{"id":275954,"date":"2024-07-30T09:16:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T16:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ballislife.com\/?p=275954"},"modified":"2024-07-29T20:22:42","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T03:22:42","slug":"nick-gartrelle-uncovering-the-secrets-of-success-in-the-nba-2k-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ballislife.com\/nick-gartrelle-uncovering-the-secrets-of-success-in-the-nba-2k-league\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Gartrelle: Uncovering the Secrets of Success in the NBA 2K League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm\/?e=BIL8455086188\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">We chat with Nick Gartrelle, the Head Coach, General Manager, and mastermind behind the Raptors Uprising GC in the NBA 2K League. 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We explore the inner workings of the NBA 2K League, the future of esports, and how traditional sports are merging with video games.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nick Gartrelle: Uncovering the Secrets of Success in the NBA 2K League\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vfhchJX1ocY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Hoopsology is presented by Ballislife.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Twitter:<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hoopsologypod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\">@hoopsologypod<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Instagram:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/hoopsologypod\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\">@hoopsologypod<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Justin's Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JGHoopsology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\">@JGHoopsology<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Matt's Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thetrainerstake\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\">@thetrainerstake<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We chat with Nick Gartrelle, the Head Coach, General Manager, and mastermind behind the Raptors Uprising GC in&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":95,"featured_media":275955,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8316,46963,13565],"tags":[],"featured":[],"class_list":["post-275954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","category-hoopsology","category-podcast"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - 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