Throughout college, one of my favorite escapes between and after classes was the NBA 2K franchise and, specifically, career mode. I poured hours into each iteration of the game for a number of years, whether it was as a point guard on the Heat or Lakers or somewhere else in the league.
As the years have gone by, my time playing 2K has greatly diminished, partly because I’ve enjoyed playing other games and more largely because of the repetitive nature of the 2K franchise. In reality, it has been something close to a half-dozen years since I last earnestly played an NBA 2K game.