The Unwavering Cringe of NBA 2K23's MyCAREER Mode

I made Brandon. Happy birthday Brandon. Let's go Br--
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[@roycedutch1]

Oh my God. After 15 years of searching I finally found one. I can’t believe it I am actually witnessing a living breathing supporter of the Sacramento Kings

[@willsucksatgames]

hello

[@worthlesswaste3136]

@@willsucksatgames 😂😂

[@Aburner960]

@@willsucksatgames you dont exist

[@dtice69]

Hey, if you've been a fan from before the shit era, all the way through the shit era til now, where the hell else are you gonna go? Lol. May as well stick around just in case things ever get good again (in 2050).

[@Aburner960]

@@dtice69 the kings might do some egregious bullshit and i mean egregious like washington commanders egregious and then they might as well

[@RIPDixie1865]

MyCareer mode has the storytelling of a Nickelodeon movie from the 90s

[@c0wboys4life]

Naw those movies would win Oscars in comparison to this shit lol

[@PatrickKendrick1988]

Horrible comparison. This NBA 2K story can only dream as being as horrible as the hey Arnold movie

[@Sheriff_Curtis]

@@PatrickKendrick1988 bruh

[@ThePeachTube]

I’ll give you a like just for being brave enough to admit you’re a kings fan

[@RIPDixie1865]

@@ThePeachTube ? I don't even watch NBA

[@iBeButler]

Shep really said "my talent's generational. There's no one like me in the NBA" and I'm just over like "bro, you got drafted 19th lmao"

[@markuskoivisto]

18 mistakes before him

[@tonybaloney5922]

Z-Bo and Tobias Harris were both drafted 19th Wouldnt exactly call them generational but hey they were pretty good

[@07ProdPhilly]

Bro barley a lottery pick talking like he was the concensus #1 all the way through college 🤦

[@JosephAmbrose_]

Me: yo Shep! Say that to all these legends and better players that are still in the league behind me

[@TavaresTheGuru]

@@07ProdPhilly Lottery is 1-14 so he wasn't a lottery pick at all lol

[@QDJW]

It's crazy that this whole story is centered around non top 10 picks lol

[@mauricejohnson1068]

Dion waiters was the 4th pick my boy

[@AdamKlownzinger]

@@mauricejohnson1068 this story isn’t about Dion Waiters, my invalid

[@mauricejohnson1068]

@@AdamKlownzinger dog😂😂😂😂 my invalid im stealing that

[@pitakon]

The MVP of it the NBA in the last 4 yrs is not top 10

[@bkak2245]

@@pitakon yea but i doubt a non lottery rookie would get that much headline lol, unless ofc its some Lamelo typa person who somehow fell to 19 🤷‍♂️

[@BirdGang6]

I love that they treat Shep as if he was the 2nd overall pick and superstar when he wasn’t even drafted in the lottery?? Could you imagine the real 19th overall pick saying shit like this??

[@Trejohnsmith]

Shit on mine dude ain’t even make 1st team all rookie or got an all star nod like I’ve gotten MVP, Finals MVP, DPOY, ROTY, and 1st Team All Rookie, Defense, and NBA and dude is still talking shit😂😂😂😭😭

[@AdamKlownzinger]

This! One of the people at 2K behind the story literally described Shep as a “college star” and “fan favorite”. If that’s the case, how the fuck does he fall that far in the first place? And why does NO OTHER PLAYER get 1) the negative reaction, or 2) the contrived rivalry that your MyPlayer does?

[@AMaidenlessRunt]

@@Trejohnsmith you must be playing on rookie. Because on pro and higher Shep is a beast when he's either at the 4 or at the 3

[@Trejohnsmith]

@@AMaidenlessRunt hall of fame bro I ain’t played on Rookie in like 10 years

[@jakesteel8082]

"Debate" show manufactured drama between the 18th on 19th pick in the NBA draft during the summer is probably the most realistic thing to come out of sports games in a decade.

[@brendanthebomber.]

Facts

[@jordandennis6794]

That's all they do in real life

[@RH-hz9ly]

And when the season starts it's all lakers

[@rawleigh729]

I’ll forever love dion waiters voice acting, best of our generation

[@SilkyLew]

It's crazy how he didn't win some kind of award

[@mattburrell7504]

I don’t understand how the director didn’t think to say, “Hey, Dion, maybe we do another take of that, maybe enunciate more?”

[@evrbody]

hannel yo binnith

[@SilkyLew]

@@mattburrell7504 They don't even do second takes on this 2k. There's so many time the VA mess up their line, but they just run with it lol

[@Prod_D]

He was off an L & a Percy lmaooo

[@violet6991]

Aw I miss the voice acting in 2k15, whenever there was some janky line deliveries I just picture them in the studio too scared to ask a player to do another take lol

[@randywhite3947]

😂 I wonder what really happened

[@flashergoldpower15]

Man that 2K15 story mode was just very funny as hell

[@Infernos94]

Bro the players doing their own voices is wild

[@privateuser7]

I always wanted to skip the career garbage man I just want to play nba games and earn badge points. there is so much MANDATORY non-basketball crap in this game its insane

[@jokerduchiha8903]

Facts its dumb asf

[@Maccccccc]

My favorite part of creating a new build is the "How you pass on shep owens fam??!" That's the only dialogue I never skip.

[@tastybooty6036]

“IS YOU STOOPID?!”😂😂😂

[@joellavergne2001]

The heavy emphasis on the story/cutscenes in 2ks my career has been so catastrophic to the game mode. We want to build our own unique stories within our careers. That's what video games are for. How boring is it that they spoon feed us practically the exactly same story no matter what type of player you play. Just give us control it's a video game for crying out loud.

[@thegreenjackal]

Especially when your balling out and they just don’t acknowledge you being the greatest rookie ever.

[@easiazyy]

@@thegreenjackal like bro I'm dropping 60 every game with 12 assists and 10 steals averaging a triple double and y'all mfs hate me?

[@koreancowboy42]

​@thegreenjackal facts, I am shooting threes on the dumb drama guys in the career

[@jace2802]

Lol b fresh was the peak of cringe 😂 I'd watch them for the cringe then my dad walked in and thought I was watching a children's movie when I showed him it was a sports game he laughed and said I thought video games had violence and language. I'm 23 now just a odd memory but my dad's totally right

[@Bigunk-hc2ri]

Was that the one where the guy dropped out of college to be a DJ?

[@jace2802]

@@Bigunk-hc2ri nah think it was the one b4 that she was like your friend who was this weird ass "street girl" but it felt like you were hanging around a girl with special needs

[@Bigunk-hc2ri]

@@jace2802 either way both sucked

[@wobblytwinkie8913]

Brandon getting booed by his own teams fans is exactly how I imagine it would go down.

[@BigDal542]

The most Brandon Perna shit ever!

[@dtice69]

As a Kings fan I am both honored and ashamed that they are the butt of this video's joke.

[@ladeandix7451]

I use to actually enjoy 2k but the gameplay just got more convoluted. Everything on offense has a meter now. I can’t keep track of all that in the middle of gameplay.

[@dominator9059]

Thanks for making me laugh, out loud even. Keep em comin'. As a Lions fan I enjoyed that QB series as well, certainly more entertaining than actually trying to watch a Lions game.

[@llambear42]

It was like watching an actual football game instead of the depression simulator we usually get every sunday.

[@RNBRADAR]

This aged perfectly, Congrats to the King 🔥

[@thepolarphantasm2319]

Happy birthday Perna, you're an NBA superstar!

[@nastradumbass]

NBA: let's be more inclusive to the Asians... Add B fresh to the game 😂

[@ManuelLacroixC]

You gotta make the whole series for Perna’s basketball career… Awesome content as always!

[@xSIMPLExMATHx]

Can’t get over that voice acting, amazing 😂

[@kingedwardiii1465]

1st minute I was hooked.. Subscribed!!! -Kings fan since ‘93

[@maxherzog3287]

Another video! Love the diversity of games you provide us videos of, thank you will!

[@MajinHuey]

Pernas been one of the most underrated channels on KZbin. Glad to see he's been getting more support the last couple years

[@turtlenecksweater5389]

Will, I gotta say man. Been listening to Perna for a while and I’ve been a huge fan of yours since you’ve been on there. This is my first time checking out your channel and holy shit is hilarious. Well done

[@shaquillesterling384]

your videos are amazing I'm stunned people hasn't found this GEM of a channel.

[@RMDV96]

Bro I love your content lmao imma be right here supporting snd waiting for episode 2

[@doesnotexist305]

I’m glad people are noticing how fucking stupid 2K career mode storylines are. I stopped playing this game when my best friend became a some sort of misunderstood drug addict/rapper and died in a car accident and my basketball game went into a cut scene where we were fucking mourning the death of a fictional character? Seriously, why that Spike Lee storyline doesn’t get more hate is beyond me.

[@414MILboy]

Bruh I don’t know how Spike got away with callin our player “frequency vibrations” 😂😂😂😂😂 just plain dumb

[@Gogetta80]

Really hope u continue with this series

[@ShaggyPker]

Dude I'm so glad you gave your own channel. Thanks for blessing us with this 😅

[@DonSMDT]

there's certian appeal to like having the players voice themselves because like yeah they're bad but you're talking to the *real* dion waiters in a video game

[@jakekunz5168]

They don’t care about the game of basketball anymore. They basically want to make a basketball themed mmorpg run by micro transactions and cosmetic items. Instead of making realistically fun basketball they add multiple shitty arcade style features every year that are meant to add a “skill gap” but really just make it rediculous. All while pussifying the storyline or an nba athlete.

[@mottskii9126]

You are the goat will, keep em coming! 😂

[@iamthurnis745]

this my career actually made me regret spend $90 on the game, i could’ve just kept playing 2k21 fr

[@MrDaShread]

Love to see you back

[@Papa-Pancho]

Hey, love your vids man. Keep up the amazing work! ❤

[@vince_sad]

every single one of will's videos are absolute bangers. need more of this goofy nonsense

[@ROMBomb001]

Love your videos, Will !

[@TFlo1020]

Hilarious video, didn't expect to ever see Perna in 2k 😆

[@1lovesgreatness]

I went to a Kings game at Arco back in 2008 against Boston. Kevin Johnson of the Suns was the Mayor of Sac at the time. The cheerleaders were wearing cowgirl clothes with daisy dukes.

[@BK0922]

Love the vids, Will. May Brandon Perna and the ghost of Tony Delvecchio bless your soul

[@Forreal859]

subbed cuz i cant stop laughing my guy loll

[@unsolicitedditkapics9722]

I thought you gave the channel up for a sec. Nice to see you back at it

[@ranellaureano4943]

Kings were raw this year 😂🔥 happy for y’all

[@user-zl4no1qt6d]

The fact that I don't do social media like tik tok in real life and I have to do it in game to be able to play games, or walk on a fashion show just shows how far removed from basketball these devs are

[@BackwoodTV_]

Dawg!! The rapping scenes are cringey as hell!!!

[@user-zl4no1qt6d]

@@BackwoodTV_ straight facts! So cringe, plus they make you do it several times if you don't get it right the first time. Not sure who thought, let's put a bunch of boring crap in a basketball game! 😂

[@RorinoTheGreat]

I really hope your KZbin career takes off. You're really funny man

[@VRNocturne]

I don't play this game but I see sports games and cringe career mode and had to look. Great video. Laughed at the shots you took...and I'm not talking about the ones with Perna lol 😆😆

[@CoolHandLuke813]

Good to have you back! 👏

[@brendan2533]

I hold X at every cut scene to avoid the awkwardness

[@janderson2064]

I'm scoring 45.2 a game and averaging 15 assists a game with 6 rebounds. And I still have to prove myself to not be traded in career mode. Its garbage

[@bighomie10]

My guy shep is a 86 overall 19 year old rookie with gold finishing badges, but he still got drafted 19th? thats when i knew this story was bullshit... woulda made way more sense if we were lottery picks

[@Mickey1012_]

only basketball content iv ever watched, and i enjoyed it

[@justinromano8632]

I’m glad that you took time to shit on B Fresh. The cut scenes in 2k18 made the game almost unbearable. Not being able to skip them was a nightmare.

[@Hydraagent-eh4yb]

In my game, Shep got drafted to Milwaukee. What did the front office snort to decide what they need is an athletic dude with no skill.

[@Leelo_tc]

Just found your page this vid def earned my sub 😂

[@bigmangart]

I had no idea this was the Will from Brandon Perna’s videos until the end of the video. Amazing content man.

[@willsucksatgames]

Thanks dawg!

[@cornhuskerfever]

That backround music during the game and at the end made me think Malcolm Reed from How to BBQ Right was going to show me how to make brisket

[@Trejohnsmith]

Honestly I just upgrade my player and sim through to the playoffs and go from there. Been doing this since 2K18 and honestly it’s helped me avoid the cringe. At least 2K15-17 cringe were acceptable and 2K19 wasn’t that bad tbh

[@younglove3362]

You never played 2k23. You can't skip play-off in mycareer

[@Trejohnsmith]

@@younglove3362 I said sim to the playoffs I’ve been playing 2K since 14 I know you can’t sim when you get to the playoffs lol

[@jonLowryTrade]

Your humor is on point my friend

[@1AngryPanda]

This NBA 2k my career is presented like the camera man had parkinson…

[@DwayneIsK1NG]

1:12 bruhhh they couldn't have homie do another take 😭💀

[@palehorse6655]

The cringeworthness of the NBA 2k career is made worse when madden tried to copy it and made it worse

[@c.j.c7919]

Mannn your slick comments be legendary 😭😂🤣

[@Number8Eigh8]

It is nice they let you select the team you get drafted to, they need to keep it that way for future 2K games.

[@greenmaillink]

Dang it. I didn't want to play 2k23, but your story of Perna here has me doubting my decision.

[@manzac112]

Thank goodness, NBA 2K has a competent franchise mode. I cannot stand MyCareer's cringe or MyTeam's microtransactions.

[@nyc40z]

Lol this is the best video i’ve seen in the last decade 🤣🤣

[@shawngatsby2906]

🤣🤣🤣 This was too funny 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 good @$$ job my friend

[@sswifty9612]

great video cant wait for the next one

[@americankulak2294]

Brandon "I got dissed on live TV by a 6'9" black man named Shep" Perna

[@rayshepherd5971]

Well... They did make the playoffs this year. Keegan Murray was great. Mike Brown was indeed the coach of the year so he's alright. All these things considered maybe your owner isn't completely a moron. Congratulations.

[@davidmunson1392]

Hey will. Love your gaming videos

[@willsucksatgames]

thank you David

[@daftkyle]

You should be streaming every game with Perna. You’re fn hilarious brother. Not a lot of people make me laugh.

[@chriskaile8556]

Funny content..u found urself a sub, keep it up my guy n stay true

[@dillonwebster1453]

Keep up the good work bro

[@GaryGoals7979]

The king is back

[@aFrogsWorstNightmare]

Idk why but I’m imagining this as someone reading their project report out loud to the class

[@jamaaldagreatest2748]

this was actually hilarious. and i don’t say that ab most youtubers cringe attempts at humor

[@karolingi5277]

Banger as always

[@robmoreno2599]

tried it out last month, didn't realize I was on HOF with a 6'4 3 level scorer I guess I was trying to go for a Dwade build with no defensive abilities. I barely scored 10 points, shep was like 87 overall to my 60 and I had to rely on my teammates to squeez out a victory. even playing consistently for the past 2 months and rated at a 78 ovr and shep now in the 90s I'm getting dominated. I used to be able to score 70 with ease in 2k22, what the hell happened?

[@juice_7394]

Crazy how we live in a lavish home but we get paid minimum wage vc 😂

[@tastybooty6036]

Yooo LMAOOOOO

[@ashsherod6321]

Congrats on the Kings m8

[@vengeance8370]

9:32 yoooo 🤣🤣🤣 I'm done

[@Dogbrainsyndrome]

You’re channel rocks

[@Cybele12]

I personally like the concept of you having to prove yourself and not instantly be loved by the fanbase of the team you choose to play for, but the way they go about it is not good and Sheps character sucks hard

[@johnny_barks]

Loved this one dude.

[@willsucksatgames]

Thanks king

[@brandoncohen]

The triple shep laugh killed me

[@itz-luigi1210]

I was waiting for Shep to finish the mike Tyson quote

[@jcoop4215]

May of 2023, Kings were 3rd seed 😂

[@ballin648]

Bro please keep making videos. Your comedy style is hilarious.

[@bigpapisosa7097]

In b4 the video gets pulled for saying "pdf file"

[@Ubermensch201]

You can tell Dion Waiters dreaded being called on to read out-loud in school

[@Tommy88-]

I wish like hell they wouldn’t have had any story mode. The hot dog hat, the skateboarding it’s all so stupid.

[@Bobbyswisher613]

Nice prediction 💯 Sacramento

[@MrQdiddy85]

Those player voice overs were the best part

[@theecharmingbilly]

Is John Stockton really into Q Anon? I knew I liked that guy for a reason! Just had to find it 20 years after his retirement!

[@brian5haq207]

Dion Waiters voice always kill me 🤣

[@TrekoMundo]

I swear deion waiter had to have a mouthful of donuts while recording those lines.

[@brios327]

Can we get a series of Brandon Perna of the Sac-Town Kings?