WELCOME TO VIRTUAL COURTSIDE!
Finally,
@Dirk_JDR
and I are teaming up to build a
@NBA2KLeague
podcast! Guests, hot takes, deep dives, and more coming up.
We begin with a 2-hour Draft preview!
- Team-by-team breakdowns
- Trade rumors
- Sleeper picks per position
Link below⬇️
Last calendar year for Melo:
- Traded to OKC
- Roberson gets injured
- OKC falls apart
- Melo laughs when asked about coming off bench
- Melo is garbage in the playoffs
- Agrees to leave OKC
- Still gets $28 million
- Gets to pick next team
Stay winning Melo.
#NBA
#StayMe7o
4 daughters.
They finally get their father after he spent their whole lives as the biggest athlete on the planet and he dies tragically at 41 after just 3 years in “Dad” mode.
Horrible, absolutely tragic. I can’t believe this.
~some personal news~
I am thrilled to announce that I have accepted a job with the
@nba2kleague
as a Digital and Social Content Producer!
It’s an insane feeling to be combining my two favorite things and somehow making a job out of them.
Season 2 starts April 2nd, be there.
Well, there is the bell.
My contract is officially up with the
@NBA2KLeague
after 2 long and incredible years!
There may be some news in the future, but I’m officially a free agent for now.
Would love to work with some teams on content/scouting in the meantime, hit me up!
The first Big Board of pre-draft!
Still a ton of guys to watch/evaluate, but a good place to start as things kick into high gear.
Big Board updated every 2ish weeks, stay tuned!
Today is my 4-year work anniversary with the
@NBA2KLeague
.
From a project employee on the social team to living the dream as an on-air talent, it’s been a very special part of my life.
Blessed to work with people I adore, certainly beats working a real job!
Great stream! Ended up with 170+ prospects, much easier to make sense of the draft class when it's laid out like this.
Had the Twitch chat vote on the top 10 per position. Don't necessarily agree with it, but fun to see who the favorites are right now.
Let the scouting begin!
The Final
@NBA2KLeague
Big Board of 2022!
100 players in total, 70 in the top 2 tiers. Only 47 draft picks this year, so this was easily the hardest board we've had to make so far.
🚨FINAL BIG BOARD OF 2K23🚨
99 players overall, 68 players in the top 2 tiers. This class is really unique, so many fun play styles and personalities across positions.
Still just 47 picks, draft is to be extremely tight.
After a wacky offseason, the Big Board is complete!
75 of the best in the world vying for 34 spots! Tiers are NOT RANKED, just easier that way.
Reminder, I don't draft any of the teams, so this is just my opinion🙂
Let's all just take a second and recognize that LeBron James is opening up a SCHOOL.
He's not donating money, his foundation is the PRIMARY SUPPLIER for a freaking SCHOOL.
I get we like toss hate on athletes, but some of these guys are incredible people.
#LeBron
#IPROMISE
Big Board
#1
is complete!
Still guys I need to scout/watch, but feeling good about where the board is at currently. Added a new 3s section this year for guys that I think could make a big impact while still developing for 5v5.
Always open to thoughts, but don't yell at me🫡
Put together a small reel of my favorite calls/highlights from
#UPAWorlds
!
Unreal weekend, appreciate everyone who reached out! Special shout-out to my guy
@MADExINxINDIA
for surviving 20(!!!) broadcast hours in 2 days alongside me💪
Up next, the
@NBA2KLeague
Draft!
This has to be the craziest box score in
@NBA2KLeague
history.
TWO triple-doubles?!
@timelycook
with 39-7-8 on 16/21 shooting and 6/6 from 3!
16/23 from 3 as a team.
Finally got a good night sleep, still can’t believe it’s over!
Incredible end to an incredible season, blessed to be a part of this league.
Streams return Sept. 1, we’re back and better than ever this off-season😤
Pumped to be working with
@PlayStation
to help launch their esports YouTube channel!
First video just went up, gave 5 easy tips to win in competitive 2K.
#ad
Blessed to be in the
@usabasketball
family.
So rare to get to represent your country in my line of work, it’s an honor I don’t take lightly!
Shoutout to the best damn 2K team in history,
@USABgaming
🏆
For everyone getting a new console, think about giving your old one to a local community center or youth center!
I promise they’ll get way more use out of it than it collecting dust on a shelf.
Had a great stream last night going over the
@eFIBA_official
Season 2 World finals!
Below is the first EVER Top 25 International
@NBA2K
Team Rankings, was way harder than I thought going into it.
Also went through 10 players who impressed me the most while we were in Sweden!
We have broadcasted 792 games…so far!
Thanks to everyone for watching the
@NBA2KLeague
broadcast this year, been an honor and a pleasure to be a part of it and also get flamed for my terrible takes.
To Dallas we go, it’s playoff time🔥
⚡️Personal News⚡️
I'm joining
@buzzer
! I'll be hosting "The Buzzer Beats Podcast", a daily 5-8 minute sports rundown pod with headlines, scores, and some betting lines!
We've got a few pods out already, going to create some other
#content
too!
Sub up⬇️
Love
@NBA2KLeague
draft day.
Shows how esports can change someone’s life in a second and reward all the hard work and time they put in.
All you need is one GM to believe and overnight, a whole new world is opened up to you.
Good luck to everyone tonight, can’t wait🫡
🚨PROSPCET PALOOZA🚨
Today, our journey to the
@NBA2KLeague
draft begins! At 5 pm/et, we will put the name of every prospect on the list and create the first Big Board of the offseason.
One of my favorite streams of the year, can't wait to see everyone's suggestions!
I mentioned I was doing some stat work...here is what
@RaptorsGC
is leading the league in as a team:
- Wins
- PPG
- FG%
- 3P%
- Offensive Rating
- Made 3s
- Attempted 3s
- Total Team Efficiency
- 4 players in the top 15 in steals
- Blocks
Just wild. What a start to the year.
I've fought and clawed my way to my best mental health state since college and I'm fucking PROUD of that.
I have no business being in the position I'm in today, truly. Feels good to be happy about being alive.
Been in a great headspace the past few months and now I’m sitting here wondering what 10 year old Harris would think of all this.
I’m a very lucky guy to get to do what I do for a living. Even luckier to do it surrounded by great people.
Big Board 2.0 is set!
77 players in the first 2 tiers, 106 for the whole board. Only 57 draft picks as things stand right now, so keeping the board reasonable was a priority.
Combine and drop-in are up next!
Craziest 3 days of my career, not even close.
2 PCs, 2 laptops, 4 monitors, an awesome virtual studio and me pulling so much bandwidth, I blew out the internet in my entire apartment building!
Forever thankful to work for the
@NBA2KLeague
, let’s do it again on Tuesday 😤
🚨Programming alert🚨
Making my live TV debut today at 4 pm/et on
@NBCSWashington
!
@DemonJT_
and I have the call for
@WizardsDG
vs.
@RaptorsGC
. Pumped to get on the mic with my guy and bring the 2KL to a new audience🎙️
Competitive
@NBA2K
just keeps getting better and better, blessed to be a part of this space and community.
Thanks to
@UnifiedProAm
for the opportunity to cast the event, shout out to my brother
@MADExINxINDIA
for killing it as usual!
Onto the draft, 11 days to go🫡
Hell of a way to officially close out the 2023
@NBA2KLeague
season! All-Star was incredible, great to see so many energized fans.
Also got the pleasure to interview
@BucketsONeale00
to kick off the
@TheNBPA
partnership! Can’t wait for 2024, so many special moments on the way.
Avg. Viewers on Twitch:
Nov-Dec: 16
Dec-Jan: 33
Jan-Feb: 66
Feb-Mar: 123
Just crossed 1K followers as well, humbled by the support the channel has seen so far.
@NBA2KLeague
/
@NBA
analysis is viable on Twitch. Period.
I think we get too caught up with the
@NBA2KLeague
draft and overlook the actual quality and passion of players internationally.
Drafted or not, the APAC region has so much talent. The event in Manila has been special, I hope we get more events like this in the coming years.
So proud of my guy
@MADExINxINDIA
!
Been one of my closest friends since I met him, we’ve seen our careers take us from Dallas to Indy to D.C. and now to Sweden!
Brothers for life, time for us to go crush
@UnifiedProAm
Boston😤
Just want to say, the
@NBA2KLeague
broadcast team is really special.
We’ve had each other’s backs through a lot this year while putting on 4 quality shows a week for 4 months.
Love them like family, truly believe this is the best unit in the industry.
After meticulous toiling and adjusting, it's finally time to share the statistic I created for the NBA 2K League called 2KR.
Disclaimer: The stat isn't sanctioned or backed by the
@NBA2KLeague
, it's just a pet project.
I always told myself that I’d never be able to be a freelancer, didn’t think I was organized enough.
Took the leap this past month, went full-time with it, and made more money in October than any month since I graduated college.
Invest in yourself!
6 months of hard work pays off!
Incredible draft, congrats to the 52 who got picked. Shoutout to the broadcast crew, we put on a hell of a show.
We’re onto Season 5🤝
I hope all
@NBA2KLeague
players are saving their money and learning how to invest it.
When the stock market swings back up, there is going to be a huge opportunity for you guys to take advantage and set yourself up for life.
Learn and save now, profit later.
Big afternoon stream coming at 1 pm!
Going over all the
@NBA2KLeague
retainments along with the
@eFIBA_official
announcement.
Trade window opens back up today for the league so maybe we’ll get a few live reactions👀
Almost every time I’ve worn my
@ChampionUSA
#NBA2KLeague
jacket walking around town, multiple people have asked me what my job is/mentioned that they’re a fan!
A couple new followers are a drop in the bucket, but always great to hear people recognizing the growth💪
Pumped to be joining the draft broadcast this year officially!
From working the social circuit in Season 3, to the main stage in Season 4, blessed for the opportunity🤙🏻
265 players. Only 63 roster spots. 👀
The 2021 NBA 2K League Draft Pool features a record 33 international players, 10 women, and a ton of 2K ballers who are ready to hear their name called on March 13!
#NBA2KLDraft
Read more:
Today is my last day with the
@NBA2KLeague
until February, so thanks to everyone for an incredible 8 months!
While I'm off,
@ChrisCookTV
will be holding down the fort, so send him your DMs and requests for the next couple of months.
The
@NBA2KLeague
social team put our blood, sweat, and tears into Season 2, we're honored to be nominated by the
@Esportsbzsummit
alongside some of the biggest names in esports!
Congrats to
@Quita
,
@oLARRY2K
, and
@Taltron3030
+ the studio team for their nominations as well!
Always a stunning thing to remember that out of ~8 billion people, there are only ~15 million Jews. I've been the first Jewish friend for a lot of people in my life.
"Jews make up 2% of the American population and just 0.2% of the world population. In practice, this means that most people have never met one." You can see how this might cause problems.
What a weekend, congrats to
@KinG_PeroXide
,
@Spam1Of1
and co. on the title.
Appreciate the kind words from y’all, special shoutout to my buddy
@MADExINxINDIA
for casting 22.5 hours with me in 2 days!
Awesome tourney,
@UnifiedProAm
continuing to raise the bar.
Thanks again to
@WizardsDG
and
@NBCSWashington
for letting us call the action!
Great to reconnect with one of my OGs in the broadcast world in
@jordangiorgio
too. Been a great day, appreciate all the love🙌
Thrilled to be joining the broadcast team this year!
I’ll be joining
@autumnjohnsontv
for our pre, halftime, and post game shows along with some other fun content pieces throughout the year.
Let’s rock🦾
Seeing all the home-made and community
@NBA2KLeague
content puts a smile on my face.
This is EXACTLY what we need to help make the league grow. Written, audio, video, a combination of all 3, doesn't matter as long as you are creating content!
DMs are always open to help 💪
NEW POD ALERT!
@Dirk_JDR
and I are back with
@VCourtside2K
for a special episode called '6 Big Questions'! We broke down topics of all sizes for the
@NBA2KLeague
like:
- Next Face of the League
- Possible Salary Cap
- Future Host Cities
Drop a listen⬇️
We're talking a lot about international prospects, but I'm surprised
@Eren_2K
hasn't had his name mentioned more.
He was the starting PG on Team Turkey that won the FIBA Esports Open and was named MVP. He also won the EU Invitational this past weekend...and was again named MVP.
Big stream tonight!!
Tons to discuss including zens,
@UnifiedProAm
Boston, and the debut of my Top 25
@eFIBA_official
World Rankings! Couple of other fun news bits and rumors to break down too.
8 pm/et, should be fun!