It’s been a big trend in the games industry for a while now and sports games have proven to be no exception: Everyone wants to include more and more RPG mechanics in their titles and the upcoming NBA 2K25 is wholly subscribing to this development in its MyGM mode. As usual, this single-player mode will put you into the driving seat of an NBA franchise as its General Manager, overseeing all its affairs. In this year’s iteration of the game, your GM can be customized a lot more than previously thanks to the addition of backstories and perk trees, which both enhance the amount of role-playing you can engage in. When creating your GM, you’ll be able to pick from a variety of backgrounds. Like in any good RPG, that backstory will determine your initial attributes and boosts you can provide to your franchise, which in turn will softly steer you into a certain playstyle. Such backgrounds come in many shapes and sizes: You can be an ex-player transitioning into the office job, a ruthless capitalist only out to maxim