On The Court With Coach2K

In this podcast, I interview our C2K Lakers owner and we talk about a few of our games together, the C2K League and of course, my favorite subject NBA2K.With NBA2K16 right around the corner, I know the community is super excited for the release of the new game. I spend some time with the Dr3aded_Asasin talking about his dedication to using the Lakers in NBA2K and what he expects from the Lakers this season both in the game and in real life.It was a fun interview and as always it's great to get to know and talk with another member of the community and NBA2K fan.We also spend a lot of time talking about the C2K League. If you are interested in getting in on some league action, contact my commissioner PSN Alabamarob.If you want to get a game in with today's guest, you can hit him up on PSN Dr3aded_Asasin as well as follow him on on his team page which is Lakers.Coach2K.com. You can also find him on YouTube by clicking here.Let me know if you any questions and as always, I'll see you on the court! Coach2K - NBA2K Hall of Fame Player

In this episode, my guest is Aaerios. We spend nearly an hour talking about how to build a successful YouTube gaming channel. Aaerios is one of the few NBA2K players I've found who is actually from San Antonio and who also uses the Spurs in the game. We open the podcast talking getting his thoughts on how the Spurs will do this upcoming year after winning the NBA championship last year. He was pretty optimistic about their chances to repeat this upcoming seasonNext up, he shares his impressions of NBA2K15 which just came out shortly before we recorded the show. He felt NBA2K15 is pretty challenging and more geared to the sim player this year than it has been in the past.After that, we dig into the topic at hand and that's how to approach the whole YouTube gaming content creation arena. His first suggestion was to find a way to think outside the box and be different from all of the other gaming channels that people create. His way of doing that is by doing radio play by play commentary to call his NBA2K videos. This comes natural to him because it's also something he does in real life doing real life play by play of college basketball and baseball.He likes to do every sport on his channel but states that the NBA2K videos perform the best on his channel. He's got three things planned for this year. One is a MyLeague with the Spurs that tackles the challenge of both Manu and Duncan retiring at the end of the first year. Next he is doing a fantasy draft MyLeague with the Knicks and finally, plans to do some MyTeam videos.There's an absolute TON of information in this hour plus long show. You'll hear recommendations on what equipment to use, more tips on the type of content to create, how he edits and does commentary and also what everyone wants to know and that's the part about making money.One other thing Aaerios does is spend some time talking about gaming networks, the benefits of joining them and more specifically what network he and other successful YouTuber's belong to.If you are interested in having your own YouTube gaming channel, you'll hear an honest assessment of what to expect and the mindset you'll need to be successful. Some of the best advice comes at the very end of the show that applies not to just YouTube but will serve you well in any endeavor you choose.Be sure and visit Aaerios Games on YouTube and subscribe to his channel to follow what he is up to in the gaming community.Thanks again to Aaerios for stepping On The Court With Coach2K.NOTE: More detailed show notes to be added later that identify some of the resources mentioned in the show. Coach2K - NBA2K Hall of Fame Player

In this episode, I spend some time talking with a great lady named Crossworks. Crossworks is one of the few female members of the NBA2K community. I found Crossworks via her YouTube channel when I was looking for people who had collected every single card in MyTeam. As is customary, before the show, I like to play my guests and so I hit the court with Crossworks where she showed off her Diamond Rose that was the ultimate reward for collecting every single card this year and we had a fun game on the court before we started.I'm glad I did because I secretly wondered if she played her own games or had someone else play for her when I first stumbled across her channel. I can confirm that she does indeed play her own games and is a tough competitor!The first thing I wanted to know is how she got interested in playing and turns out she played in high school and some in college and would definitely be interested in seeing the WNBA players be available in NBA2K.After I learn some of her background, I ask her to walk me through from start to finish the steps she took to get all of the cards. There were 1166 cards available in NBA2K14 to collect. It took her nearly all year to get all of the cards and she did that through a combination of VC, MT coins as well as the Domination, Road to the Playoffs and tournament modes - all of which she completed. She also shares with me the pack strategies she used in buying cards too.A few other things she mentioned is that you need to follow NBA2K on Facebook and Twitter to get locker codes for some players and to keep up to date on what is going on in MyTeam related to card collecting.One of things that I uncovered in the course of doing the show was that she is involved in a community called the Kings and Queens of Legitimacy and they are looking for other ladies who plan on forming their own teams to take into the MyPark mode to play against the guys in NBA2K. So, if you are a female and play NBA2K you'll definitely want to get in touch with her if you are also an NBA2K player.Near the end, we spend some time talking about her YouTube channel and how she got started and got to over 5000 subscribers. She was very grateful to her subscribers for her subscriber growth and also was very thankful to have been featured on Cash Nasty's YouTube channel. Her main goal is to help people not just with collecting cards but creating a special community that also helps each other meet their own personal goals.I was also very grateful to run across Crossworks. Super helpful lady. I hope you enjoy today's session of On The Court With Coach2K.PROGRAM NOTE: There were just a couple of times where our phone connection cutout. It was only a few times in the interview so if you hear us lose signal a couple of times that is why. Since it was pretty minor, I left those in and I didn't feel it hurt the context of our conversation. Coach2K - NBA2K Hall of Fame Player

On tonight's On The Court With Coach2K, I have three special guests with me to talk about NBA2K Online Leagues. These three are all veterans of NBA2K and right now are all Playstation users. All three participate in the Coach2K League. I first introduce Reemodagreat who is the Trailblazers owner in the league followed by Everydayis2K, the Philadelphia 76ers owner. My third guest who was also in episode one of On The Court and who is the current C2K League Champion, RedStickGamer, who uses the New Orleans Pelicans. Each guest begins the show by talking about their team and what you can expect this year.After we get to know each guest a bit, we get down to business and start talking online leagues. Our discussion begins with what is new in NBA2K15 which releases in a few days. Of those things, custom rosters and flex scheduling were the focus on how we thought those features might work in the game.Then we talk about the types of problems that have been issues for us and probably others in the NBA2K community along with some of our solutions and a few withlist items. Of those topping the list is by far the ability to save playbooks.Finally we talk about the C2K League and get down to predictions on what we think is going to happen in the league this year.This episode is over an hour of what we've learned actually playing in the C2K league over the last several years. It was a lot of fun interviewing these guys and I was very happy to have them on the show.I hope you check it out. If you have questions, feel free to comment below and don't forget to subscribe in iTunes to On The Court With Coach2K and if you could do me a favor and review the show while you are there that would be super. Coach2K - NBA2K Hall of Fame Player

In NBA2K15, I thought I would start playing MyTeam mode. But, I don't know a whole lot about it other than it has a reputation of being a 3 point chuck fest. So, I sought out some information on the MyTeam mode and found Scramz B posting over on the Operation Sports forums. He seemed fairly passionate about the mode and was nice enough to come onto On The Court With Coach2K and discuss it with me.Scramz B is on the Xbox so we weren't able to play our customary podcast "pre-game" unfortunately so we got right into our discussion. He was able to clear several things up for me regarding what the mode is all about and also share with me exactly how to go about getting started the right way. He also went into detail about card collecting, the pack system, historic cards and more.In addition, he shared with me the expected changes in NBA2K15 that is going to be released on October 7.His most requested change in the mode would be to be able to customize the settings in play with friends mode.I hope you enjoy this episode of On The Court With Coach2K. You can now subscribe via iTunes.If you'd like to discuss more MyTeam info, use the comments below and we can talk about it more.Thanks for listening and I'll see you On The Court! Coach2K - NBA2K Hall of Fame Player

In this episode of Coach2K, I interview PSN Turty11 who has spent the last couple of years working on his roster editing skills. We spend our time talking about where to begin if you want to start editing your own rosters and what sources he uses to get his data. We also spend some time talking about ratings, tendencies, signature skills and the personality badges and how he feels NBA2K is going too far away from the way he'd like editing players to work.Near the end we also talk about draft classes and he agrees to make a community draft class of 15-20 guys in the community that he can import into NBA2K15's MyLeague or MyGM to see what happens when 2K decides what will happen with our careers.As a guy who doesn't edit rosters and is more an "out of the box player", I wanted to give a voice to those who like to get in there and really tinker. I'm sure we only scratched the surface of a very arduous and lengthy process if you really want to do it right.Thanks again to my guest PSN Turty11 who you can follow on Twitter and also another shout out to Aaerios Gaming for doing the intro to On The Court With Coach2K.Enjoy and let me know what you would like to hear on the show. Post any comments below and I'll be sure and read them. Coach2K - NBA2K Hall of Fame Player

In this first episode of On The Court With Coach2K, my guest is PSN RedStickGamer. He is the owner of the New Orleans Pelicans in the Coach2K League, the NBA2K14 C2K League Champion and he is also one of the best 2K team up players I know.At the time of this show, RSG was competing in his teamup league's finals which he is posting on his YouTube channel.Teamup is a mode that not a lot of people play. Some might not even know it's there, especially private team up which is the mode that is used to play the team up league games.I spend about an hour talking about RSG about the teamup mode basics, tips and strategies along with what's happening now with the teamup league championship series between his team's Lakers and the undefeated Oklahoma City Thunder.Thanks to Aaerios Gaming for the great introduction! Be sure and check out his YouTube Channel for his unique and excellent video game commentary.You can follow the RedStickGamer on Twitter.If you would like to be "On The Court With Coach2K" or have a show idea you can hit me up on Twitter.Enjoy and I'll see you on the court! Coach2K - NBA2K Hall of Fame Player