NBA 2K13 Player Ratings - Kobe - 93, Melo - 92, Rondo - 90

[Gatorfan Frank]

Quote: Originally Posted by djwax90

FINALLY Rondo gets the respect he deserves.

Agreed. It's been too long that Rondo was garbage in 2K. The problem is that the passing rating in 2K is pretty much useless. You could average 15+ assists just as easy with Pape Sy as you could with Rondo. And when 2K made the speed rating useless and straight-up layups the most difficult shot to make in in 2K12, it pretty much made Rondo nothing but a defensive specialist.

[fizzo]

Obviously these are overall ratings and they don't mean much, but I think Melo being a 92 isn't all that wrong. At least based on the second half of the season and previous seasons, if I had to rate him last January I'd say 80 is generous.

I'm hoping now that they've got a better system and a couple decent passing point guards, Melo can finally thrive all season long. He may or may not be the best scorer in the league, but there's no denying that he can consistently carry his team to victories, especially in fourth quarters, and that's not something that a lot of guys can do, and I think is what earns him his high rating.

Yeah, he takes bad shots, yeah he could probably score more efficiently if he took it to them rim more, but I'd still take Melo shooting that fadeaway jumper over two guys rather than him passing it to JR or baron or wide open landry fields. That being said, I think Melo proved to be pretty good passer last season, even though his apg numbers don't really back that up. I think given the chance he could even play the point forward role effectively.

He also played pretty hard defensively under woodson, and he's always been a decent 1on1 defender, it's just that the effort has never really been there, but there's no rating for that in 2k to bring his overall down.

[bxphenom7]

Quote: Originally Posted by sword1986

There is some truth to that matter, the fans do have some sort of say in the ratings. Look at JEREMY LIN last year. Fans were baffled by new 69 rating. 2K rated him properly and his overall came out to a 69 ... but no, the overall was too low, so they catered the Knicks fans big time by making him a 76.

I believe Lin's rating went up simply since he was playing better than expected. It's as simple as that. You can't say that's not true.

[kmiree16]

Quote: Originally Posted by chandlerbang

ratings are important man. Playing offline association is just one mode compared to the multiple modes for online gaming. Ratings need to be as correct as possible. I understand the bias of this group but gotta consider the entire game instead of 5% of it

That's why I said I can't empathize with online ranked guys because I don't play that. That's why it's not that big a deal to me specifically.

But the issue should be with how certain attributes affect OVR and how they affect gameplay rather than the OVR itself. Just because a guy has a high OVR doesn't mean people are going to dominate with him if 2K addresses other parts of the game. If gameplay is tight, a high OVR doesn't mean everything.

[unknowndevil]

I really don't see any wrong with the rating system for Kobe (I don't really care about others because I'm not knowledge enough to say others without really watching their game).
Kobe's overall should still be above 90, as his off/def awareness is still top in the league (and those two attributes do most at 2k rating system)

and just saying, overall doesn't mean everything in 2k rating system.

[RedSceptile]

It's been proven by many roster makers that the overall ratings don't mean jack diddly. Take someone like say Chris Paul, move him to SG and watch his overall jump by 3-4 points. Each position has a different rating scale that values certain attributes higher (Dirk for example his 3 point shooting doesn't value much as a 4 but make him a 3 and watch his overall jump 4 points or so).

It's the nature of the beast.

[djwax90]

Quote: Originally Posted by stillfeelme

Rondo current 2K12 living roster 86 2K13 90. That is a huge jump so they must have bumped up his shooting from his playoff play or tweaked what the ratings mean. I hope they don't have Rondo making crazy amounts of jumpers because of what he did in the playoffs. I mean the rest of his attributes are maxed out for passing, and defense.

You do realize it's possible to be rated 90 and even higher while also having 25 MID and 25 3PT, right?

[Can I live]

Quote: Originally Posted by SteboSSK

You know this is pretty much untrue right? You know plenty of advance stats put KD and Lebron above him and on par with a 17 year vet Kobe right? Hmmmm ok...

so what ? Melo can score any kind of way he wants on any defender