorten the rotation and bump up the minutes which I usually always do for the playoff run I’m so mad at myself that I forgot 😅 next postseason though! I made a note to make sure to shorten the rotation! I usually run like 8 man with an extra wing that rotates in just for rest purposes 👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻

[@siege.g]

Ey lets goo!!!! CJG getting that MIP. CANT WAIT FOR HIS BREAKOUT SZN NEXT YEAR HOPEFULLY. But bro another great video man!! Love it! 🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼

[@CodenameSteev]

Yes sirrrrrr CJ looking like a PROBLEM out in NOLA!!! It might be time for his Jalen Brunson moment 😤😁👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻

[@siege.g]

@@CodenameSteev yes sirski!!!!