It may not be a big deal to everyone, but it’s a shame that the single player portion of M圜AREER is now so intertwined with the connected experience that it’s limited – or completely absent – following the servers being shut down. As such, these fun details are now permanently lost.

Unfortunately, NBA 2K19’s M圜AREER story is no longer playable, as the server shutdown has left the game with the stripped-down offline version of the mode. I personally played through it on both PC and PlayStation 4. Indeed, some of the fun details in NBA 2K19’s M圜AREER story made it worth playing through at least once, if not twice. This ability to skip the story was first implemented in NBA 2K19’s M圜AREER, but that wasn’t the only good addition that year. Others have been more enjoyable to play through, though many gamers still opt to skip the better ones. Some of them have been intrusive, poorly-written, or both.

Since their introduction in NBA 2K14 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, M圜AREER stories have been controversial. This week’s Five is a list of five fun details that could be found in NBA 2K19’s M圜AREER story. The topics for these lists and countdowns include everything from fun facts and recollections to commentary and critique.

Welcome to another edition of The Friday Five! Every Friday I cover a topic related to basketball gaming, either as a list of five items, or a Top 5 countdown.

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