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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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# 61 BOSsTOwN @ 09/04/08 03:09 PM

still running with my Celts

2. rockets
3.lakers
suns
heat

# 62 spursfan @ 09/04/08 03:14 PM

Man the best teams in rel life don't matter. Most ppl will use these teams
Lakers
Suns
Rockets
Celtics
Caveilers
I'll have to wait to see what team I'll use. Depends on how well the new lockdown defense works. Last year I liked the nuggets and magic. I'm still probaly run with the nuggets, even though they play no d and camby's gone.

# 63 Real2KInsider @ 09/05/08 08:23 AM

I didn't bother to read the article but from what I saw the guy was dead wrong.

1. Lakers
2. Rockets
3. Suns
4. Cavaliers
5. Mavericks

That's the 2k8 top 5 and it's not going to change.

6-10 might change, but def not 1-5.

6. Raptors (Bosh, Jermaine, 3pt shooters)
7. Magic (Howard, shooters)
8. Pistons (Still the same team, watch Stuckey be overrated)
9. Nuggets (No Camby but they still have Iverson/Melo/Smith)
10. Sixers (Brand, improved young players mean you can win without Iguodala cheese)

Next 10 in no order

Blazers (Oden, hopefully improved Roy and Aldridge, their young players)

Heat lost Ricky and J-Will to the Clippers. Doesn't matter how good the frontline and Wade might be, nobody is gonna want to use the non-Wade guards. Expect to see a lot of Marion at SG this year.

Celtics would get used more if Rondo weren't badly underrated. Posey, Cassell, and Brown will be gone too.

Hornets have no dunkers are are only used by reach abusers. They'll get used more with Posey replacing Peterson.

Jazz are still percieved as slow/boring team and don't have much defense up front (only dunker is Brewer too).

Spurs are like the Pistons except far less popular, despite being better.

Clippers will take Warriors place as the #1 used mediocre team.

Warriors will still be used since Monta will probably get a huge boost and they still have athletic fastbreak team.

Wizards will be back now that Arenas is healthy

Hawks still have the Josh Smith cheese going for them. Losing Childress won't bother anybody if they improved Marvin Williams.

Bottom 10
Bulls (only team in bottom 10 that will see regular use - they might lose Ben Gordon for nothing which gives them a very mediocre offensive backcourt (Rose, Hinrich, Hughes, Thabo).

Bobcats (no fans, they do have dunkers, which is only reason they ever see use)
Knicks (only used by NY fans, probably wont get used at all if they trade Randolph for Darko and Jaric - the current rumor)
Bucks (team has no fans, stars have no fans, who picks a team to use Richard Jefferson when you can pick Sixers?)
Nets (no Kidd/RJ)
Thunder (only got Durant and Sonics fans probably ain't pickin them)
Grizzlies (No Mike Miller, no Navarro, might replace Darko with Zach Randolph which I guess makes them almost usable)
Lakers (Just making sure you're still paying attention)
T'Wolves (Still a terrible offensive team, at least they have Mike Miller this year)
Pacers (Just traded Jermaine for a slight upgrade over Tinsley)
Kings (Nobody picked them BEFORE they just gave up Artest for nothing. Rememeber when they were #1 in 2k4?)

# 64 HeavenlyTouch @ 09/06/08 07:58 PM

He completely forgot about Philli and the Raptors..

Who's not going to want to use Jamario Moon's dunks, with CB4 and JO on the inside .. as well as calderon's shooting and kapono..

Philli will be my personal favorite to use this year.. are you kidding me? .. just look at this lineup.. http://www.nba.com/sixers/roster/

and last but not least, the trailblazers.

You want to tell me using Greg Oden, Brandon Roy, Rudy Fernandez, Jerryd Bayless, Lamarcus Aldridge, and Travis Outlaw isn't going to be more fun than New Orleans and Miami?

all 3 teams I listed here will be more often used than Miami

# 65 fluent2332 @ 09/07/08 01:25 AM

I'm sure Philly will have some bandwagon jumpers soon, which sucks because I'm pretty sure I was one of the only people who played with them on 2k8. But I'm also sure that the Cavs/Lakers/Rockets will still be the top 3 teams used.

# 66 thesniper321 @ 09/15/08 05:00 PM

don't undestimate the nuggets

# 67 Po Pimp @ 09/15/08 05:40 PM

The Bulls will get picked online. Maybe not as much as LA or Cleveland, or Houston, but they will be top 10. Reason why? Rose.

Now this all depends on what type of rating they gave him, but if you compare him to players from last year's game, Rose should have atleast a 95 speed, 84 dunk rating, and maybe an 88-90 handles. For the cheesers, those are the only ratings that matter...those are the only ratings they need. I just don't see why the top pick in the draft in one of the most popular cities/teams in the world wouldn't get a look. Plus I forecast the Rose to Thomas oops all day.

# 68 bateman11 @ 09/15/08 05:43 PM

Lakers are my favorite team, but I doubt I will use them very often. Reason being everyone else always gets them. Not because they like them, but because they are the best. Gayness.

# 69 JWiLL02 @ 09/15/08 11:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fluent2332


	I'm sure Philly will have some bandwagon jumpers soon, which sucks because I'm pretty sure I was one of the only people who played with them on 2k8. But I'm also sure that the Cavs/Lakers/Rockets will still be the top 3 teams used.

I ran my line up of

Lou Williams
Iggy
Carney
Thaddeus
Dalembert/J Smith

for a good 150 games! Carney and Young were the best 70 rated players in the game. They scored like they were rated in the 90s. Lou Williams was a beast after the last roster update, and Iggy's steal rating went from 85 to 91 for some reason. I loved that team.

You're right it'll be disappointing seeing all the bandwagon jumpers. Young's 3 Pt rating is going to take a huge hit though. Probably down to the low 70s.

The Raptors have arguably the largest fanbase on the internet, and probably one of the largest on 2k8, but the team wasn't good enough for them to use consistently.

With the addition of JO and the fact that Calderon and Parker will be rated in the high 80s for 3, with Kapono being a low 90, you should more consistent use of them. Moon will probably be far too effective offensively aswell, and he'll probably be ridiculous on defense.

# 70 CallMeDrop @ 09/16/08 09:13 AM

1.Rockets
2.Celtics
3.Lakers
4.Suns
5.Cavs

I expect these teams...but if you pick the Cavs expect to take a lot of L's this year. Especially playing against any of these teams I listed above them.

# 71 geowalla @ 09/23/08 12:21 AM

I would put portland in there just too many good players there stacked

# 72 steve baker @ 09/29/08 01:24 PM

5 top teams to play with

cleveland
lakers
nuggets
mavs
pistons

# 73 notque @ 09/29/08 04:02 PM

I play as the Pacers, so you should expect them if you play me

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