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NBA 2K16 Roster Update Available Now, Details Included (1-7-16)

12:28 PM - January 7, 2016 by Steve_OS

Another NBA 2K16 roster update has arrived today, we've listed some of the changes below.

GOING UP

Kawhi Leonard +1 (92)
James Harden +1 (90)
Draymond Green +2 (87)
Paul Milsap +1 (85)
Hassan Whiteside +1 (84)
C.J. McCollum +2 (83)
Nikola Vucevic +2 (83)
Rudy Gay +2 (82)
Karl-Anthony Towns +1 (82)
Zach Randolph +1 (82)
Enes Kanter +1 (81)
Nicolas Batum +1 (81)
Serge Ibaka +1 (81)
Kenneth Faried +2 (81)

GOING DOWN

Anthony Davis -1 (90)
Blake Griffin -1 (89)
Paul George -2 (89)
DeMarcus Cousins -1 (87)
Derrick Favors -1 (85)
Dirk Nowitzki -1 (85)
Dwyane Wade -1 (85)
Tim Duncan -1 (85)
Chris Bosh -1 (84)
LaMarcus Aldridge -1 (84)
Pau Gasol -1 (84)
Al Horford -1 (82)
Dwight Howard -1 (82)
Jeff Teague -1 (82)
Al Jefferson -1 (81)

Updated Top 5 Players

Steph Curry (95)
LeBron James (94)
Kawhi Leonard (92)
Russell Westbrook (91)
Anthony Davis (90)
Kevin Durant (90)
James Harden (90)

Each roster update contains accessory and team color changes.

To see a more detailed breakdown of the roster update, which includes individual attribute updates, head on over to 2KMTC.

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# 41 Real2KInsider @ 01/08/16 05:21 AM

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Originally Posted by mt8732


	Beds needs to stick to accessories updates and colorways. Need to get someone else in there for tendency ratings and attributes

Me right now:

# 42 Real2KInsider @ 01/08/16 05:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Mbunn1993


	Some of these attribute changes seriously confuse me. Lebron goes from a 83-84 moving shot close in the beginning of the year, up to a 94+ at one point, now down to a 79 (61% on 331 Attempts) Meanwhile Kawhi is up to a 94 (63% on 168 attempts)

A quick trip to Basketball-Reference, which doesn't provide the exact zones 2K apparently uses but it's close enough.

Kawhi Leonard
Inside (At Rim): 83-113 (73.5%) - Ast'd 59% (85/84 rating)
Close (3-15 ft): 80-171 (46.7%) - Ast'd 33% (93/94 rating)
Mid (16-23 ft): 38-97 (39.2%) - Ast'd 61% (85/84 rating)
3pt (23+): 69-138 (50.0%) - Ast'd 93% (Leads league) (95/93 rating)

LeBron James
Inside (At Rim): 191-273 (70.0%) - Ast'd 46% (97/96 rating)
Close (3-15 ft): 51-140 (36.4%) - Ast'd 16% (80/79 rating)
Mid (16-23 ft): 32-84 (38.1%) - Ast'd 28% (70/70 rating)
3pt (23+): 37-130 (28.5%)- Ast'd 57% (75/66 rating)

These ratings are not without flaws; however it is crystal clear that Kawhi has been significantly better than LeBron from Close range.

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	Meanwhile, Tim Duncan mid range does down to a 60 when shooting 32.8% from there, while Hassan Whiteside midrange goes UP to 76 while shooting 32.6% WUT. And this is only two examples

Tim Duncan
Inside: 44-61 (72.1%) - Ast'd 80% (94/63 rating)
Close: 63-125 (50.4%) - Ast'd 67% (96/95 rating)
Mid: 11-41 (26.8%) - Ast'd 82% (60/55 rating)

Hassan Whiteside
Inside: 123-156 (78.8%) - Ast'd 67% (96/70 rating)
Close: 51-124 (41.1%) - Ast'd 65% (90/86 rating)
Mid: 4-11 (36.4%) - Ast'd 75% (76/76 rating)

To be fair: the 13-23 feet data that Beds and 2K use to determine Whiteside's Mid-rating is likely "accurate". I personally consider it a giant mistake by 2K Sports and a misconception of what the Mid-range rating should actually represent. It is clear via conventional data (and the eye test) that Whiteside is not a mid-range player, and if 2K's gameplay is evaluating 13 foot paint shots to be the same type of shot as a set/off-dribble 20 footer then they should really re-evaluate their shooting zones.

With that said it is clear that Duncan has shot the ball poorly/infrequently from distance and that is a major reason why he is only averaging 9.2 points per game.

# 43 Xavstuhr @ 01/08/16 05:59 AM

Man, Aaron Gordon must have spent a lot of time at the tanning around Christmas:

http://2kmtcentral.com/16/players/8815i4/aaron-gordon

# 44 Real2KInsider @ 01/08/16 06:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Tony Knicks


	I understand we was a bad team last year but can the KNICKS get some love you must have not seen any games this year

The bias is strong with this one. I'll take him myself.

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	Come on 2k Melo should at least be a 89 or 90

Melo
2013: 24.8 PER, 56 TS% on 35.6 USG% (Lead league in USG)
2014: 24.4 PER, 56 TS% on 32.4 USG%
2015: 21.5 PER, 53 TS% on 32.2 USG%
2016: 20.7 PER, 53 TS% on 30.0 USG%

Small Forwards
94 - LeBron James (26.7 PER)
93 - Kevin Durant (28.6 PER)
92 - Kawhi Leonard (27.1 PER)
89 - Paul George (21.3 PER)
87 - Carmelo Anthony (20.7 PER)

The fact that Melo is even that high exemplifies 2K's generosity.

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	and DWill is a 75 he is scoring 15 points a game

Wat

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	one bad game from Prozingis and he a 79 SMH.

Porzingis is shooting 35% over his last 15 games. Hyperbole works both ways.

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	and last Lopez is a 78 he is killing in the paint blocking and scoring

Robin Lopez was straight garbage up until 5 games ago. He has since gone up 2 OVR in conjunction with his elevated play.

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	if Sash has not played how do u go from 68 to 64

.....Kudos on typing the most homerific statement of 2016. If you are defending Sasha Vujacic's play (4.9 PER, 36 TS%, a healthy 315 minutes) you hereby revoke all claim to being a Knicks fan.

# 45 Real2KInsider @ 01/08/16 06:14 AM

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Originally Posted by www.Coach2K.com


	Do these roster updates affect playbooks and playtype assignments? I was just playing MyTeam and the Pacers playbook was different and guys had different play assignments.

Roster updates do update playbooks etc. To my understanding this is something Da Czar works on throughout the year rather than Beds.

# 46 Real2KInsider @ 01/08/16 06:18 AM

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Originally Posted by RajonRondo9Celtics


	Maybe this is just me being a c's fan but i feel crowder is criminally underrated on D. 68 lat quick and 62 shot contest yet he's one of the best defenders on our team. Just don't understand that

Shot Contest isn't that big a deal since Crowder isn't a shot blocker.
On the other hand, 90 Pass Perception (position average: 67) is pretty significant.

Pass Perception
95 Paul Millsap
95 Rajon Rondo
95 Kyle Lowry
95 Stephen Curry
94 Anthony Davis
92 Russell Westbrook
92 Draymond Green
92 John Wall
90 LeBron James
90 Jae Crowder
90 Ricky Rubio

# 47 Real2KInsider @ 01/08/16 06:25 AM

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Originally Posted by circuit


	Carmelo Anthony, 1.) how does Melo passing vision goes down and this is the best passing season of his career so far ????

1. Melo had a better passing season in 2012.
2. 2K updates ratings regularly which means Melo likely had a decrease in assist rate.
3. 70 Passing Vision to 20.2 AST% means Melo is rated above scale (i.e. he is overrated).

Passing Vision
71 Jerian Grant (21.8 AST%)
71 Jose Calderon (21.5 AST%)
70 Carmelo Anthony (20.2 AST%)

Welp

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	2.) Why 2k never touched his (Melo) FT ratings yet? dude is at a 79 since release day. has been at 88% for first 2 months of season and now is at 84%

FT% is outdated for most players. Typically, this gets updated league-wide in one fell swoop.

# 48 Real2KInsider @ 01/08/16 06:26 AM

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Originally Posted by TalenT


	Huh???? How do Butler and Rose go down? More specifically Butler. They are playing the best ball of the season.

......Butler and Rose both went up.......

# 49 Real2KInsider @ 01/08/16 06:28 AM

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Originally Posted by DreamAgain


	are they actually updating TENDENCIES or just ratings? rating updates without tendency updates is literally worthless.

Not true in the slightest; online play has always been the primary goal of the ratings updates. Not especially helpful to offline players, but "literally" "worthless"?

# 50 Real2KInsider @ 01/08/16 06:30 AM

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Originally Posted by jeebs9


	I just noticed that they dropped Eric Beldsoe... .isn't he out for the season?

You are mistaken. Blesdoe is 86 OVR and has been that rating for a month. He started the year at 82 OVR FWIW.

# 51 Real2KInsider @ 01/08/16 06:37 AM

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Originally Posted by VinsanityFNBA


	It seems the T-Wolves rebounding ratings have a problem. Pekovic was dropped to a 41 REB DEF rating despite not playing this season. Garnett is now a 45 in DEF REB, Dieng a 47. Also, Zach LaVine has a 88 RDEF, Muhammad 81, Rubio 78 which doesn't make sense in my opinion.

Nice catch. These appear to be major data entry typos that 2K will likely fix upon review.

2K's rebound ratings have largely been PERFECT this season as this is the first year ever they have actually followed their own scales across the board. As such I would dismiss this as an aberration that should be rectified shortly (i.e. when it is noticed)... of course, if it's not, you know who to go after.

# 52 Real2KInsider @ 01/08/16 06:46 AM

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Originally Posted by ksuttonjr76


	I don't know WHY I decided to test my theory. The Pacers DO have the biggest gap between their "Star" player and the next "best" player. Not only that, if you take Paul George off the Pacers team, they are or close to becoming the worse team in the league. Basically, the Pacers are the 2006-2007 Lebron-led Cavs team...which is an historic team, lol.

While I would consider all of the rotation players underrated...

76 Monta
76 Hill
76 Miles
75 Mahinmi
74 Hill
73 Stuckey
69 Allen
67 Budinger

...I wouldn't rate any of those players 80 OVR either. It's a testament to Vogel that the team lost Hibbert/West and is still 3rd defensively (I have not seen nearly enough to know how much credit lies at the feet of the likes of Monta Ellis and Jordan Hill, and 2K's cautious approach is not without precedent).

# 53 Real2KInsider @ 01/08/16 06:49 AM

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Originally Posted by CookNBA03


	Confusing update for just about everybody, I'll just complain about Bosh a little bit because I don't see how his rating could go down when he's having the best stretch of his Heat career. Over the last 10 games, he's averaging 25/8/3 on 50% FG and 45% from 3 and there's an even bigger sample size to how good he's been this season.

That's fine - he held an 85 OVR rating despite an especially mediocre November.

# 54 Real2KInsider @ 01/08/16 06:51 AM

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Originally Posted by MoneyOvaHuds


	Butler does stuff like this and gets reduced , he should be the 2nd highest SG in the game of the current era .

90 - James Harden
88 - Jimmy Butler
86 - Dwyane Wade
86 - DeMar DeRozan
85 - Klay Thompson

Good thing he is.

# 55 ksuttonjr76 @ 01/08/16 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Rashidi


	While I would consider all of the rotation players underrated... 76 Monta 76 Hill 76 Miles 75 Mahinmi 74 Hill 73 Stuckey 69 Allen 67 Budinger ...I wouldn't rate any of those players 80 OVR either. It's a testament to Vogel that the team lost Hibbert/West and is still 3rd defensively (I have not seen nearly enough to know how much credit lies at the feet of the likes of Monta Ellis and Jordan Hill, and 2K's cautious approach is not without precedent).

They moved away from a funneling players to the rim protector type defense, to one where they play the passing lanes and look for deflections. Poor man's version of the Miami Heat's swarming defense when they had Lebron.

# 56 Coach2K @ 01/09/16 09:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rashidi


	While I would consider all of the rotation players underrated... 76 Monta 76 Hill 76 Miles 75 Mahinmi 74 Hill 73 Stuckey 69 Allen 67 Budinger ...I wouldn't rate any of those players 80 OVR either. It's a testament to Vogel that the team lost Hibbert/West and is still 3rd defensively (I have not seen nearly enough to know how much credit lies at the feet of the likes of Monta Ellis and Jordan Hill, and 2K's cautious approach is not without precedent).

Where Indiana gets screwed is the effect other teams ratings and sigs affect their play while you are using them in terms of bobbles, extra time to shoot and challenge in shot releases when users abuse the settings and animations in the game against you online.

However the lone laid back badge that Indiana guys are generously historically given does seem to more than help with that. Sarcasm there as I haven't even bothered to study our sigs and badges this year since as back to back conference finalists they never garnered many anyway.

That said Paul George is a beast which is appreciated.

My main problem with how the 2K computer players play this year ratings wise is that our Knicks user can easily put up 40 plus fast break points with a team that ranks last in the league at under 9 a game and generate lots of opponent turnovers when I think they are equally bad there in real life.

The same could probably be said for the Lakers in our league as I usually always see all five guys fill the lanes perfectly trucking down the court in front of everyone while also having their POE set to to crash defensive glass with old man Kobe in front of everyone down the court.

The other thing we've noticed is huge free throw disparities as well with our Hawks user rarely going to the line and when he gets their cant hit them while teams like LA, NY and Houston not only get their freely with all players but can knock them down.

Tendencies to foul and get fouled seem to be in play.

No offense meant to our Knicks or Lakers owners but it's no surprise that both teams are at the top of each of our conferences and both conveniently big market teams and *ahem* one of those teams sucks and the other isn't above 500 in real life. Credit those owners but it makes you wonder how ratings really even matter when you can't keep them in the half court and they get to shoot layups and free throws all day.

Those are the main complaints in league play with regard to how teams play versus how they are rated.

So my question is how do ratings effect these segments of game play?

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# 57 ksuttonjr76 @ 01/09/16 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by www.Coach2K.com


	Where Indiana gets screwed is the effect other teams ratings and sigs affect their play while you are using them in terms of bobbles, extra time to shoot and challenge in shot releases when users abuse the settings and animations in the game against you online. However the lone laid back badge that Indiana guys are generously historically given does seem to more than help with that. Sarcasm there as I haven't even bothered to study our sigs and badges this year since as back to back conference finalists they never garnered many anyway. That said Paul George is a beast which is appreciated. My main problem with how the 2K computer players play this year ratings wise is that our Knicks user can easily put up 40 plus fast break points with a team that ranks last in the league at under 9 a game and generate lots of opponent turnovers when I think they are equally bad there in real life. The same could probably be said for the Lakers in our league as I usually always see all five guys fill the lanes perfectly trucking down the court in front of everyone while also having their POE set to to crash defensive glass with old man Kobe in front of everyone down the court. The other thing we've noticed is huge free throw disparities as well with our Hawks user rarely going to the line and when he gets their cant hit them while teams like LA, NY and Houston not only get their freely with all players but can knock them down. Tendencies to foul and get fouled seem to be in play. No offense meant to our Knicks or Lakers owners but it's no surprise that both teams are at the top of each of our conferences and both conveniently big market teams and ahem one of those teams sucks and the other isn't above 500 in real life. Credit those owners but it makes you wonder how ratings really even matter when you can't keep them in the half court and they get to shoot layups and free throws all day. Those are the main complaints in league play with regard to how teams play versus how they are rated. So my question is how do ratings effect these segments of game play? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

D*mn...Coach 2K is mad as hell. You okay? You sound more frustrated than I do

# 58 Coach2K @ 01/09/16 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by ksuttonjr76


	Dmn...Coach 2K is mad as hell. You okay? You sound more frustrated than I do .*

Lol. I'm fine.

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# 59 pimpinpidgeon8 @ 01/10/16 08:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by VinsanityFNBA


	It seems the T-Wolves rebounding ratings have a problem. Pekovic was dropped to a 41 REB DEF rating despite not playing this season. Garnett is now a 45 in DEF REB, Dieng a 47. Also, Zach LaVine has a 88 RDEF, Muhammad 81, Rubio 78 which doesn't make sense in my opinion.

Was this issue fixed yet?

# 60 hear me now @ 01/10/16 07:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by www.Coach2K.com


	Where Indiana gets screwed is the effect other teams ratings and sigs affect their play while you are using them in terms of bobbles, extra time to shoot and challenge in shot releases when users abuse the settings and animations in the game against you online. However the lone laid back badge that Indiana guys are generously historically given does seem to more than help with that. Sarcasm there as I haven't even bothered to study our sigs and badges this year since as back to back conference finalists they never garnered many anyway. That said Paul George is a beast which is appreciated. My main problem with how the 2K computer players play this year ratings wise is that our Knicks user can easily put up 40 plus fast break points with a team that ranks last in the league at under 9 a game and generate lots of opponent turnovers when I think they are equally bad there in real life. The same could probably be said for the Lakers in our league as I usually always see all five guys fill the lanes perfectly trucking down the court in front of everyone while also having their POE set to to crash defensive glass with old man Kobe in front of everyone down the court. The other thing we've noticed is huge free throw disparities as well with our Hawks user rarely going to the line and when he gets their cant hit them while teams like LA, NY and Houston not only get their freely with all players but can knock them down. Tendencies to foul and get fouled seem to be in play. No offense meant to our Knicks or Lakers owners but it's no surprise that both teams are at the top of each of our conferences and both conveniently big market teams and ahem one of those teams sucks and the other isn't above 500 in real life. Credit those owners but it makes you wonder how ratings really even matter when you can't keep them in the half court and they get to shoot layups and free throws all day. Those are the main complaints in league play with regard to how teams play versus how they are rated. So my question is how do ratings effect these segments of game play? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Their defense is good.
http://stats.nba.com/league/team/defense/#!/
but you're right
http://espn.go.com/nba/statistics/te...noversOpponent

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