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NBA 2K9: Five Teams You Should Expect Online

02:59 PM - September 2, 2008 by RaychelSnr

Every year with every game release there are certain teams gamers favor when they hop online. Sometimes gamers throw aside team allegiances in favor of taking the team that will give them the best chance of winning (ie the best rated teams in the game). Richard Chavez checks in today with a look at five teams you should expect to see online a lot this year in NBA 2K9.

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	"I know what you are saying. Miami won 15 games last season and they should be nowhere near this list because of that fact. However, this was a team who to sent Chris Quinn and Earl Barron out on the court last April. It seems everyone has written off Dwyane Wade as injury prone even though I�d say he is healthy after he effectively appeared at Beijing and won gold for the United States."

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# 41 Nodima @ 09/03/08 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by BlackRome


	Looks like none of those teams will be a match for my Blazers. Don't sleep on the Sonics.Durant is like Magic Johnson against the Sixers in 1980. . He can play every position. I start Durant at the PG for the First half. then center for the second. LANGXII I was ranked in the top 20 playing exclusively with those two teams.

hahaha I'd love to see Durant at C in a real game. good plot though, I used to put Gay at PF back when I was a schemer and hated Darko (his D is sort of reliable though).

my top 3 teams:

Grizzlies
Hornets
Nuggets

I couldn't really use the Grizz after the Pau trade, not if Kwame Brown's good enough to be on a 7-8 man rotation. Will def. try out Marc though. Hornets will probably be my top team, I love Paul's passing game and Julian Wright's effort, I hope he keeps it up in 2K9. Nuggets are pretty much dead to me unless the other guy wants to be the Warriors or Wizards or something.

# 42 DC @ 09/03/08 12:13 PM

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	I start Durant at the PG for the First half. then center for the second.

Thats sad......

# 43 burnshroom @ 09/03/08 02:39 PM

Does this guy even get online to play.

3 things guys love to use online to play:

a team with good 3 point shooters
a team that can dunk it inside
a good one on one player

The 76ers got Brand and Iguodala and Louise Williams ratings are bound to go up.

The Warriors are bound to be better with Ellis' FG rating sky high (shot over 50% from the field last year).

The Hawks are still a dunking squad with JSmith and Joe Johnson and Mike Bibby.

With all that said the top teams I see in online play at least in 2k9:

Suns (Stat inside / Nash and Barbosa outside)
Rockets (TMac to the rack all day --)
Cavs (LBJ inside Mo Williams outside)
Lakers (Kobe is still unstoppable)
Celtics (There the champs -- were already good in 2k8 now will be unstoppable)

# 44 rodizell @ 09/03/08 05:10 PM

It looks as though we have a short yellow bus load of mentally ******** kats on here, with no idea what sports and online play is about, it's probably the same kats that are 50% DNF's on Madden 09, and are 60% feedback on 2K, I guarantee if you put my % of people liking to play a Sim competitive Kat like myself, in a lobby with you cowards, you they won't even look at you they'll look at your percentages and then look past you, cuz if you don't know that people online don't like playing folks with horrible feedback and DNF percentages, you have got to be weak as hell!!!!

# 45 OSUFan_88 @ 09/03/08 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by rodizell


	It looks as though we have a short yellow bus load of mentally ******** kats on here, with no idea what sports and online play is about, it's probably the same kats that are 50% DNF's on Madden 09, and are 60% feedback on 2K, I guarantee if you put my % of people liking to play a Sim competitive Kat like myself, in a lobby with you cowards, you they won't even look at you they'll look at your percentages and then look past you, cuz if you don't know that people online don't like playing folks with horrible feedback and DNF percentages, you have got to be weak as hell!!!!

Holy crap.

That's one sentence. Kat.

# 46 DC @ 09/03/08 05:12 PM

@ Bringing up Madden DNF %

# 47 rodizell @ 09/03/08 05:47 PM

Ok R U going to finish your post Da Crappy All American?

# 48 rodizell @ 09/03/08 05:50 PM

And the guy above your post OH Shut Up Fan, please do what your name says and get back to NBA 2K9 Bastard.

# 49 GSW @ 09/03/08 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Bornindamecca


	I'd still expect Denver or Phoenix before Miami.

beastly

miami > phoenix

# 50 DC @ 09/03/08 07:42 PM

Phoenix > GSW

# 51 eDotd @ 09/03/08 08:05 PM

Miami > OS.

# 52 splanch @ 09/03/08 09:12 PM

wow rockets are gona be beast

# 53 ProfessaPackMan @ 09/03/08 10:27 PM

Aye that rodizell guy is one funny dude man. Laugh Out Loud.

# 54 burnshroom @ 09/03/08 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by ProfessaPackMan


	Aye that rodizell guy is one funny dude man. Laugh Out Loud.

Don't feed the bears -- especially the ignorant ones.

# 55 GSW @ 09/03/08 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by MomentousCeltic


	Miami > OS.

im sayin tho

# 56 ProfessaPackMan @ 09/03/08 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by burnshroom


	Don't feed the bears -- especially the ignorant ones.

I was being sarcastic.

# 57 OSUFan_88 @ 09/03/08 11:34 PM

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Originally Posted by rodizell


	And the guy above your post OH Shut Up Fan, please do what your name says and get back to NBA 2K9 Bastard.

Funny.

# 58 DC @ 09/04/08 12:24 AM

LeBronze > Rodizell

# 59 The Lob Mob @ 09/04/08 01:28 PM

top cheese teams:
(In no particular order)
Cleveland
Phoenix
Lakers
Nets
Mavs

# 60 DC @ 09/04/08 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by rodizell


	And the guy above your post OH Shut Up Fan, please do what your name says and get back to NBA 2K9 Bastard.

Post of the year

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