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NBA 2K13 Video - Roster Update Details (1-17-13) LeBron James 99 Overall Rating

09:29 AM - January 17, 2013 by Steve_OS

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Below are the list of updates.

Heat: LeBron James +1 (99)
Thunder: Kevin Durant +1 (95)
Bucks: Brandon Jennings +1 (82)
Celtics: Jared Sullinger +3 (72)
Grizzlies: Tony Allen +2 (76)
Hornets: Robin Lopez +4 (69)
Lakers: Earl Clark +3 (67)
Nuggets: Kosta Koufos +7 (64)
Pacers: Paul George +2 (83)
Pacers: George Hill +1 (75)
Raptors: Ed Davis +3 (71)

Bobcats: Tyrus Thomas -1 (70)
Bucks: Monta Ellis -2 (83)
Lakers: Steve Nash -2 (85)
Nets: Gerald Wallace -4 (77)
Pacers: Gerald Green -6 (70)

Lakers: Pau Gasol - Activated (81)
Lakers: Dwight Howard - Activated (92)
Knicks: Iman Shumpert - Activated (80)
Celtics: Chris Wilcox - Activated (65)
Jazz: Marvin Williams - Activated (66)
Magic: Glen Davis - Activated (73)
Nuggets: Wilson Chandler - Activated (80)

Spurs: Manu Ginobili - Deactivated (78)

Nets: Damion James - Added (70)

UPDATE: More details can be found at The Real 2K Insider.

Game: NBA 2K13Reader Score: 8.5/10 - Vote Now
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# 21 firerises @ 01/17/13 12:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Red Kafe


	his 3 ball tendency should be lowered i dont think he takes a lot but his rating shouldn't be boosted , he's still a bad 3pt shooter until he makes more at a higher clip.

Which is why I only suggested raising it to low 70s based on a small sample size because 36% on a larger sample size is more in line with 76+ depending on the sample size. A 66 is too low for even that sample size when shooting 36%.

# 22 firerises @ 01/17/13 12:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Red Kafe


	i agree , i never knew why 2K gave Blake an 84 mid before the season when he was such a poor shooter last year.

Yeah I don't understand what goes on in the 2k insider's mind. Some of his ratings are beyond reason.

# 23 DutchMastah7 @ 01/17/13 12:09 PM

Lol @ the people saying "Gerald Wallace stinks" and he's "the 4th or 5th best player on his team".

# 24 firerises @ 01/17/13 12:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Red Kafe


	Kobe is actually a good defender when he wants to be , this is no secret he plays defense only when it matters ala Tracy Mcgrady. Coach wants to him to take on more of Defensive role and Jennings just stated that Kobe was shutting him down he never been played like that since he's been in the League. Kobe is shooting 36 from the 3 his third highest of his career. His three should be at a 79 or 80 because he takes a good amount of them.

Kobe is a good ON BALL defender when he wants to, off ball is different story. His on ball d is fine at 80, but his defensive awareness is overrated at 82. He's routinely out of position and doing all types of foolishness off ball. His 3pt is an 82 I think, which is fine to me. His 3 ball handling ratings are a bit overrated though. But all his shooting ratings are fine except maybe shot in traffic or off the dribble.

# 25 skywalkah @ 01/17/13 12:28 PM

Crash definitely needed an adjustment, but some of you kids better recognize.

# 26 zniv @ 01/17/13 12:35 PM

For those wondering, here are the changes made to the players listed in OP:

LeBron James:
Steal: 78 (-2)
Off Reb: 60 (+5)
Def Reb: 77 (+9)

Kevin Durant:
Inside: 93 (+2)
Close: 94 (+2)
Med: 92 (+2)
FT: 90 (+4)
Dunk: 84 (+2)
Handle: 87 (+3)
OHD: 83 (+3)
Security: 86 (+2)
Pass: 68 (+16)
Block: 73 (+2)
Steal: 70 (+2)
Def Reb: 78 (-4)
Stamina: 97 (+3)
Durability: 92 (+2)

Brandon Jennings:
Inside: 83 (-2)
3PT: 83 (+4)
FT: 84 (+3)
Traffic: 73 (+4)
Steal: 82 (-1)
Hands: 88 (+7)
Off Aware: 89 (+2)
Consistency: 80 (+10)
Stamina: 97 (+3)

Monta Ellis:
Inside: 84 (-2)
Close: 84 (-6)
Med: 86 (-5)
3PT: 70 (-6)
FT: 81 (+1)
Traffic: 74 (-4)
Off Aware: 89 (-3)

Jared Sullinger:
Close: 63 (-12)
FT: 75 (-2)
Block: 60 (+10)
Steal: 58 (+7)
Hands: 76 (+2)
Off Reb: 85 (+7)
Def Reb: 81 (+22)
Hustle: 83 (+9)

Tony Allen:
Inside: 81 (-6)
OBD: 90 (+3)
Def Aware: 94 (+4)
Consistency: 75 (+10)

Robin Lopez:
Med: 70 (+4)
FT: 78 (+7)
Dunk: 63 (+5)
Traffic: 52 (+3)
Post Fade: 55 (+5)
Pass: 29 (+4)
Low Post Off: 72 (+3)
Low Post Def: 75 (+2)
Off Aware: 51 (+11)
Def Aware: 80 (+1)
Consistency: 50 (+25)
Stamina: 74 (+2)
Hustle: 82 (+2)
Durability: 78 (+8)

Earl Clark:
Med: 76 (+3)
3PT: 63 (+8)
FT: 75 (+11)
Traffic: 61 (+3)
Pass: 42 (+8)
Def Reb: 66 (+5)
Def Aware: 65 (+4)
Consistency: 35 (+10)
Stamina: 80 (+4)
Speed: 66 (+4)
Quickness: 69 (+3)

Steve Nash:
Pass: 94 (-4)
Def Aware: 67 (-4)
Consistency: 90 (-5)

Kosta Koufos:
Inside: 82 (-14)
Close: 75 (+5)
Med: 45 (+10)
FT: 58 (-2)
Dunk: 60 (+9)
Block: 83 (+4)
Off Aware: 53 (+10)
Def Aware: 72 (+38)
Consistency: 40 (+15)
Hustle: 79 (+27)

Paul George:
FT: 82 (-1)
Traffic: 74 (+2)
Handle: 76 (+2)
OHD: 70 (+2)
Security: 68 (+3)
Pass: 64 (+5)
Block: 55 (+5)
Steal: 78 (+4)
Hands: 79 (+5)
Off Reb: 66 (+10)
Def Reb: 73 (+3)
Off Aware: 84 (+1)
Def Aware: 82 (+1)
Consistency: 75 (+5)
Stamina: 92 (+2)
Durability: 83 (+4)
Potential: 88 (+3)
Emotion: 50 (+5)

Gerald Green:
Inside: 80 (-8)
Close: 79 (-9)
Med: 74 (-8)
3PT: 75 (-6)
FT: 78 (-2)
Post Fade: 58 (-22)
Post Hook: 44 (-6)
Block: 58 (+18)
Steal: 52 (-15)
Def Reb: 45 (-3)
Low Post Off: 55 (-13)
Off Aware: 66 (-6)
Def Aware: 52 (-4)
Consistency: 40 (-20)
Vertical: 97 (+2)

George Hill:
Pass: 72 (+8)

Gerald Wallace:
Close: 72 (+4)
Med: 60 (-7)
FT: 68 (-12)
Layup: 83 (-6)
Dunk: 86 (-8)
SOD: 67 (-5)
Steal: 76 (+2)
ODB: 77 (-4)
Off Reb: 57 (-3)
Def Reb: 70 (-4)
Off Aware: 66 (-6)
Def Aware: 77 (-3)
Consistency: 50 (-10)
Durability: 66 (-4)

Ed Davis:
Inside: 90 (+2)
Med: 70 (+16)
Off Reb: 80 (+2)
Low Post D: 67 (+4)
Off Aware: 57 (+11)
Def Aware: 69 (+2)
Consistency: 50 (+5)
Stamina: 80 (+2)
Hustle: 85 (+5)

Tyrus Thomas:
Inside: 68 (-4)
Close: 72 (-12)
Med: 74 (-6)
FT: 73 (-3)

If anyone notices any other players' ratings change, please, do tell.

And yes, we all knew Gerald Green was beast before this, but christ...he was probably one of the best offensive players in the post or anywhere with (unchanged) god-like speed and quickness

# 27 Castrodmv @ 01/17/13 12:44 PM

I'm glad they nerfed Gerald Green. He was ungodly

# 28 bls @ 01/17/13 01:03 PM

James 99?

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# 29 mango_prom @ 01/17/13 01:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gosens6


	Continuously seeing, "this guy should be a 84, a 75, a 92" just tells me that people really DON'T know much about the NBA. If you think a certain guy just deserves a high overall rating without even looking at his other attributes is concerning. It shows me why we will never get a true, "sim" NBA game. Too many of these fans are nothing but casuals.

So true man. If you need an overall rating to judge basketball players, you're either 12 years old or one of those guys playing pick up ball with their complete Brooklyn DWill outfit and 200$ Jordans.

The easiest way would be to simply import percentages off Hoopdata with maybe a few tweaks to take the difference in defensive attention players get into consideration.
But look at popular things on wishlists for 2k14...More shoes, better graphics, more uniforms, dunk contest...
Let's say 2k leaves everythig unchanged in 2k14, except improving gameplay with much better AI, tendencies based on synergy data, playbooks that work and so on.
Just think about it, this could be the best basketball sim ever, but still the forums would break down with "omgz why did 2k not give us more shoes fo mycareer and the menus look all the same..." and stuff like that.

The main problem for me with 2ks rosters is not even that I disagree with a lot of things, but the lack of any reason and logic behind their decisions. I just don't see what's the plan behind the default rosters and playbooks out of the box. Now if they'd know what they're doing we couldn't complain, but there is simply no sense to any of it. A game where Amare is a better defender than Nick Collison...

# 30 thedude @ 01/17/13 01:17 PM

Still no equipment updates. How hard is it to change a headband color?

# 31 firerises @ 01/17/13 01:25 PM

Westbrook is shooting 42.1% overall with a 80 consistency

36% from close range with a 92 rating

36% from mid range with an 88 rating

Guy has been struggling with his shot the entire year yet the 2k insider decides not to touch his shooting ratings. Why? So, he can maintain his 90 rating? If they raised his steal rating to the high 80s where it should be (78) and his pass rating to the low 80s (73) then this wouldn't be a problem. Yet its simple changes like these that he ignores.

# 32 Thelorn @ 01/17/13 01:28 PM

Jared Sullinger got updated but Tristan Thompson went untouched? /sigh

# 33 rawmc30 @ 01/17/13 02:32 PM

At first i was complaining about melo's overall but now understand it ties into not only offense but D, rebounding and assist. LeBron should be a 99 cuz he average in all of those are very high. My only problem i have is with Russell Westbrook, he scores inside with big men all over him and still makes shots. I think his inside is a bit to much.

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# 34 Twista209 @ 01/17/13 03:05 PM

Quick question fellas....I read the 2KInsider increased and decreased a few players but was anyone added or "created" who has been missing thus far?

# 35 Blast1021 @ 01/17/13 03:52 PM

I'm trying to figure out, why does it take so long for the roster updates to get into Online Association! It's been like 3 or 4 updates since the one that was implemented into Online ***. I just wanna kno whyyyy?!?!?

# 36 Optik @ 01/17/13 03:59 PM

Before this update Gerald Green had a post fade of 80? WHAT?!

Who do they think he is? Prime Vince Carter or something?

Honestly, at least half of the ratings changes they do is to correct inaccurate ratings they've made in the past.

# 37 ChillVillain @ 01/17/13 04:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mango_prom


	So true man. If you need an overall rating to judge basketball players, you're either 12 years old or one of those guys playing pick up ball with their complete Brooklyn DWill outfit and 200$ Jordans. The easiest way would be to simply import percentages off Hoopdata with maybe a few tweaks to take the difference in defensive attention players get into consideration. But look at popular things on wishlists for 2k14...More shoes, better graphics, more uniforms, dunk contest... Let's say 2k leaves everythig unchanged in 2k14, except improving gameplay with much better AI, tendencies based on synergy data, playbooks that work and so on. Just think about it, this could be the best basketball sim ever, but still the forums would break down with "omgz why did 2k not give us more shoes fo mycareer and the menus look all the same..." and stuff like that. The main problem for me with 2ks rosters is not even that I disagree with a lot of things, but the lack of any reason and logic behind their decisions. I just don't see what's the plan behind the default rosters and playbooks out of the box. Now if they'd know what they're doing we couldn't complain, but there is simply no sense to any of it. A game where Amare is a better defender than Nick Collison...

I agree with your post except for the bold part. Things like uniforms, shoes, graphics, are things you need to attract "casual" players. This is my first 2k game ever picked up, so by definition, I'm a casual player. Those things are what attracted me to buying the game and the depth of the gameplay is keeping me here. Don't want to derail the convo cuz we talkin about roster updates, but presentation is half the battle. 2k is great in the sense that it brings both hardcore fans and people like me who like basketball, but doesn't know every team's playbook.

# 38 JazzMan @ 01/17/13 04:52 PM

I understand the whole "Overalls don't matter." I'm firmly with you guys on that. But when it comes to playing Association or My Career with 2k's rosters, some of those lower guys who are starters end up riding the bench because 2k is too ignorant to give them a boost and give some guys a downgrade. In example, when I start a My Career, Gordon Hayward is riding the bench, and Alec Burks/Raja Bell is starting. That's just wrong. Besides, Hayward needs a boost mainly just because of his play recently. I'm just sick of 2k ignoring every team other than the Lakers, Clippers, Heat, Knicks, and Nets. It's pathetic.

# 39 vtcha @ 01/17/13 05:05 PM

to those complaining about LeBron being 99.

take a closer look.

The only thing 2K did was upgrade his rebounding skills, which was clearly undervalued to begin with ..

as quoted from zniv
Steal: 78 (-2)
Off Reb: 60 (+5)
Def Reb: 77 (+9)

LeBron deserves these upgrades
He is averaging 8.1 rebounds this year (6.9 DEF, 1.3 OFF) and averaged a monstrous 9.7 rebounds during last years' playoffs (7.4 DEF, 2.4 OFF), heck he is probably the best rebounder on the team, ahead of Haslem and definitely ahead of Bosh. Before the update, LeBron had a defensive rebound rating of 68. A guy that averages 6.9 defensive rebounds and only a 68 rating????? Even guys like Melo and Evan Turner had better rebounding attributes than LeBron and it wasn't even close ..

One note that I could add is 2K could have lowered LeBron's free throw shooting a little. But even if they did, he would still be rated 99...

# 40 zniv @ 01/17/13 05:18 PM

LeBron has been underrated in the game since last year, which is hard to believe since he surely doesn't play underrated in the game. If you compare him to the other superstars ratings-wise and stat-wise, some ratings come off as baffling...like Durant having a higher ball handling rating (87) than him (85). Surely even the biggest KD fan can't agree with this.

I also forgot to mention in my previous post that if KD is equipped with the KD Vs that give a +5 3PT boost, his overall jumps to 96.

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