An In-Depth Look at the Changes to the NBA 2K16 Ratings System

[SaruAqua]

Quote: Originally Posted by jeebs9

Hahaha Thank god it's your opinion. LeBron James just carried his team to the finals. And he balled or of his mind. And your saying KD who didn't make the playoffs, was injured for most of the season and finally hasn't won the big one yet. I don't think they should be tied.

You must of missed the part where I said "healthy" + I should've been more clear. IMO, KD has been better than LBJ since the 2013-14 season. Any version of LeBron beforehand is definitely better.


"LeBron James just carried his team to the Finals"
- and so? He plays in the ****ty East and still lost in the Finals. Before you bring up his stats, his rebounding/playmaking #'s were inflated due to his horrible defense and horrible shooting (39%FG vs single coverage and 28%FG outside of five feet, LMFAOO). Prime Kobe/Wade/Duncan/Durant could've led that team to the Finals, too. Aside of Duncan, I doubt anyone else would've won but taking that team to the Finals is not impressive.


Try it in the West and I'll be impressed.

[SaruAqua]

Quote: Originally Posted by ai2k2

Must mean LeBron is the highest rated in the current NBA with a 94 overall or something to that effect. I can't wait to see Wade's rating. I'm guessing around 85. His numbers were really good at 33.

Me too. Aside of 20 missed games on an injury-riddled inconsistent Heat team, he was great for his age. First player at 33 to put up his stats since Bird in '90.


Sans injuries, the Heat will be a force this upcoming season.

[jeebs9]

Quote: Originally Posted by SaruAqua

You must of missed the part where I said "healthy" + I should've been more clear. IMO, KD has been better than LBJ since the 2013-14 season. Any version of LeBron beforehand is definitely better. "LeBron James just carried his team to the Finals" - and so? He plays in the ****ty East and still lost in the Finals. Before you bring up his stats, his rebounding/playmaking #'s were due to his horrible defense and horrible shooting (39%FG vs single coverage and 28%FG outside to five feet, LMFAOO). Prime Kobe/Wade/Duncan/Durant could've led that team to the Finals, too. Aside of Duncan, I doubt anyone else would've won but taking that team to the Finals is not impressive. Try it in the West and I'll be impressed.

People want to make the West so powerful. Stop your fantasy of LeBron going West. It's never going to happen. Stop bringing up a guy name that didn't play a full season.

[Wildcats302]

Quote: Originally Posted by jeebs9

People want to make the West so powerful. Stop your fantasy of LeBron going West. It's never going to happen. Stop bringing up a guy name that didn't play a full season.

That's because it is. The WC is vastly superior to the east and has been since the 1998-1999 season overall. Last year I'd say at least 6/8 WC teams would have cakewalked to the NBA finals if you had traded out Cleveland for one of them. I'm also extremely confident that zero EC teams would have made the NBA finals out of the west last year.

But you are right...they are never going to do the right thing and seed the playoffs 1-16 to balance this out so there is more of a chance of the two best teams being in the finals each year. Now having said that, I feel a healthy Cleveland will be one of the two best teams (on paper) for the next 3-5 years so as long as Cleveland keeps winning the east I suppose it will work itself out.

[ThaLiveKing]

Quote: Originally Posted by 2_headedmonster

Huh....higher than 100?

Why not? Either that or they have to rate players much lower. Like I said I see what they're trying to do, Hopefully the way they're doing it erases some of the cheese that the CPU does in the 4th quarter. That's one area I'm concerned about

[QNo]

Quote: Originally Posted by Sundown

Curry may be better than Kerr at standing 3's. Kerr had an inflated percentage due to two years with a shortened three point line.

That's another thing that I hope will be corrected with these changes - this year, the 96 MJ has a 90 standing and 87 moving 3. Jordan never shot that well from the deep 3-point line, even Pippen has an 87 3. Those ratings should be corrected as it's pretty ridiculous.

[32domo]

2k has blessed us finally now hopefully all these youtube channels of cheese will crash cant wait to see the ratings now i can play to the strength of players and not just running around trying to block a contested shot and it goes in thank you 2k you really made my day!

[SaruAqua]

Quote: Originally Posted by jeebs9

People want to make the West so powerful. Stop your fantasy of LeBron going West. It's never going to happen. Stop bringing up a guy name that didn't play a full season.

Way to sway the debate. You didn't even refute any of my points and since you seem to be hellbent on injuries, here's a short list of superstars that shouldn't be mentioned because they didn't play a full season by your 'standards':


- '86 Jordan
- '96 Shaq
- '02 Iverson
- '04 Kobe
- '07 Wade
- '14 Westbrook


Aside of MJ who was just a sophomore, everyone else HAD A CASE for the best player at their time:


Shaq - came off a 26/11/57% postseason run while leading Orlando to the Finals the previous year
A.I.- came off a 31/4/5/42% MVP season while leading Philly to the Finals the previous year
Kobe - came off a 30/7/6/45% legendary season (9 straight w/ 40+ points) the previous year
Wade - came off a 28/6/6/49% postseason run and GOAT-tier Finals performance (35/8/4/47%, 39 ppg on 51% in last 4 games) with the championship the previous year
Westbrook - had a 27/7/8/42% postseason run in which he matched KD and quite possibly performed better than everyone in the '14 P/O


... but since all of these guys were injured like KD a year after their great play, it doesn't count since they "didn't play a full season".