2K Sports announced yesterday that Kevin Durant will be 1 of 4 current NBA players with an overall rating above 90, in their new rating system. He will have an overall 95 rating.
LeBron and Durant are obvious. I'd love Anthony Davis to be in the 90s, but like an 85 or 88 would be more likely, and they'll update it...somewhere around the All-Star break. Heh.
Harden? You must be kidding. Dude plays NO Defense!
A hobbled old kobe got a better shot at being a 90 again than hardens allergic to any form of defense ***. The day he's a 90 is a sad day for the level of talent in the NBA
1. 97 LeBron best all around player no need to go into details here
2. 95 Durant, Second best player best scorer in the league
3. 92 CP3 League leader in steals per game and assist per game with way less turnovers than Curry, Westbrook. Probably the best pick and roll ball handler
4. 91 Melo most versatile scorer in the league, post, transition, iso and played PF for much of last season.
On the cusps high 88-89 or so
Curry: Elite best shooter in the league off the dribble spot up, transition, good passer but his defense is below average and he turns the ball over at a high clip. Not that great at finishing at the rim.
Westbrook: Elite athlete best finisher of all the pg's, elite speed, good defense turns the ball over a ton is streaky shooter and average at best jumper.
Blake: Dunks, passing ability and post game, improved jumper somewhat but still below average at anything outside of the paint. Average post defender and not a great rim protector/help defender
Dwight: Average postgame, great athlete, good rim protector, poor FT shooter or anything outside of the paint.
Love reading the feedback, and predictions on who the other three 90+ players will be. I'm very excited as we start to release ratings to see the hard work put in to make the out of the box rosters better than ever for you guys. As Ronnie and Chris touched on with the live stream yesterday, I really wanted to put an emphasis on having players really "earn" their 2K rating and have a little bit of separation between great players, and that top tier of stars in the NBA.
More ratings will be released in the upcoming days in a couple of ways. As players tweet Ronnie, Chris, and the NBA2K handle their rating will be released. Also as more followers are gained by the NBA 2K handle, massive amounts of player ratings will be released, starting with the bottom up until we eventually the top 5 from each position are revealed.
I'll be dropping in to hear feedback throughout the process. Let the fun begin!
LeBron, CP3 and either Kevin Love or Blake Griffin. I would say Rose but you can't rate him a 90+ with all the injuries. He hasn't played an NBA season in a couple years.