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NBA 2K14: Can Offense Win You a Championship?

12:54 PM - March 13, 2014 by RaychelSnr

Last time we proved that defense alone isn’t enough to win a championship in NBA 2K14, but many of you asked if a team full of shooters would do the trick.

It’s time to find out!

I simulated one 82-game season with some of the game’s best shooters on the same team without any concerns from a defensive standpoint. Now, of course there’s going to be a big advantage if I have Kevin Durant, Carmelo Anthony and Kevin Love all on the same squad, so I had to put in limitations. When I was looking at defense, no player on the roster could be above a 79 overall. This was done for the same reasons above. Since offense is weighed more heavily in 2K’s rating system—as in the better at shooting you are, the higher you’re rated, where that’s not necessarily the case with defense—I made sure that nobody was above an 82 overall.

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# 1 chi_hawks @ 03/13/14 02:18 PM

EDIT: NM. Just looked at the defensive oriented team results. Cool stuff.

# 2 RaychelSnr @ 03/13/14 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by chi_hawks


	Pretty interesting simulation results. Would be interesting to see what happens if you did the same for a defense heavy team.

Check the link at the beginning of the article, we've already done one

# 3 ranger91 @ 03/13/14 02:22 PM

Good to see the game simulating as you would expect. This doesn't do much to indicate whether it's better to build a defensive-minded team or an offensive-minded team. It does prove that having a team without anyone over 80 OVR doesn't win championships.

# 4 chi_hawks @ 03/13/14 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by MMChrisS


	Check the link at the beginning of the article, we've already done one

Oops - completely missed that. Both teams (defense and offense) really underperformed. I figured the defense team could mustard a 45 win season, especially in the east.

# 5 johnlnames @ 03/13/14 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by SoAwesome


	What does this prove? You can't win championship with offensive players, no star players and no defense? I think anyone with brain knows this already man.

He must be new to basketball. Probably the most pointless article ever posted

# 6 Birdman18 @ 03/13/14 07:53 PM

I wonder how much would change if you added say Durant or Love with this cast of shooters

# 7 TeamBuilder @ 03/14/14 01:51 AM

Ouch. No wonder the simulation record was terrible. This might be the worst rebounding team I have ever seen. I recommend you try this idea with the Timberwolves and a team of:

PG - Steve Nash
SG - Ben Gordon
SF - Kevin Martin
PF - Kevin Love
C - Nikola Pekovic
Bench - fill it in with the scrubs you have listed above.

This is a team of balanced offensive players and they at least stand a chance on the boards.

# 8 evanreyes @ 03/15/14 08:59 PM

In real life Thompson is a great defender.

# 9 jaateloauto @ 03/18/14 10:56 PM

The title should have been "can jump shooters win you a championship". Offense is more than 3pt shots. Nobody on this team can attack the basket or post up. Or rebound.

# 10 bobeureally27 @ 03/21/14 05:41 AM

I agree wholeheartedly. Jump shooters, believe it or not, have a small impact on the game because they more than likely either struggle with rebounding or defense or both.

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