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I was 14 years old. Hated basketball with a passion. Knew hardly anything about it. Football & baseball was my shit. Anyway, picked up nba 2k9 (I think?) on a whim. Got home, started a my player as a point guard. Set the camera to follow my player from a 3rd person perspective & the rest is history. It taught me basically everything I know about basketball. Court vision, who to look for, what would be open… PLUS you add in the fact that the game would GRADE YOU for plays you did good/bad on. Once I stepped on to the court that freshman year, it was a wrap. Went on to play D2 basketball.
I didn’t play any form of college ball, but I took a break from basketball and started playing intermurals again and sheeesh I wish I played basketball games before so I understood better about things like spacing as a center, when to clear the lane, and what makes a good screen etc. that and I mean I also was playing power forward instead of center so I could actually shoot 3’a and not just post up and get bodied lol. Came home Christmas and was playing at the gym, and the old varsity coach saw me and asked why I didn’t play in highschool 😂. People were also adamant on me being a center… when I sucked at that play style
That's awesome
2K is now teaching kids how to be influencers. Truly inspirational
Nice pasta
Absolute reddit moment