KD Does it again...(NBA 2K26 SEASON 10)

Jimbo

My coffee is completely cold already. I, uh, I forgot we were even recording because I was still staring at these Season 10 box scores.

Simon Carver

It, it really takes a minute to digest, doesn't it? Joe's Lakers just put together what might be the most absurd single season stretch we have ever seen in 2K26.

Jimbo

Thirteen to one in the regular season with a plus 12.7 differential. Then a 9 to 1 tear through the playoffs with a plus 13.1 differential. I mean, they didn't just win, Simon. They steamrolled everybody.

Simon Carver

And the center of that whole universe was Kevin Durant. He swept both Season MVP and Finals MVP. In the regular season, KD drops 19.8 points a game shooting 57.4 percent from the field, 52.2 percent from three, and 91.2 percent from the line. That is pure video game nonsense.

Jimbo

Then the postseason hit and he actually leveled up! 21.6 points per game on 56.9 percent shooting and 47.5 percent from deep. But, you know, what struck me looking at Joe's build wasn't just KD holding the ball. It was the perimeter spacing around him. They shot 42.6 percent from three as a team in the regular season and bumped that up to 44.1 percent in the playoffs.

Simon Carver

Right, because you look at Paul George. PG averaged 11.1 points in the postseason, but his overall impact was massive, a team high plus 11.7 plus minus. And Max Strus shot 55.6 percent from three in the playoffs. If you double KD, you get torched from the wing. If you stay home, KD shoots over you.

Jimbo

Plus they had real glass eating and rim protection underneath. Jarrett Allen pulled down 5.8 rebounds a game in the playoffs, and Robert Williams the third chipped in a block a game off the bench. So you couldn't even punish them inside.

Simon Carver

It, it really makes you wonder about the macro picture. Joe expands his championship lead over Phillip to 6 to 3 now. Is this heliocentric KD model just the definitive broken meta of the league, or is Phillip's roster philosophy missing a elite premier scorer?

Jimbo

Well, you need a guy who can get his own shot when the clock hits five seconds. Joe has that guy, and Phillip's committee approach keeps getting caught short in round two.

Simon Carver

Speaking of Phillip's Pistons, though, we have to talk about Evan Mobley. Because even in that second round exit, Mobley went absolutely nuclear.

Jimbo

Oh, he was a monster! Detroit gets a 9 to 5 regular season, mostly carried early on by Kristaps Porziņģis winning Sixth Man of the Year with 11.1 points a game off the bench. But once the playoffs started, Mobley took over everything. 19.4 points, 5.8 rebounds, 1.8 blocks per game, and he shot an unbelievable 72.9 percent from the floor.

Simon Carver

72.9 percent is absurd efficiency for a primary postseason option. And Jalen Johnson had his moment too, right? 14.6 points a game in the playoffs while hitting 75 percent of his threes. So you have Mobley destroying the paint and Johnson hot from outside. On paper, that sounds like a Conference Finals core.

Jimbo

On paper! But then you look at the guard play and the floor just falls out. As a team, Detroit shot 32.6 percent from three in the playoffs. And LaMelo Ball, man, it was painful. 6.0 points per game on 35.7 percent from the field and 23.8 percent from three.

Simon Carver

Yeah, LaMelo struggled big time. Trying to draw up defensive schemes or fix spacing on a whiteboard for that backcourt, I swear, a whiteboard is my personal boss fight. When your starting primary ball handler is shooting 23 percent from three, the defense just collapses into Mobley's space.

Jimbo

So going into Season 11, what does Phillip do? Do you hold out hope that LaMelo bounces back, or do you start packaging some of that deep bench talent to go trade for a true, top tier playmaker who can actually hit a jumper?

Simon Carver

If you want to close that 6 to 3 gap with Joe, you cannot have passenger positions on offense. You have to trade depth for top end talent. Alright, that is going to do it for us today, good chatting with you, talk soon.