I Tried To Build The Best Defensive Team Of All Time

[@Kingretired]

Day 29: The Rooks Idea: Turn every NBA player back to rookies. Do a fantasy draft and win the championship in 3 years. You could also simulate further to see what the league looks like. Good luck Kenny!

[@Saltwaterkilla]

Kenny just do it -quote from Nike

[@Kingretired]

@@Saltwaterkilla yessir

[@sammerton9644]

Never read these but that's a shout!!

[@Yes_Its_6_Inches]

He needs to do it

[@Prodz9k]

(🤓) actully it’s day 30

[@notaprogamer7282]

Kenny you could have also tried to set the coaches pace to being slower so that it slows the game down, and the other team gets less opportunities to score.

[@christophergooding9820]

it's defensive rating which is per 100 possessions, the number of possessions don't matter

[@safyyr]

@@christophergooding9820 idk how to explain it but it would help

[@jalenbrunsonfan]

defensive rating is a per possession stat

[@KaseyC.]

@@christophergooding9820 but does 2k accurately track defensive rating?

[@notaprogamer7282]

I understand, now, that Defensive rating is per 100 possessions, but I still believe it will help because it makes getting a stop more valuable.

[@bigboi301slg]

Kenny you can probably do this challenge but you need scorers on your team too. The more shots you miss when you're on offense, the more scoring opportunities you give the other teams. So mix in more two way guys with the defensive studs when you run this one back.

[@blakehyman7609]

Also like slow tempo on offense would help

[@reimixo]

Maybe mess with tendencies a bit too, for example out ad shot 3 tendency to 0, that way he Will take Higher percentage shots,

[@tjioxz]

@@blakehyman7609 Not for rating cause it's per 100 possessions right?

[@liorhendruker1854]

Drtg is per 100 poss so pace doesn't affect it

[@reimixo]

@@liorhendruker1854 3 Pointers do, idk how to go around that unless u set the entire league 3 Point tendencies to 0, because if u give up 45 points from 3, that's 15 extra points than when that 91.3 drtg happened, that can pretty much be the difference between a 100 and a 90 drtg at the end of the season

[@jalenbrunsonfan]

2:17 mobley only being a 86 interior defense and a 74 perimeter defense is insanely disrespectful

[@ItsMeWhimsy]

There was no 3-point line in that season for the Bullets so the fact that you got close at all is incredible Edit: The best defensive rating since the 3-point line was added was the 03-04 Spurs with 94.1 so for what it’s worth you beat that! Edit 2: Electric Boogaloo: That was earlier in the video you ended up with 98 so still not there but point stands.

[@ArySuri]

He got a 98 at the end so he didn’t beat that one either

[@sajmahal9501]

The 3 point thing is a great point

[@NateTheGreatNDT]

He had a 98, so even then he didn’t beat that…

[@ItsMeWhimsy]

@@NateTheGreatNDT yeah I was thinking of the 93 from earlier in the vid lol

[@lackingagenda]

You could do it if you switched between paint focus defensively and perimeter based on the other teams strengths, but that would take way longer to do.

[@wagwagjoe7905]

Bout time we got a defensive typa video. Can't wait to watch🔥

[@nobeansnoparty]

Shit i never knew Kenny had a kid, congrats bro! Hope you’re all happy and healthy ❤

[@moisesrodriguez3685]

bruh you like late to the party.

[@nobeansnoparty]

@@moisesrodriguez3685 i tend to be 😂

[@Noname-rx4gx]

wait what??? He has a kid???? Since wheeenn

[@alexreid8883]

Please bring back the Nets series on Kennytoo!

[@JTIsaacson]

Jonathon Isaac not getting picked up in a defense challenge is wild

[@jasperjackson8842]

not really lol

[@YCG_KAIDEN]

challenge idea: make a team with best 3pt -best playmaking best rebounding and best defense and see who wins the chip

[@peytonlamb3187]

Rebounding would win because of 2nd chance points and having more possessions also multiple people have determined in 2k rebounding is supreme

[@kashshhds8824]

Rebounding would win no doubt

[@MC_rep]

Day 1 of asking Kenny to do a reversing nba history sim. Basically you start in the magic vs bird era and you reverse the classes so instead of 84 draft class u would do 2022 and would sim like this with draft classes reversed until the 2022-2023 season

[@davidkaposi4867]

Kenny the thing you missed is you had your offensive tempo at neutral. Slow offense = less possession = less opportunity to score Run it back , it's definately doable with the team you built

[@utryping]

Hope he sees this

[@Footballfansblue]

Defensive rating is pace adjusted.

[@jakebishop7822]

One thing you could try, that would be super annoying, is constantly change your defensive strategy for each opponent. Protect the paint against bad shooting teams, and try and make the shots harder against good shooting teams

[@7boysam]

@KOT4Q this is the solution I believe

[@24k_g0at3d]

Kenny, you never disappoint with your videos

[@rowankeller9345]

I’ve been sick the past day and this man has entertained me the whole time

[@wade7198]

@legendofwade it might've helped if you tried making offensive tempo slow so the other team would have less possessions

[@jaimeperez8247]

That’s what I was thinking too

[@Mrdonjuliothewicked]

It’s all per 100 possessions, so the amount of possessions a team has doesn’t really matter, it all averages to per 100.

[@wade7198]

@@Mrdonjuliothewicked ahh yeah you right

[@TheRealBeatMaster]

The Remote Rebuild Challenge: Choose a team from either conference but don't take control of it. Then choose a team from the other conference and do take control of it. Without having any influence on them it's now the goal to turn the team you don't control into NBA champions by aquiring the players yourself and then trading them over to the other team, building a championship roster for them. If this seems too easy the goal should then be to also rebuild your own team and having both the team you control and the one you remotely rebuilt meet in the finals to see if you can take down the surefire roster you gave them.

[@toprighthandcornerv.1817]

I would have also turned the offensive tempo to a minimum so less points are scored :)

[@marcorojas-vazquez6792]

Everyone saying this but defensive rating is per 100 possessions

[@chiwhitesox7]

That Bullets team was pre 3 point line so less point in general. Kerr also had a better coaching defensive rating. Great video!

[@Keplin1000]

@keplin1000 The "on second thought" challenge: turn off trade deadline build a great regular season team (go for the record) Then on the very last day of the season trade 1-14 on the roster Fire the coach and hire a new one with a completely different system Flip the entire team and the coach then win the championship.

[@francesbuchanan2535]

This is a solid ass idea

[@francesbuchanan2535]

Ima do this and I’ll tell you what happens

[@Keplin1000]

@@francesbuchanan2535 thank you, I'm gonna try it out later today in fact

[@Dustyplastic73]

18:24 “97 year old LeBron James” Accurate

[@peacemaker4829]

Steve Kerr would've provided the type if defensive coaching you need, but he also would've brought out the most offensively for your players

[@rome8180]

Yeah, the funny part was that Kerr actually had a better defensive rating. I don't know what Kenny was thinking there.

[@peacemaker4829]

@@rome8180 That's exactly what I thought too. I guess he wanted a coach whose preferred system was defense

[@aitch5621]

Hi Kenny, love the vids as always, got a challenge for you: In NBA history, only once had the Finals MVP been won by a player on the losing team (Jerry West, 1969). I want you to try and do it again.

[@dannyportes5240]

STOP IGNORING THE MIAMI HEAT KENNY😭😭 we’re having a crazy run and you’ve not made 1 video cmon now at least kenny for real

[@thundermateria2847]

@ThunderMateria It's super impressive to have that big of a gap between 1st and 2nd DRTG. The 74-75 Bullets were only 3.1 ahead of the Bulls that year.

[@roberthammer9157]

Day 1: the great equalizer challenge. Try to build a league of 30 teams where every single team goes 41-41.

[@lucasdunham514]

That’s cool but woukd be so hard

[@roberthammer9157]

@@lucasdunham514 yeah honestly idk if it’s even possible but it would be awesome for Kenny to try 😭

[@anjofeltampac4237]

the fact that KENNY said "97 YEAR OLD LEBRON JAMES" 😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹

[@KendroLive]

The fantasy draft made teams with multiple great scorers like the one with dame and Bradley beal. I'd love to see this tried again with regular teams over a few seasons.

[@ChiTownMade]

You wanna build the best defensive team with current players Heres mine Starting lineup: 1. Jrue Holiday, 2. PG13, 3. Kawhi, 4. Jaren Jackson Jr, 5. AD Bench: 1. Marcus Smart, 2. Caruso, 3. Jimmy Butler, 4. Draymond Green & 5. Rudy Gobert. Aint scoring nun on this team.

[@tarishtolani785]

@tarishgt Honestly given how the NBA is so geared towards 3pt shots these days, that defensive score is incredible! A great change of pace from the usual rebuilds. Super fun to watch!

[@flashspider-man3214]

@FlashSpiderman That was a really fun challenge and I'm impressed how close you got. I do wonder if it is possible with other slightly different strategies. Maybe worth just testing different ideas for another video if you're ever willing? Keep being awesome!

[@seansachs6105]

Really love the idea of this challenge Kenny! Given how the league rules have changed to empower offenses, and the subsequent rise in offensive rating (League average was 107 in 1986, 103 in 2004, and 115 in 2023), I’m not sure how possible it is to break into the 90’s, though I do think it’s a worthy goal to shoot for. If you do decide to go relative to the league, the best mark ever is from the 2004 Pistons (with Rasheed Wallace), who posted a mark 13 points better than league average (90.9). I also think you could beat the Wizards given they are about 7 points ahead or he league.

[@brunoqueiroz8470]

Amazing as always King Kenny

[@kylegallo4508]

Kenny’s dyslexia is showing super hard in this vid

[@damiensaalfrank8999]

You still gotta try the alphabet challenge where for the first 41 games of the season the first player starts with A the second with B and so on. The for the last 41 games you have N and then O and then P and so on.❤❤

[@georgecunningham4250]

og anunoby's defense is so underrated in 2k

[@liamthurlow]

feel like it couldve been done if you changed from protect the paint and protect the 3 depending on the roster of the opposition, game where you gave up 75, the team had no shooters and the game where you gave up 138, had dame and beal.

[@ItsBoshidoBrown]

All u have to do is force non start. Don't change his position, go to edit player, then go to vitals, scroll to the bottom, and there u should c the force non start

[@clarence9230]

“97 year old lebron James” 😂😂

[@waddlesinc9675]

@WDPig1 Close but no cigar. Always appreciate you going outta your way to take on actually hard challenges lol, that’s what makes you a legend!

[@andreecelis2093]

Do this challenge in the Jordan era (Fantasy draft)

[@Prypak]

idea from Johan : Johan The NBA INFINTY STONES challenge (extremely hard): Compose a starting 5. - One player has to become the all time assist leader. - One player has to become the all-time scoring leader - One player has to become the all-time rebound leader - One player has to become the all-time block leader - One player has to have the most played games of all-time If you can complete it atleast see how close you were to completing it. You are allowed to change tendencies

[@steakyeahh]

LLOVELATLNAS cavs vs warriors finals will always haunt us lmaoo 19:47

[@steakyeahh]

thats my twt @ btw :)

[@Knuqles707]

Challenge: do 14-15 fantasy drafts and build a team with the last overall picks of each draft

[@McDill6]

Watching this video for the first time and seeing Jrue on the Blazers just hours after he was traded there is a crazy coincidence lmao

[@Nut_in_Space]

The triple crown challenge Win the Summer League, be the best team (in the conference is fine if need be) in the G league, and win the NBA championship in the same season. No g league player is allowed to be a higher overall then the highest ranking g league player currently in the game (no clue who that is lol). Also if you wanna make it really interesting you could then tank and do the tournament thingy for the lottery that can pop up in the change rules

[@popscom7100]

Video idea: kenny goes to nhl 23 and does a blackhawks rebuild with Connor bedard

[@felipelayun3829]

You should try to get every starting on your team to an all nba team. It could be an all defensive or all nba as you prefer

[@dylanmorris-gray]

when u fail a challenge u should sim it at the end w the best possible team to see if it woulda even been possible in the game. for this vid for ex. shoulda did a re sim at the end w giannis ad gobert lebron etc all together to see if they coulda done it

[@bardocksupersaiyan3]

If you compare the defensive rating to the rating of the second best defense in the league, you technically beat the challenge. The second best defense in 75 had a rating 93.6 vs a best of 91.3 against 111.4 here with a best of 98

[@landyncoultas6510]

Do a team of the biggest players in NBA history and see how good they are

[@jeremiahdaley8126]

The over try: you have to do a fantasy draft and every single time you lose you have to make a new team try your best Kenny.

[@talal3c]

AD exposed JJJ in the playoffs. Really showed him how ahead he is defensively

[@Eclipse3581]

Challenge idea: the Chamberlain challenge. 3 seasons to get a player to get a quintuple double. Fantasy draft, trade for and build a team around your guy. Every year you get to add 10 badges of your choosing but you can’t touch there stats.

[@keekings8947]

Hold this Kenny 👑

[@cmfontanes]

Last Chance Challenge: you assemble the best team of ringless players for one last chance at a championship. You only have ONE season to make it work.

[@tsurai9686]

i had no idea you had a kid, wishing blessings

[@jamesdubeck4920]

Every time i do rebuilds defense always does the best. Ive done best shooters , best dunkers and even best playmakers. Defense always runs a muk on the league

[@sardines420]

You need ben Simmons running pg

[@SNQ_OShayskii]

@SNQ_OShayskii great challenge my guy 🫡 great meeting the squad in Philly too! Haven’t stopped smiling since lol 💯

[@flouder6373]

@EverettFlouder another banger vid as per usual🔥

[@landonlejeune4364]

In the league meeting change the shot clock to longer

[@jessekeener1620]

Needed to make the offense patient so they do get as many opportunities

[@ItssTeo]

challenge idea: control all 12 teams that haven’t won a championship. you have 20(or whatever you choose) seasons to win a chip with all of those teams.

[@DogboyYoutube]

You could have gameplanned for each team individually. You could have set it so where you packed the paint for teams like the pelicans with scottie and mobley, and then defended the perimeter heavily against teams like the pacers with beal and lillard, and do this for every team.

[@donnaevaglok4731]

Thank you for finally doing the video i asked you for on my account I will always love your vids

[@MemphisRTF]

Grit and grind offense would help a lot too

[@macworth1995]

Love your videos kenny, best offense next @MacWorth3

[@StreamingForMom]

Run this one back! Love this idea

[@Mex2_]

Kenny you should try winning a championship with only players you drafted (you can trade for players that the team your playing has previously drafted that got traded too)

[@jordanscarantino4336]

We gotta get a highest offensive rating video now

[@sosuperjavi]

@sosuperjavi i love these type of challenges its always great to end my day watching a kenny video Keep Up The Work 🙏🏽

[@the_moe]

Day whatever of asking Kenny to do the broken bones challenge. Turn the injury frequency to 100 and everyone's durability to 0 and try to win a championship. Oh and if you want to make it harder, five minute rebuild. Can confirm, it's hard

[@cheese3enjoyer]

Vidoe Ideo: Go to every team and give them a created player that does exactly what they need. Need a 1? get a point god! Need rebounding? get great rebounder etc. .. Like a balance patch.. make it as even as possible. Every team around 50% win perc?

[@matteessc]

@schaafmatteo amazing video as always, don't know how you come up with certain challenges! you're a legend Kenny

[@genecool6140]

@thesznn You’re the goat KENNY. Keep going

[@MoorDough]

For something like this I gotta look at their defensive tendencies too and try and find players wit like an 80+ shot contest along with the A+ interior/perimeter defense rating

[@zehnlol9695]

bro fired Steve Kerr jus to hire someone wit a lower overall in defensive coaching😭 Kenny stop overthinking it🤬🤬🤬

[@mauricechism2405]

Day 1: MVP Challenge: Select a team from every era in 2k and trade for the previous and next MVP. For example, in the Magic vs. Bird era, Moses Malone was the previous MVP. Then simulate a year to see who is the MVP for that season and trade for them. Good luck!

[@aaronwinter5536]

You should simulate until an entire franchise retires every number

[@christopherrobin347]

@iraqsandtoast if you did the defensive plan specific to each team you might have been able to do it. When you lost to Beal and dame you could have focused on perimeter instead of the paint and it may have helped also maybe double team the stars

[@the_moe]

Day whatever of asking Kenny to do the fix challenge. You add a legend, of your choosing, to each team. But they have to be a position that fixes that team. So for example the bulls weakest position in the starting lineup is pf, so you'd add Dennis rodman. Have fun and try to win a championship

[@mikephilly6748]

Gotta break the rule and start on the Spurs with Pops. Get an even higher chance

[@unravel6189]

You gotta make it that your offensive tempo is also slow, so the opposing team also gets less shots

[@Chasingaxl]

Eugene looks like he has seen some things. 13:29

[@omdaent.4533]

Kenny need to start playing more in the MyEras so it’ll be more realistic and “Easier”

[@KingMolefish]

Gotta remember rule changes, like 14 second reset and three point line

[@J3raser]

Day 2: Do an all time fantasy draft, every player with their highest in game rating and no duplicate players. The team you draft must consist of the lowest rated players in the draft (can only draft 70-75 overalls) and try and win a ring in under 5 seasons (tip: free agency is Lowkey ur best friend in this challenge)

[@MlleMonica]

BEN SIMMONS KENNY!

[@Solesamurai]

its the pace kenny!!!

[@lukaperkusich3984]

the best way is if you edit the gameplan for each team

[@Pokepoketpoke]

Make a team of all non shooters, max out their three point tendencies and win a chip The Jordan Poole challenge

[@sarahchamberlin6681]

Day 6 of asking: simulation idea: run back the 2019-20 season and see who wins the championship! You can use whatever team you want! If you don’t win the championship in the first three seasons that is fine but after that you have to trade your best player! Also you have to use real draft classes up to 2031 if you make it that far!

[@Bill.I.AM215]

Gotta do an 8th seed NBA championship run video

[@sherlock4791]

need the offensive rebound to no one crash, just go back some crash some go back will leave the bigman behind on defense and it tires them too

[@tackionic8772]

Day 3 of suggestion: Do a 5 year “No loyalty” challenge where you build a team that wins a championship and trade every player of that team and win more championships (players can be brought back after new championship is won) the challenge doesn’t start until you get your first ring and doesn’t end unless you win 5 straight or fail doing so

[@99esparza]

Give yourself the last pick in a fixed fantasy draft and generate a number between 5-20 to determine how many trades you can make to win the championship

[@aceofspade2120]

I want to see a team of all rookies and then win a championship in 5 years

[@sajmahal9501]

Quick question to Kenny, where do the jerseys come from that you get, just curious how you do that kinda thing