I hadn't even thought about NBA 2K22 MT trading, but the mishaps that occurred in my first week -- with a side of Kendrick Perkins' heated comments regarding my conduct made me believe that I was in a bad spot with the Detroit Pistons was beyond repair.
While the rest of my teammates were a mess in the 40-point loss against Brooklyn -- and MyCareer has been known to create terrible games to create narratives and that's what happened. I shrewdly negotiated my way to and joined the Sacramento Kings. It was where I believed my player was a better match from the beginning, however because I had such a good performance in the pre-draft section of MyCareer (which takes place at the very lowest difficulty), I was drafted at No. 1. by Detroit.
There's nothing wrong with single-player careers, but the options in other sports games offer different ways to carry independently or entirely out of your own self-interest. They're just much more bland about it, and moreover their very limited narrative arcs aren't providing any incentive for making such disruptive choices. Madden NFL 22, with its "Face of the Franchise" backstory is much less revealing than last year's holes-filled, stale design. The character of the player never develops an individuality, given that the either/or choices lead to the same players' benefit or team buff.
MLB The Show 21's Road to NBA 2K Coins the Show abandoned the perk tree both of its predecessors did, and along with it the game was stripped of its dialogue interactions. Prior to this, answering questions based on a personality type ("Maverick," for example, or "Heart and Soul") would move the player toward certain boosts and unlocks, both enhancing and expanding the character. Even then the idea of a beef with rival teams was a bit sour, in the least.