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NBA 2K16 Adds '04-'05 Phoenix Suns & '05-'06 Miami Heat to List of Classic Teams

03:23 PM - September 2, 2015 by Steve_OS

2K Sports has just announced, on the GameStop Twitch livestream, they have added the '04-'05 Phoenix Suns and '05-'06 Miami Heat to the list of classic teams in NBA 2K16.

There will be 12 new classic teams added this year, 10 of them have now been confirmed.

Here is the list of confirmed classic teams so far:

'04-'05 Phoenix Suns
'05-'06 Miami Heat
'12-'13 Miami Heat
'03-'04 Detroit Pistons
'07-'08 Houston Rockets
'99-'00 Toronto Raptors
'07-08 Boston Celtics
'00-'01 Los Angeles Lakers
'02-'03 Dallas Mavericks
'99-'00 Portland Trail Blazers

The last two teams will be revealed next Thursday.

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# 181 SaruAqua @ 09/03/15 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by ZB9


	As far as the Golden State series, in the western conference teams dont get the luxury of getting a cake opponent in the first round like they do in the weak east. Those Warriors won 50 games and had Dirk's old coach. It was the worst match up possible for Dallas but i wouldn't change anything about that either because it might have taken that series also for 2011 to happen.

I already previously mentioned that Golden State was a bad matchup for Dallas. They always have been. I still remember Dirk dropping 50+ against them in '06, yet they lost because of a Jason Richardson spinning game winning 3. My problem was never GS being a tough opponent for Dallas. They actually finished the '07 season winning 16 of their last 20 games. My problem was the fact that the 67 win Mavs got beat in the 1st round and got pummelled in the 25 point rout in game 6 with the MVP (Dirk) going 2-13, shooting 38% for the entire series, and getting outplayed by Josh Howard and Jason Terry (debatable) let alone Stephen 'Captain Jack' Jackson.

Edit: actually mentioned how good GS was to another user, my bad.

# 182 SaruAqua @ 09/03/15 07:39 PM

I'm actually surprised that 90% of you guys are sleeping on the late 00's B2B champion Lakers. Phil Jackson, Kobe, Gasol, Fish, Bynum, Ariza and/or Artest (depending on year), Odom, Brown, Farmar, Powell and Vujacic. As much as I hated that team (love Kobe, though), they along with the '05/'07 Spurs deserve to be in the game. Still can't get over how OP they were from 2K9-2K12, ESPECIALLY 2K11 (nikkas were godlike).

# 183 Infamous Minded @ 09/03/15 07:44 PM

That's Suns Team Was Stacked. Nash, J. Johnson, Q-Rich, The Matrix, Stoudemire & Barbosa.

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# 184 LeBronistheKing @ 09/03/15 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by ZB9


	good points but the Duncan/Manu/Parker Spurs should have a classic team represented before Lebron has a third team represented...

Agreed in fact I feel like the next Western Conference team revealed should be one of the past Spurs champion teams, maybe even the 2007 team. I feel like the Eastern Conference team should be a LeBron team and since there are already two classic Heat teams represented, that leaves one of the Cavaliers teams. The 2007 team was the most accomplished (Eastern Conference champions) but the 2009 Cavaliers team was the best team in the first LeBron Cavaliers era. The Lakers are more than fairly represented in the game so that is why I say the west team should be a Spurs team and the East team a LeBron Cavaliers team.

# 185 ZB9 @ 09/03/15 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by LeBronistheKing


	Agreed in fact I feel like the next Western Conference team revealed should be one of the past Spurs champion teams, maybe even the 2007 team. I feel like the Eastern Conference team should be a LeBron team and since there are already two classic Heat teams represented, that leaves one of the Cavaliers teams. The 2007 team was the most accomplished (Eastern Conference champions) but the 2009 Cavaliers team was the best team in the first LeBron Cavaliers era. The Lakers are more than fairly represented in the game so that is why I say the west team should be a Spurs team and the East team a LeBron Cavaliers team.

That would be cool. How many teams are left to be revealed?

# 186 ZB9 @ 09/03/15 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by SaruAqua


	I already previously mentioned that Golden State was a bad matchup for Dallas. They always have been. I still remember Dirk dropping 50+ against them in '06, yet they lost because of a Jason Richardson spinning game winning 3. My problem was never GS being a tough opponent for Dallas. They actually finished the '07 season winning 16 of their last 20 games. My problem was the fact that the 67 win Mavs got beat in the 1st round and got pummelled in the 25 point rout in game 6 with the MVP (Dirk) going 2-13, shooting 38% for the entire series, and getting outplayed by Josh Howard and Jason Terry (debatable) let alone Stephen 'Captain Jack' Jackson. Edit: actually mentioned how good GS was to another user, my bad.

Yea that was a brutal first round match up, something that eastern top seeds know nothing about. That was a bad series for Dirk but you can find a bad series for every top player.

# 187 georgiafan @ 09/03/15 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by ZB9


	That would be cool. How many teams are left to be revealed?

Two teams left

# 188 BA2929 @ 09/03/15 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by CookNBA03


	If Wayne Simien isn't on the Heat's '06 roster, I'm not buying.

Ask him on Twitter. Wayne's a really nice guy and would probably answer you if he's actually in the game.

https://twitter.com/waynesimien

# 189 midwestking100 @ 09/03/15 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by SaruAqua


	I'm actually surprised that 90% of you guys are sleeping on the late 00's B2B champion Lakers. Phil Jackson, Kobe, Gasol, Fish, Bynum, Ariza and/or Artest (depending on year), Odom, Brown, Farmar, Powell and Vujacic. As much as I hated that team (love Kobe, though), they along with the '05/'07 Spurs deserve to be in the game. Still can't get over how OP they were from 2K9-2K12, ESPECIALLY 2K11 (nikkas were godlike).

Personally i prefer the 09 lakers than the 10 lakers. Not only did the 09 lakers win 65 games during the season but they were more tougher during the playoffs. Third best lakers squad of that decade.

# 190 CookNBA03 @ 09/03/15 08:32 PM

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Originally Posted by BA2929


	Ask him on Twitter. Wayne's a really nice guy and would probably answer you if he's actually in the game. https://twitter.com/waynesimien

I was joking but I don't have a Twitter.

# 191 CookNBA03 @ 09/03/15 09:45 PM

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Originally Posted by VDusen04


	Sidenote, remember when Joe Johnson taught us all once again why trying to dunk with two-hands and hang can be risky business when taking off of one foot, joining the likes of Andrew Bogut, Vladimir Radmonovic, and Jackson Vroman as illustrative perils of such strategy? Take notes, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5F75fvHshM

It's more of where you take off from, did it in practice and fell on my back lol.

# 192 SaruAqua @ 09/03/15 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by midwestking100


	Personally i prefer the 09 lakers than the 10 lakers. Not only did the 09 lakers win 65 games during the season but they were more tougher during the playoffs. Third best lakers squad of that decade.

Nah, I'd prefer the '10 team. You have to remember that they won 57 games with Gasol/Kobe missing a combined 26 games as opposed to the 1 game that Gasol missed in '09. Also, they had a tougher P/O run but here's my personal opinion:

'10 Thunder > '09 Jazz
'09 Rockets > '10 Jazz
'10 Suns >> '09 Nuggets
'10 Celtics >>>> '09 Magic

Fwiw, their '09 opponents won 7 more regular season games than their '10 opponents but that was more due to Boston "playing possum" and only winning 50 games, which I might have been the only person aside of Celtics fans that thought so at the time. People were actually claiming that the Cavs were going to beat them in the P/O (EL OH EL), especially after Wade's 33/6/7 on 56%FG/40%3PT proved to not faze them. They were greater and deeper than the '09 Magic who got pushed to 7 games by a KG-less Celtics squad.

Just the '10 Lakers facing the Celtics alone made the run much more impressive, albeit those 21 4th Q FT's along with the questionable calls in G7 were crucial, IMHO. I'm not even going to use Perkins' injury because they're a part of the game. Though I hate but respect that particular Lakers team, I'd love to use them again in a basketball game.

# 193 juicey79 @ 09/03/15 10:17 PM

Man I hope they get Wades Converes and other retro sneakers

# 194 VDusen04 @ 09/03/15 10:18 PM

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Originally Posted by CookNBA03


	It's more of where you take off from, did it in practice and fell on my back lol.

Ha, yep, that'll do it too. Bust into the open floor, build up a good deal of momentum, take off a little bit further out than normal off one foot, try to hang with two-hands, come up a bit short of the palm and boom, you're Vladimir Radmonovic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87RFDry6T94

# 195 Mauer4MVP @ 09/03/15 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by SaruAqua


	I'm actually surprised that 90% of you guys are sleeping on the late 00's B2B champion Lakers. Phil Jackson, Kobe, Gasol, Fish, Bynum, Ariza and/or Artest (depending on year), Odom, Brown, Farmar, Powell and Vujacic. As much as I hated that team (love Kobe, though), they along with the '05/'07 Spurs deserve to be in the game. Still can't get over how OP they were from 2K9-2K12, ESPECIALLY 2K11 (nikkas were godlike).

Wait, are Fisher, Ariza, Brown, Farmar, Powell, and Vujacic suppose to get me excited?

Come on. That is such a boring team to play with. There are plenty of Lakers teams and we already have a young Kobe. There is just no need for it.

# 196 The 24th Letter @ 09/03/15 10:54 PM

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# 197 masterchaoss @ 09/03/15 11:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Mauer4MVP


	Wait, are Fisher, Ariza, Brown, Farmar, Powell, and Vujacic suppose to get me excited? Come on. That is such a boring team to play with. There are plenty of Lakers teams and we already have a young Kobe. There is just no need for it.

That's the thing we have a young kobe but we still don't have him at his best, Kobe in 09 is as close we are going to get to that without adding the awful 06 or 07 lakers team, plus how the hell can you have the 08 Celtics and not one of the B2B teams is almost sickening and a very big oversight in my eyes and would make me unbelievably bitter when going through the classic teams.

# 198 DutchMastah7 @ 09/04/15 12:03 AM

I'll be bummed if we get yet ANOTHER Lakers squad. Give us a team that doesn't have a classic team in the game.

# 199 kxw7340 @ 09/04/15 12:09 AM

I would love to see one of the final 2 teams be the 2009 Denver Nuggets squad with Melo,AI,Billups, and K-Mart that went to the Western Conference Finals against the eventual champion Lakers. Personally I believe that would be an incredibly fun team to use, especially with players like Melo,AI, Birdman, and Nene. I obviously respect the past Spurs title teams, but I feel that the fact that the (declining) core of the Big 3 is still present on the current Spurs team might dissuade 2K from including them, but I could be wrong. A 2009 or 2010 Lakers team with Kobe and Gasol would also be a good choice; I originally thought it would be overkill since the 2000 Lakers are confirmed, but since they have both the 12-13 Heat and 05-06 Heat then it is a possibility.

# 200 redsox4evur @ 09/04/15 12:18 AM

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Originally Posted by DutchMastah7


	I'll be bummed if we get yet ANOTHER Lakers squad. Give us a team that doesn't have a classic team in the game.

Don't all of the teams now have a classic team???

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