The Deep 3 Podcast - Guessing NBA Players By Their NBA 2k26 Attributes | TD3 Clips

Episode Date: January 14, 2026

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I'm going to show you some NBA 2K 26 ratings. You tell me which player you're looking at. All right. Each player has four ratings randomly chosen for that player and a hint. Sometimes the hit may give you the position if I think it's too hard, sometimes something else. I want to give you a little bit of a life wrap because last time you guys said absolutely horrendous at this game. Thank you. First player up is a guard as the hint, 97 midrange, 35 driving dunk, 98 draw foul, and 75 passing vision.

All right. 35 driving dunes. Groundbound. Groundbound is This is Jalen Brunson. What book is that away? Groundbound. But elite middy.

Elite MIDI. All right. Passing 75. All right. Fasting. Jaylen Brunson is my guess. You agree? Probably J.B.

could have been Shay but she can dunk. So I'm going J.B. That's really different. She probably has like an 80 driving dunk. This is Jalen Brunson. Okay. Fares. Checks out.

This man knows big head. He knows immediately no matter what. Every game he never gets Jailon Brunson wrong. 98 draw foul. It's my captain. Unlimited mid-ridden. Say it like Josh Hart. Captain.

Next up, player number two. Hint, this is a Washington Wizard. 70-shot IQ. 50 strength, 55 perimeter D and an 84 3-pointer. Is Trey Johnson? Nope. Damn. Not weaker.

50 strength is terrible. 55 perimeter defense. Not guard nobody. Couldn't guard me. 55%. That's crazy. Couldn't guard Mo. 55 is insane.

Donovan, I give you buckets. This can't be Cedon McCollum. I think he's... Cedon McCollum as a hawk. Oh. I don't know.

When you made this, though, that's a thing. Tray-Yo. This is Tray-Young. 70 shot IQ is crazy. You just be chucking. You don't know what you're doing. You're pulling floaters when you should be hitting skip past.

You don't know what's going on. 84.3.0. That's actually the most damning thing I've seen about Tray Young in the last year. Two-K thinks your shot IQ is 70. 70? 70's nuts, bro. They're just barely passing. They're doing nothing, bro, doing everything.

That first thing that comes to his mind, he doesn't think. He's just out there. They said, stupid as hell. And you're weak. 55 per minute defense is hysterical. 55. That's crazy. It's like he doesn't, he might as well not be there.

He might as well be tied up his shoes. And that's why he's a Washington wizard at this moment. Next up 85 driving dunk 68 pass accuracy 60 non-perimeter defense 92 vertical hint Cleveland

this is for you What does this is Cleveland This is for you It means Okay so I'm going to take that As they were on the 2016 Caps

I agree So Someone has a 68 Pass accuracy 92 vertical Is this J.R. Smith This is not J.R. Smith I don't know

2016 JR said a 92 vertical I mean he'd still kind of get up there though Not he's like young JR though It was low 85 driving dunk 85 driving dunk is a lot He damn shouldn't have 85 driving dunk in 2016 I don't know who had that in 2016

Guy who can jump he can dunk Not the greatest defender not the worst Not the best passer not the worst This isn't It can't be baldy himself Who? Baldy it can't be Richard Jefferson This is Richard Jefferson

This is the bald Mamba You know that's all that one dunk that he did. Yeah, on Christmas Day. This is ridiculous. Yeah, that's crazy. He was not hoobin like this in 2016. You don't think he can hit 40 inches in 2016?

Oh, come on, man. No. Richard Jefferson, I challenge you to travel back 10 years in time and jump 40 inches in 2016. Yeah, no, that can't happen. That's not happening. Show me two clips of box jumps right now from 2016. I bet you you're falling over. Next up.

94 mid-range, 793, 95 perimeter D, 79. Passing vision, your hands, back to back to back. Back to back to back. Back to back. This is, well, actually, it can't be. At first I was thinking Jordan. But the mid-range would have been higher. Probably 99?

Yeah. Yeah. And was 793-pointer have been there in 1999? I think 78 is there. And anywhere from like 76 to 79, I can understand. Okay. For three-point. Back-to-back-to-back.

He probably has a higher passing vision in 79, though. Spoiler, it's about Jordan. Who the fuck is this? Back to back to back. Like me a lot of things. To back to back to back. 94 mid-range. Yeah.

The 95 perimeter D is crazy because it's like you legitimate. 95 perimeter D and 94 mid-range, I know you are one of the best players in the league. That's a very uncommon trait to have. Yes. Yeah. And then given the mid-passing vision, you are probably going to be more of a two guard than a wing than like a playmaking wing. But I think you're getting there.

I think you're putting it together. I don't know if you know it. This Kobe? This is Kobe. 2001 Kobe. Before he was, before he was better at some of the things. Okay. Makes sense.

Makes sense. Still an athlete, still peak defender. Yeah. Jordan archetype slightly worse. Yep. There you go. Hint is a big man. 96 mid range, 853, 90 block, 45 strength.

A new age big. 45 strength is nuts. By the way, Trey Young had a 50 strength. This is a new big. This is hilarious. 96 mid-range, though. 96 mid-range is nuts.

They saying this, nah, this can't be Wemby, no way. This is not Wembe. Chet. This is Shett-Hung-Ring. I know this is one of you

bird-chested bigs. Y'all are out here. 45-frame is ridiculous. Trey-Young having a higher strength than Chet-Hongrin is fucking funny. It really is, it's disrespect. What is the logic?

I don't know. I mean, looking at them, if they go ban for band and curls, I don't know who wins. Chet's frying him. I don't know if Chats fried anybody. Ooh,

man. Is Chet bench pressing 255? Hell. No. No. Hell no. Trey's not. Tray's not a better chance.

He's been insane for mid-range this year. His percentages are ridiculous. Yeah, that fairs. That checks out. Damn. And they lowered his block

from 93 to 90. Damn. You have been trying to as much? Yeah. Next one. Your hint is this is a power forward with a 62 block, 67 steel, 65 free throw, 74 passing vision. Don't do a lot, though.

What does he do? What does he do? What did you say? To dream on as of late. This is a dream on green. Oh my God. This is come on now. 62 steel, 67 block.

We're doing too much. The fall from grace is shocking. Not shocking, but sad. What does he do now? Can be beating people up. At this point, he's a bouncer. He didn't even do that no more for him. He's lost his edge.

Facts. His fist fell off. Yeah. Tough. Hate to see him go. I don't. Don't encourage him. Don't put the battery in his battery.

Oh, we get him going? They have to get into the top six. He can't get suspended. Oh, my gosh. Next up. 62 pass IQ. 78 ball handle, 873, 66, durability, 40 defensive consistency.

Oh, my God. All right. 40 defensive consistency. So 66 durability. He began to hurt. Famously. Passing his ass. Sometimes you're there.

Sometimes you're not. But you're a really good shooter. You guys are nailing this. 40% defense. 40 defensive consistency. 70. You have all the tools. What are you going to do with them?

Okay. You have all the ingredients. Oh, man. Will you get Michel and Star? See, I would say Darius Garland. but the ball handling and passes out. Yeah, hell no.

Hell no. It's the opposite of Darius, Garland. Yeah. But everything else is more fair. Not Jalen Johnson, but you're not

incredibly far off. Oh. Oh. You're not incredibly far off. We go on Paolo here. No, no, not Palo.

Damn sure don't have no 87 three-pointer. I thought it was boosted for a second. Nope, nope. Let me land. Let me lay.

No. If Hallow doesn't have a 66 durability, I don't think. He's a beefy guy. He's been out the last week. You're right. Maybe he deserves it. Durability 66

78 ball handle So like he can dribble a little bit But most people have over 80 ball handle Wait what's the hint on this one There's no hint You don't need one Don't need one You really don't

The pieces are all right Durability Defensive who are the worst defenders I'm baffled that you don't understand this With three point shot And durability alone And pass IQ Pass IQ man

A good shooter Can't pat So shooting is all he does There you go Keep all going Unravel that string. It's all he does and he do not be playing. Unravel that string.

Is Clay Thompson? No. Fuck. I'm shooting this. This is Michael Porter Jr. Famously injury prone. It's campered him his whole life. Camp pass, barely dribbles.

Shoot the hell of threes. Ah, yeah. To be fair, he probably should have hired an 87 three winner. He is hooper right now. He is. Yeah. Okay. Yeah, I should have got that one.

Damn. Unfortunate. That's stuff. your hint is the 2000s 98 midi 99 post fade 93 50 driving dunk damn oh my god it's teamac it is man not team back 50 driving dunk 50 is crazy and you said team that's true once again a ground balanced star 98 mid range 93 point shot there's only so many players like have 98 mid range and 99 post fade post fade is throwing me off a little bit it is it is it's That shit should be throwing you on.

That should be the nail in the coffin. The 2000s is just all I'm thinking about is Kobe. I'm thinking about, I'm thinking about Team Mac. I'm thinking about like the best two guards of the 2000s. It's not de-weighed. 93 points out. Yeah, 93.0. 93 points out.

Nuts. 50 driving dunk. This dude was a god. What's going on? This is the easiest one on this list. I will not lie. You should, you're going to feel bad. about yourself.

What? Old Michael Jordan. Hell no. Come on now. There's never a day in his life. Michael Jordan had a 93 point shot. What? Who is this?

Oh my God. Are you guys serious? I think we're selling. Are you serious? Are you fucking kidding me? We might be selling. This is 2011, Dirk. Are you joking?

99 post fade, 90, and can't dunk? Are you kidding me? We indeed sold. Neck yourself. This is like the hardest people were sold. And this is why he's seven feet. I never think about like his driving dunk being super low.

Until you watch him play. Hey, this says 2000s. This is 2011. It's the 2000s player. If I said 2011, it would have been too easy, I would have thought. So I said 2000s. That would have been like, oh, yeah. It's 2011.

Come on. No, don't even pull that shit. And I am. He had more good years. I mean, that is outside of the decade. Either way, it's dark, you play in 2000s. That's fair. You should have said 07, dirt.

pulled 11 next up block 99 3 point shot 80 hint you don't need a damn thing else Oh wimby Nice and simple

Yeah thing four shot is Up and down lately But 99 block There's only one person In league right now I was doing it You truly don't need anything else Nobody else in history

has a 99 block and 83 point shot I don't think Would come close No one There's really no other possible option Yeah

Best shot market It's not It's not A decent three point shooter Yeah it's not 53-pointer, 55 layup, 55 ball handle, 99 offensive rebound on 99 hustle. Mitchell Robinson. This is not mature Robinson.

55 layup is what kills me. You can't shoot dribble or hit layups. What do you do when you get the rebound then? Like, what are you doing outside of sweating a lot? Hustle. You run the other way real fast? Thanasis. Hell no.

You think that's a 99 attribute? I'm just giving 99 hustle. I'm giving them credit. This is Stephen Adams? Nah, lay it. Layup can be that bad. 55 layup is damning, bro. This is a basketball version of like

Crash Bandicoot. Yes, it is. Correct. That's exactly what this is. And who does that sound like? 99 offensive rebound. 99 offensive rebound is nuts shit, bro. I'm not going to lie, this is easy. Dennis Rodman? This is Dennis Rodman.

I was going to say Benwashed. From the classic team. This is 1996 Dennis Rodman. It could only be him. I don't know if anybody else has 99. rebound and hustle while also being terrible whatever things. That's insane, man. 55 layup is hysterical.

There's no way he was that bad. Oh, trust me. There's no six points per game. 55. He missed, though. He was just missing on purpose so he can get more rebounds. He's really like a 70, like a 72. Cap.

Come on, man. Hint, rookie 873, 92 midrange. 97 close shot, 84 layup. It's got to be con. Correct. I don't think there's anyone else. It's cognitive. 97 close shot is crazy

shout to the cracker these are kairi stats I mean yeah for real he's wildly efficient gets to a spot so effortlessly this is insane it's gone that he's the only one who's doing it like this yep

63 pointer 75 midi 98 vertical 98 driving dunk 90 post fade all right so this is a big 75 mid range I'm thinking I mean I think Hakeem's mid range

would have been a little bit higher than this He also. He also definitely is of a 98 driving dunk. Driving dunk. He was like running. I mean, if he runs, he could dunk. Not like that, though.

Not for a 98 driving dunk. See, this why I don't play. 98 vertical? Hell enough for a game. He'd be wilt. 98 vertical's nuts. Yeah, 98 vertical's crazy. 98.

You know, Janus, we've worked on this post game this year. Oh. Yeah, let's go Yonis. Incorrect. This is not Yonis. Yeah. At this point, Janus isn't having 98 vertical type of stats. You're not 90.

Can't be KD. This is so weird. Driving luck is nuts. Spoiler, you can't be too tall with too high of vertical. It kind of outweighs itself. Nobody that's seven feet is jumping 45 inches, you know? Fair.

This is weird, though, because they are so extremely athletic, good post fade. That's weird to see. But you're not good at the mid-range or the three. Can't do jump shots except for post-fades. That's what's throwing me off right now. This out. See, and he never had this kind of vertical,

but this is such a Sean Livingston kind of good. What? It's nuts. You can't walk in a jumpers, but you can post-fay it, and you're a stupid athlete that jumps out the gym. You can't play in the league today, bro. I don't think this is a current player. Correct.

So it's not a current player. This is... This is weird. It is weird. There's a caveat to this player. It's a specific year. Yeah. A specific version of this player.

That's why I feel so weird. It's not going to be the number one version you imagine. I need a hint. Your hint is rookie. rookie of Michael Jordan okay yep before he could jump shoot

98 vertical 98 driving dunk one of the best lepers of all time yeah I was never gonna get that yeah stuff both fade 90 mid rain 70 that just doesn't add up yeah it's crazy right okay the skills that you would think would translate

to one another damn okay but not for Ricky Michael Jordan