THE NBA 2K LEAGUE IS OVER...

[@JohnMarineTube]

All I can say is that this is an incredible shame to the players, teams, coaches, personalities, and such who made the NBA2K League we know. Well... all I can say is that I have been proud of being part of this community and in meeting people ranging from players to their parents. I am thankful to meet so many people during streams of this league. X/Twitter Spaces and Twitch streams I've seen basically were saying not much money was made in all of this. As if to say all the community and respect we've shown all means nothing if it isn't generating revenue. I am not exactly sad or angry or anything, I'm just rather speechless and can not give concrete feelings on this whole situation.

[@xxdoba1597]

2k league ruined 2k because casual players dont give a fuck about comp 2k.

[@ShineGutta]

Let’s just all be honest, comp games are boring as hell to watch

[@marcusturner5285]

Only boring cause people aren’t creators

[@arcadeplayersonline]

All teams run the same EXACT offense! (5 out) & yes that is and always has been boring as hell to watch. I always felt this league was poorly put together because of that & other missteps

[@kamay7021]

They limit builds and exploit the poorly developed mechanics instead of playing basketball. Of course it’s not fun to watch. We tryna watch ppl play ball, not play 2K.

[@smellysockss7551]

yea this game not comp my brother

[@DomoSkyy]

They need to have better builds this limited builds shit ass let people make what they want be whatever size they want at whatever position & see who's the best frfr like in real life no one tells the NBA what lineup they have to run its whoever wins wins then sets the meta in the 2k community the meta is completely forced

[@bigdog2610]

Can’t have people caring about a prize pool for a game they didn’t have a chance to participate in. 2k league wasn’t full of the best players. It was basically a glorified privileged pro am scene

[@Ghostisback24444]

Literally

[@OptimusSlime404]

They should of never started 2KL imo. More Live tournaments with random squads that players themselves created like RTTFs from 2k16 & 2k17 just with 3 more like tourneys. Tip off tourney in late September another during late November or early December, another during all star weekend and then the one right before the finals. Prize pool increases for each one like how madden does it.

[@BudSmokerzBeatz]

yep rttfs brings more buzz to 2k than the 2kl and its cheaper to run

[@camboominn]

Agree live events

[@SBGMember]

I’ve been playing 2k for a while now, I’ve heard of the 2k league, but never knew what it was, and I still am not quite sure what it is or how it works. If someone has been playing 2k for as long as me and doesn’t understand or know what the 2k league is, that is just bad marketing, really really bad marketing, imo, no wonder it failed.

[@Jriichfx]

if you claim to have played "2k for a while" you should know it started in about 2018. and its essentially like the NBA but in game form. every nba team has a league team. they have drafts to pick who they want then they have a season

[@SBGMember]

@@Jriichfx interesting, where and how do people watch the games? Sounds like an interesting concept, but I only know now because they are going out of business. It’s bad marketing.

[@JOK3RC4RDx]

I mean it’s not gonna fall in your lap it sounds like you think just bc you play 2k your gonna slip on a banana peel and somehow start up a live streak for a 2k league game

[@TRPants]

CEO must have a Leverage Buyout (LBO) background. Brother man came in, cut 50% of the workforce, new management, new products. That’s what we call cut throat private equity baby. Hope everyone that was affected lands on their feet and pushes through. Looks like the 2KL ain’t resistant to macroeconomic factors.

[@nasireperry4301]

The 2kL was bound to fail because the game is nothing like retail.

[@DDG00]

Nobody was watching so whats the point of funding it

[@traebands]

Yea that’s crazy but I’m glad you,Bear, and others made smart moves I just don’t know what the new CEO is on We loved BD

[@TwoWay-xX]

They made the right decision. The league gets no views. The teams are stacked with players, coaches , nice facilities to game, traveling, room & board that sh*t ain’t cheap

[@flo3029]

Fab was so ahead of the curve

[@saywhatzrealpod]

I think another reason people don’t like “comp” players is because it doesn’t feel accessible in a sense that for example if i’m really good in Warzone i can at least hit top 250 in ranked and it mean something vs comp & 2k league players shit on ranked pro am (rightfully so) because it means nothing, and you can’t even get a chance to play these players you see because there’s no incentive on their side

[@saywhatzrealpod]

like there’s no real reward system you don’t even get noticed by the elite players what’s the point lol

[@Ali_iridecesent]

@@saywhatzrealpodyall clearly don’t know shit to get noticed you have to win pro am tournaments that be posted on twitter I made the league back in 19 and 20 it’s not that hard if your good and can get a team of 5

[@saywhatzrealpod]

@@Ali_iridecesent lol i know that not everyone knows that typically casuals all i’m saying is there’s no branding or marketing to try and convince people to even try pro am no rewards to playing pro am. i think we saying different things. if you wanna make the league twitter is the way to go but it’s either that or rec because regular pro am don’t mean shit is all i’m saying

[@Raiders-wm5kb]

All the guys who complain about microtransaction never even covered the league.

[@DonnieHarrington-bm8ez]

It's not the league fault...it's the game fault

[@jackjc3572]

thats when u know 2k is broken bc the league doesnt even use the same game

[@TwoWay-xX]

It needs to be revamped. As good as 2k league players are the league jus doesn’t get any views I know for a fact they view bot on twitch. Some players are content creators and get more views on their twitch / KZbin than the actual 2k league

[@waff6ix]

THIS WHOLE SITUATION IS JUST INSANE💔💔

[@Saberflextrics]

Long past due. There was so much scheming, scamming, fraud, viewbotting & BS…2kL lacked any professionalism and the culture was terrible.

[@hulbdoggmusic]

Bring back 2k16 and those tournaments they did...gameplay has been boring to watch I'd say since after 2k19...20 and beyond have been horrible.

[@Saberflextrics]

Failure to launch. I used to follow their stuff on Twitter (and some of the 2kL guys) and once I realized those affiliated with the league had the professionalism of a scammer and the business-sense of a dope boy. It was incredibly lame. Not my thing at all and not appealing to folks outside of that bubble.

[@savoradulovic5008]

2k got so much money from nba2k that it get no problem to pay all of them. Who knows how much money they earned every year.

[@gabrieljohnson1854]

The league isn't over I just played in 2k league auditions in 2k 24

[@oFAB_]

@@gabrieljohnson1854 the event was coded in the game before announcement so they just left the event in game . New league is in 18 months

[@suricata8062]

nba 2k league is end because 2k is a failed society in the biggest 2024

[@glitchy2k]

Ohhh boy. I may be able to get into the league. It may be sweet

[@IIVIRAL1TY]

At the end of the day its a business bro

[@PrinceTae]

It’s over

[@Ali_iridecesent]

There’s just a lot of bots on 2k they compare a game to real life players and dumb shit but they never beat my comp line up I never loose to park randoms lol

[@glitchy2k]

1st. Well now I can play with some of the best players in the world.

[@oFAB_]

My guy!!

[@nfdaguru9693]

Glad it’s over they were very generic they way they played lol

[@malibu90]

so called comp players dont show any quality to be respected. they are just barking at each other like dogs. u think it is fun to watch? good move by the new ceo. i love me some cop games but the league gotta rebrand and improve professionalism.

[@Fdawg124]

Everyone loved the shit talking so you don’t even know what your talking about it’s about them not showing more of it

[@cillyprodd]

@@Fdawg124he’s a casual player 20 w percent in park probably don’t even play the game fr

[@malibu90]

@@cillyprodd thats the problem with this community. everybody thinks they are fucking gods and everybody else is trash . exact same energy was in the league. why so toxic? nobody wants to sit and watch toxicity. this community and the 2kl players are fked up in the head and the game is not going anywhere further because of it. so much arrogance for this level of ignorance. most of the bros couldnt even realise its a business and that they are not even profitable so the ceo had to pull the plug on them. anyway, if you want the smoke pm me. as a very casual player i like my chances of busting your dumass all the way from europe with the delay. we ll post the results here.

[@malibu90]

@@cillyprodd @oFAB u a bih for deleting my reply

[@Yuqohs2k]

@@Fdawg124NB was watching ts😭 especially ppl under 18

[@Duchesnerecords]

The game sucks cause they handicap the myplayers

[@JOK3RC4RDx]

Nah that’s not why it sucks bc none of them have flavor and style to their play that’s what makes you like Kyrie and Steph curry’s of the world if 2k had more players tryna play realistic but with style it would’ve been better