NBA 2K14: Can Defense Win You A Championship?

[jayman504]

Simply put NO...defence isn't a part of 2k14's vocab

[ilvpoon]

You had no point guard on the team. The centers you considered good defensively are not that good defensively. It takes more than blocks and steals to be a good defender. This article is fail.

[GAMEC0CK2002]

Interesting experiment, but somewhat flawed. When somebody says "defense wins championships" that doesn't literally mean a team full of defensive specialists will win a championship....it's saying of the elite teams the most defensive minded will probably win a championship. You still have to be able to score.

[Durdur752]

I love the idea but I feel that your conclusion is off. Defense does win championships but that doesn't mean that having a squad of players who can't score is going to win. The Pacers are considered to be the best defensive team but they still have players who can put up points (Paul George, David West, Roy Hibbert, Danny Granger, and even Lance Stephenson). When someone says that defense wins championships, they mean that when it comes down to it (after having leaders, scorers, and great role players), you need to stop the opposing team.

[Jarbeez]

So they match up against the Heat who also have a decently rated defense, but a far superior offense. How about a match up of a team of high rated offensive/low defensive players against this team?

Defense alone will not win you a championship if you are going up against another team that is very good on both sides of the ball.

Good read and experiment, but you need some offense to take advanatage of the good defense.

[malky]

Well I have not played 2k14, still rocking 2k13.... but since 2k10, if you want to win and be a monster in 2K, your team needs big time rebounders, it's hard to lose in this game if you outrebound your opponent. Just what I've noticed in the last few nba 2ks.

[Rockie_Fresh88]

I did a similar thing but with better defenders and scorers. Still held opponents to a whopping 97 ppg.

I watched a few games CPU vs CPU and defense didn't make a bit of difference.

[TeamBuilder]

Zac Arthur,

I get what you're doing with this article, but playing Avery Bradley and Courtney Lee as point guards just doesn't make sense if you plan to simulate the games.

Your logic that Bradley can play point because he is 6'2" and Lee offers a "height advantage" makes sense if YOU play the games, but neither player has point guard attributes (passing, offensive awareness, etc) that make them good for SIMULATION purposes.

Try running the simulation with actual point guards who play defense: Kyle Lowry, Rajon Rondo, Mike Conley, Kirk Hinrich