Over the last few days, representatives from the upcoming video game NBA 2K16 have been releasing player rankings, giving fans a bit of a sneak peak into how their favorite players might be rated.
There’s actually a lot that goes into what a player receives as a rating, contrary to what some might think; the process is quite complex.
NBA 2k team ratings be so off. #nba2k #mathematics #bogus #ignant https://t.co/txU08UhLof
— Christopher Taylor (@BiggTalksSports) August 27, 2015
In fact, if you want to learn more about how the ratings are assigned, I recommend you head over to the Twitter account of Mike Stauffer. Stauffer works for 2K, specifically on the player ratings, and he has detailed how things are going to work on there.
The system seems designed to lower the rankings of current players in general, in order to account for how much better various historical players might have been in their best seasons.
An In-Depth Look at #NBA2K16 Ratings pic.twitter.com/ocW8VrbW81
— Mike Stauffer (@2Kstauff) August 22, 2015
However, with 2K ratings, the balance can also be shifted quite a bit by perception. The player badges can really bring up a player’s rating, which is kind of where the player ratings start to differ from the data. For that reason, it’s actually pretty interesting to follow.
After all, seeing what a player is rated in 2K and measuring that against how you value the player is really a good way to kind of keep everything in check. For example, if you think P.J. Tucker is completely underrated and should be valued in the 80+ range, you can actually look at the players above him and see what individual areas they excel in more than Tucker (in the game of course).
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From that, you can look into how the ratings differ and why they are the way that they are, and from there either learn something new about the player or strengthen your own opinion, which is certainly something that’s happened in the past.
And as always, it’s worth bringing up the young NBA fans who will play the game and take the ratings as gospel. So it never hurts to have your players end up with a higher ranking than they may deserve. There are always certain players that end up being way better in the game than they would ever be in real life, and while it’s not exactly realistic, it’s definitely not a bad thing to have
one of those players on your team.
So with that, here are the released Phoenix Suns NBA 2K Player Ratings.
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