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NBA 2K16 Player Ratings - Top Rated Point Guards (UPDATED)

01:02 PM - September 17, 2015 by MoneyOvaHuds

NBA 2K16 player ratings have been released for the top 10 point guards in the game. 2K plans to release new Top 10's every day at 10:00 AM PST.

UPDATE: Mike Stauffer is posting more point guard ratings on his Twitter feed, here they are below.

Tony Parker - (Overall Rating - 83)
Eric Bledsoe - (Overall Rating - 82)
Kemba Walker - (Overall Rating - 81)
Goran Dragić - (Overall Rating - 81)
Ty Lawson - (Overall Rating - 81)
Brandon Jennings - (Overall Rating - 80)
Jrue Holiday - (Overall Rating - 79)
Darren Collison - (Overall Rating - 79)
Deron Williams - (Overall Rating - 78)
Reggie Jackson - (Overall Rating - 78)
George Hill - (Overall Rating - 78)
D'Angelo Russell - (Overall Rating - 77)
Ricky Rubio - (Overall Rating - 77)
Michael Carter Williams - (Overall Rating - 77)
Rajon Rondo - (Overall Rating - 77)
Dennis Schr�der - (Overall Rating - 76)
Mo Williams - (Overall Rating - 76)
Elfrid Payton - (Overall Rating - 76)
Patrick Beverley - (Overall Rating - 76)
Jarrett Jack - (Overall Rating - 75)
Emmanuel Mudiay - (Overall Rating - 75)
Beno Udrih - (Overall Rating - 75)
Jordan Clarkson - (Overall Rating - 75)
Jeremy Lin - (Overall Rating - 75)
Cory Joseph - (Overall Rating - 74)
Marcus Smart - (Overall Rating - 74)
Patty Mills - (Overall Rating - 74)
D.J. Augustin - (Overall Rating - 73)
Zach LaVine - (Overall Rating - 73)
Greivis Vasquez - (Overall Rating - 73)
Mario Chalmers - (Overall Rating - 72)
Norris Cole - (Overall Rating - 72)
Kirk Hinrich - (Overall Rating - 71)
Delon Wright - (Overall Rating - 70)
Matthew Dellavedova - (Overall Rating - 70)
Jerian Grant - (Overall Rating - 69)
Tyus Jones - (Overall Rating - 69)
Terry Rozier - (Overall Rating - 69)
Jimmer Fredette - (Overall Rating - 67)

Previously confirmed NBA 2K16 player ratings: (Click the name(s) below, to see the screenshot)

Kevin Durant - (Overall Rating - 91)
John Wall (Overall Rating - 87)
Kobe Bryant (Overall Rating - 85)
Andre Drummond - (Overall Rating - 83)
Isaiah Thomas - (Overall Rating - 81)
Hassan Whiteside - (Overall Rating - 81)
Rudy Gobert - (Overall Rating - 79)
Jared Sullinger - (Overall Rating - 77)
Tony Wroten - (Overall Rating - 75)
Aaron Brooks (Overall Rating - 75)
Anthony Morrow - (Overall Rating - 74)
Myles Turner - (Overall Rating - 73)
Stanley Johnson - (Overall Rating - 73)
C. J. Miles - (Overall Rating - 73)
Isaiah Canaan - (Overall Rating - 73)
Terrence Ross (Overall Rating - 73)
Evan Fournier - (Overall Rating - 72)
Cameron Payne - (Overall Rating - 72)
Devin Booker - (Overall Rating - 72)
Shelvin Mack - (Overall Rating - 72)
C.J. McCollum - (Overall Rating - 72)
Langston Galloway (Overall Rating - 72)
Kyle Anderson - (Overall Rating - 71)
Shane Larkin - (Overall Rating - 70)
Spencer Dinwiddie - (Overall Rating - 70)
Anthony Tolliver - (Overall Rating - 70)
Quincy Acy - (Overall Rating - 69)
Perry Jones III - (Overall Rating - 69)
Pierre Jackson - (Overall Rating - 69)
Devyn Marble - (Overall Rating - 67)

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# 221 Sundown @ 09/18/15 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by joenuts83


	my point exactly. who is the only PG to win in Oracle from the east in the regular season. all while destroying chef curry with a jimmyless bulls team. what point guard went 4 and 0 against lowry and 3 and 1 against wall. he beat Lillard parker and harden on their court too. he beat cp3 at home too past season....

That's a super tiny sample size man. I remember that game.

The game was GSW's except for a mindless turnover in the last seconds of regulation by Curry when he just needed to call a time out.

Rose shot horribly and was chucking that game and he had 11 turnovers. The Warriors seem to defend Rose well, even from what I remember before his injury, and this was no exception. He scored 30 on 33 shots, which is the opposite of "torching" by any measure. This is a pretty terrible example of Rose's dominance. And he had 1 assist in FIVE periods.

The main difference was GSW was getting killed on the boards and was getting to the line at double GSW's rate-- 0 of which were shot by Rose. The Bulls had 15 extra shot attempts even with all of Rose's turnovers. He hit a game winner, so that's cool. But no, that wasn't a good game by Rose.

In fact 11-33 shooting, 1 assist as PG, and 11 turnovers are the exact type of numbers that should drop Rose, especially if that is held up as an example of one of his better games. Admitedly, I had originally thought 84 was only a little inflated but you're actually reminding me of how terrible Rose really was.

# 222 Kese86 @ 09/18/15 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by MGSW


	Still not the way it works though is it? That's not how people compare players. It's a dumb way to do it. Now if you want to analyse their games and the metrics and compare them, I'm happy to do that. If you want to play some sort of pseudo-MYGM because you're craving 2k16 so much I'll have to pass. Sorry.

Actually I was referring to real life GMs. This has nothing to do with 2K. Metrics are fine if the with the eye test players are comparable, but that isn't the case with Westbrook and Conley. You called him Westbrick in a previous post so if you personally don't like him just say that. Crunching numbers aren't the be all, end all. Westbrook is a more dynamic player. He can guard multiple positions and affects the game in more ways offensively than Conley. Just watching games will tell you that without using any metrics.

# 223 Sundown @ 09/18/15 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Kese86


	Actually I was referring to real life GMs. This has nothing to do with 2K. Metrics are fine if the with the eye test players are comparable, but that isn't the case with Westbrook and Conley. You called him Westbrick in a previous post so if you personally don't like him just say that. Crunching numbers aren't the be all, end all. Westbrook is a more dynamic player. He can guard multiple positions and affects the game in more ways offensively than Conley. Just watching games will tell you that without using any metrics.

Westbrook actually shows up fantasticly on advanced metrics in addition to the eye test. But the metrics reveal that his defense is actually subpar despite its aesthetics and that near-30 PER and all those triple doubles don't actually have MVP-level impact.

There are a lot of things that can fool the eye test, and advaned metrics casts a light on them. If Westbrook can defend multiple positions, he's not doing it very well.

And yes, Westbrook is a much more impactful player than Conley, by the eye test and especially by analytics.

# 224 8KB24 @ 09/18/15 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by MGSW


	Like I said. All available information. Stats and good old fashioned eye test. And everything in between.

So...we agree

# 225 Sundown @ 09/18/15 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by MGSW


	I completely disagree. 1. He can't even guard his own position never mind multiple. He's a horrible defender. His athleticism and quick hands hides how terrible he truly is. He's worse than Harden. He's constantly caught out of position and he always reaches too much. Gambling all the time. The difference between him and Conley defensively is night and day. 2. He can't run an offense like Conley can. Not even close. He doesn't have the same fundamentals or vision. 3. He can't shoot. At all. He's a terrible shot. 4. He's an awful decision maker. Literally the worst out of all starting point guards. 5. He's horribly inefficient. Conley isn't. 6. His usage rate was historically massive. So all those triple doubles... meh. 7. The only thing Westbrook has over Conley is athleticism and rebounding. That's it. I don't dislike the guy. I dislike people overrating him. He's not a top 3 point guard. He's barely top 5.

A couple things. While Conley is certainly a better decision maker, Westbrook isn't THAT much more inefficient than Conley.

Westbrook's career TS: .525
Conley's career TS: .537

That is not really that large a gap. Now Conley's season last year was siginfiicantly better at .558, but Westbrook had a TS of .536, close to Conley career at INSANE usage. That is an impressive feat, even if it doesn't move the needle for me as much as triple doubles and PER might move some casuals.

And again, Westbrook shows up way better on most metrics simply for being a force on the court, even despite his inefficiency which if horrible, Conley's would then be slightly less horrible. I will say that I don't like my clear Option 1 player having only NBA average efficiency, however. It's essentially both a floor and ceiling for how good your offense can be. OKC doesn't usually have that problem though, since Durant is Option 1, even if Westbrook sometimes forgets.

Strangely Conley doesn't show up well according to advanced defensive metrics. Now it's a little better than Westbrook according to RPM, but not very much so.

# 226 Real2KInsider @ 09/18/15 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Hopsin


	Isn't there a saying that goes like, "stats don't tell the whole story,"? Yes his efficiency and other parts of his game dropped.. But if you were to have watched all the games last season you'd know, he passes the eye test, he just was a lot more cautious. He wanted to ease his body back in and stay healthy.. Stats don't tell you that.

Rofl, Rose did not pass the eye test, he was jacking up shots instead of getting Gasol/Butler involved half the time. His basketball IQ is terrible.

All the numbers do is back that up.

# 227 Hopsin @ 09/18/15 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Rashidi


	Rofl, Rose did not pass the eye test, he was jacking up shots instead of getting Gasol/Butler involved half the time. His basketball IQ is terrible. All the numbers do is back that up.

Are you serious? The pick and pop with Gasol was crazy effective last year. Him and Butler also played great together. Sure he took some Ill advised shots but that's what that horrible offense called for him to do.

Anyways I'm done here idc. Reply back if you want to, but these arguments on OS are pointless.

# 228 Kese86 @ 09/18/15 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by MGSW


	I completely disagree. 1. He can't even guard his own position never mind multiple. He's a horrible defender. His athleticism and quick hands hides how terrible he truly is. He's worse than Harden. He's constantly caught out of position and he always reaches too much. Gambling all the time. The difference between him and Conley defensively is night and day. 2. He can't run an offense like Conley can. Not even close. He doesn't have the same fundamentals or vision. 3. He can't shoot. At all. He's a terrible shot. 4. He's an awful decision maker. Literally the worst out of all starting point guards. 5. He's horribly inefficient. Conley isn't. 6. His usage rate was historically massive. So all those triple doubles... meh. 7. The only thing Westbrook has over Conley is athleticism and rebounding. That's it. I don't dislike the guy. I dislike people overrating him. He's not a top 3 point guard. He's barely top 5.

The team and type of offense you're running can factor into usage rate so throw that out the window especially when KD was out. Conley has 2 bigs that deserve touches on the block and their offensive system is drastically different compared to OKC. I'll give you that he can be inefficient at times but that's a result of the team around him much like Iverson. Nobody else can create easy shots for him. And defensively, any coach would tell you they would be much more comfortable with Westbrook guarding SGs and smaller SFs as compared to Conley. I love Conley's game but it's not hard to see he isn't better than Westbrook.

# 229 J_Posse @ 09/18/15 06:33 PM

Sad to say, but the days of Derrick Rose - plus Tony Parker, Rajon Rondo and Deron Williams - being an elite PG are gone. He already looked like he lost some explosiveness prior to the meniscus tear and that injury only compounds his problems further. Now, we are just counting down the time before that knee begins to give him serious issues like Brandon Roy, Dwyane Wade, etc.

I thought to be more effective after the injury (ACL tear) he needed to go back to his nice in-between game (which he displayed plenty of earlier in his career) instead he became an inefficient jacker from three-point range.

It'll be interesting to see if any other wing player or big man is given the "benefit of the doubt" treatment afforded to Parker, Rose, Wade and Bryant thus far.

from Spurs Nation/Bills Backer HQ

# 230 javicd21 @ 09/18/15 09:02 PM

Seriously where is Chalmers in the top 10? Maybe they made him the 99 that every other pg is measured up to...

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# 231 ojandpizza @ 09/19/15 01:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Sundown


	You consider talk about shooting efficiency rambling? That's kind of a head scratcher. Offensive efficiency is sort of central to any objective basketball analysis. I mean it's simply points on the board vs. possessions or shot attempts taken. Factor in freethrows if you want to get fancy. Essentially dude takes a lot of shots and misses a lot, while another player scores more with the same attempts. It's a lot simpler, objective, and less "rambling" than asserting that a player is better than another with vague hand waving, especially when the numbers don't show it. The "efficiency" stat for Curry is his shooting numbers and ratings. The efficiency for Curry's playmaking is in his passing rating. Curry is a better player/compliment to Durant than Westbrook because of his IQ, skills, and tendencies-- he needs less possessions and shots to score leaving more shots for KD which Curry will gladly manufacture. You're right that there's no rating for fit, but there are tendencies. Unfortunately tendencies don't affect ratings but it would certainly be interesting if tendencies towards or against a player's strength or weaknesses affected their OVRs (like someone who shoots in volume inefficiently). At any rate I was responding to the assertion that considering Curry as a better player than Westbrook doesn't factor in context if their positions were switched, when there's plenty of reason to believe Curry would fit Durant even better, (and Westbrook would be worse for GSW). No, that's not a 2K stat, but there are plenty of things Curry does that makes him so that are modeled by 2K.

First lets just get off this whole team swapping/Durant thing. It's impossible to know how either player would do in either situation, and at the end of the day has absolutely zero to do with 2k ratings lol.

And yes I do consider your inefficient spill over and over to be rambling and also greatly exaggerated.. Russ shot 43% on the year, Curry shot 48%. Do you realize how little of a difference that actually is? Let's say you and I played each other and we both took 20 shots. You shot the ball at Curry's percentage and I at Westbrook's.. You would only make one more shot than I would. That's really not anywhere NEAR the gap you're trying to make it out to be.

Curry is definitely a better shooter, and his eFG% is going to be higher since it accounts for the 3 point shot. He's a great 3 point shooter, Russ isn't, pretty explanatory.. However you bashing people for looking at a box score while you're claiming extreme inefficiency is laughable, considering per 20 shots Russ would only miss 1 more than Curry would.

And now the notion that Curry is the better passer.. Westbrook averaged more assists, which definitely that alone doesn't make him a better passer.. However not only did he average more assists, but his assists accounted for more points per game than Curry's did. Curry's passing accounted for a little more than 17 points per game while Westbrook's a little more than 19 per game.

Not only is that interesting but can you take a guess at who Westbrook's top assist target was? What about Curry's? One was the best spot up shooter in the league, the other was Enas Kanter. Steph also played on the best offense team in the league, the best 3 point shooting team in the league. Russ still assisted for more points per game, even with the bulk of Curry's assists counting for 3 points rather than 2. Also they both averaged 56.10 passes per game.. So tell me again which players passing was more efficient?

Also as already stated Curry played on the best offensive team in the league. Also the fasted paced team in the league which yields more opportunities for points, rebounds, assists, etc.. He also had "help" while Russ's was out with injuries.. As a result Curry had 44% of his shots assisted on, Russ only 23%. Meaning Russ carried the much larger burden of creating his own looks, which we can all agree is a tougher look than a teammate getting you open.. Which is the type of attention all those shooter's on GS constantly commanded. Actually 20% of Curry's shots were considered "wide open" with a defender 6+ feet away, only 9% of those shots were available to Westbrook. On shots outside of 10 feet Curry had 19% of his shots as "wide open" Russ had 7% of his wide open. 25% of Curry's looks were of the catch and shoot variety, while Russ only 6%..

You can see how much easier playing on a good team can effect your offensive efficiency. Despite that Curry averaged about .29 points per touch, Russ .31.. Also if you factor in their points generated by assists Russ was good for nearly 48 points per game. Curry 41 points per game. Considering GS averaged a league best 110ppg and OKC at 104, Curry was responsible for about 37% of his teams points, Russ 46% of his team points..

So which player was really the more efficient offensive guy? Especially considering what each had to work with.. It's a hell of a lot closer than you were making it out to be.

And like I said I'm fine with Curry being the top rated guard, hell he was the MVP this year and he's a 2k cover boy. I just know that on individual ratings Russ and CP3 should have him beat on lots of areas. Russ would have all the athletic categories, he's a better defender, quicker hands, likely his steals and blocks higher, rebounds higher, post offense higher, post defense higher, Curry would definitely have him beat on shooting stats and ball handling.. I just assume, with him being a 93, that shooting is a very very very high factor in determining overalls, or he's pretty overrated on lots of the other categories simply to make sure he's the top PG on the game from an overall standpoint.

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# 232 iLLosophy @ 09/19/15 12:22 PM

Oj i agree with your post except for this part....

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Originally Posted by ojandpizza


	And yes I do consider your inefficient spill over and over to be rambling and also greatly exaggerated.. Russ shot 43% on the year, Curry shot 48%. Do you realize how little of a difference that actually is? Let's say you and I played each other and we both took 20 shots. You shot the ball at Curry's percentage and I at Westbrook's.. You would only make one more shot than I would. That's really not anywhere NEAR the gap you're trying to make it out to be. Curry is definitely a better shooter, and his eFG% is going to be higher since it accounts for the 3 point shot. He's a great 3 point shooter, Russ isn't, pretty explanatory.. However you bashing people for looking at a box score while you're claiming extreme inefficiency is laughable, considering per 20 shots Russ would only miss 1 more than Curry would.

You are contradicting yourself and downplaying eFG%. No one should even be using FG% anymore, especially in comparison to Curry. If we are playing 1-on-1 and you go 9/20 on two pointers and I go 9/20 shooting three's, I win the game. Why does it matter we shot the same FG%???

Anyway you should be using TS% as eFG% doesn't showcase Russ's FT numbers which he gets to the line twice as much as curry does....those points count too.

# 233 ojandpizza @ 09/19/15 01:50 PM

I wasn't really trying to down play it. I was just saying everybody already knows how much better of a 3 point shooter Curry is. It's like if we were comparing DeRozan and Kawhi and someone said "well Kawhi is a better defender". Everyone already knows that, it's more of a unspoken fact that isn't worth even wasting time to dispute.

Still don't think FG% or eFG% are great options in determining your offensive efficiency. Which is why I posted that big *** post pinpointing the other differences.

Pointing at eFG% can be just as flawed. Like back when Duncan was winning MVPs and dominating the league shooting over 50%, if you said "Curry was more efficient his eFG% is higher" that's not something I could agree with. Just because Duncan couldn't raise his eFG% the way a great outside shooter can doesn't make his production less effective. For a more related reference, Russ could come out and have one of the best games out of anyone in the regular season without even taking a 3 point shot, Curry on the other hand needs that shot to be the player he is. It's definitely worth a glance, but their plays styles are just different and we already know Curry is the better shooter so I just didn't see a need to delve that deeply into it.

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# 234 ojandpizza @ 09/19/15 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by MGSW


	LMFAO. Did someone just say Westbrook is a better defender than Curry? Hahahababahahanahanababahabahahahahahahahahaha wtf? Come on man... this is just silly. Westbrook is a garbage defender. Well below average. He just covers up his ineptitude with fast hands and athleticism. Curry is only above average, but compared to Russ that's night and day. Smh. People need to watch more basketball.

So someone who doesn't share the same opinion with you doesn't watch basketball? I didn't watch Westbrook as much THIS YEAR simply because the Thunder weren't a great team due to injuries. I did watch plenty of Steph, plenty of Russ the past couple years, and watched both of them live in person.

I think he's better defensively. Curry plays on the best defensive team in the league which covers up any time he's man beats him or he makes a mistake. Westbrook in my opinion is slightly better, with quicker hands, and reads the passing lanes much better.

Neither is much above average, but Russ makes up for lots of that with athleticism. Curry looked much better this year defensively than he ever has, I still give the slight edge to Russ.. Even if we were to call them equal, Russ forces more turnovers and grabs more defensive rebounds.. Both equal more possessions for your team, both more valuable than a hand in your mans face.

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# 235 Sundown @ 09/19/15 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by ojandpizza


	First lets just get off this whole team swapping/Durant thing. It's impossible to know how either player would do in either situation, and at the end of the day has absolutely zero to do with 2k ratings lol. And yes I do consider your inefficient spill over and over to be rambling and also greatly exaggerated.. Russ shot 43% on the year, Curry shot 48%. Do you realize how little of a difference that actually is? Let's say you and I played each other and we both took 20 shots. You shot the ball at Curry's percentage and I at Westbrook's.. You would only make one more shot than I would. That's really not anywhere NEAR the gap you're trying to make it out to be. Curry is definitely a better shooter, and his eFG% is going to be higher since it accounts for the 3 point shot. He's a great 3 point shooter, Russ isn't, pretty explanatory.. However you bashing people for looking at a box score while you're claiming extreme inefficiency is laughable, considering per 20 shots Russ would only miss 1 more than Curry would. And now the notion that Curry is the better passer.. Westbrook averaged more assists, which definitely that alone doesn't make him a better passer.. However not only did he average more assists, but his assists accounted for more points per game than Curry's did. Curry's passing accounted for a little more than 17 points per game while Westbrook's a little more than 19 per game. Not only is that interesting but can you take a guess at who Westbrook's top assist target was? What about Curry's? One was the best spot up shooter in the league, the other was Enas Kanter. Steph also played on the best offense team in the league, the best 3 point shooting team in the league. Russ still assisted for more points per game, even with the bulk of Curry's assists counting for 3 points rather than 2. Also they both averaged 56.10 passes per game.. So tell me again which players passing was more efficient? Also as already stated Curry played on the best offensive team in the league. Also the fasted paced team in the league which yields more opportunities for points, rebounds, assists, etc.. He also had "help" while Russ's was out with injuries.. As a result Curry had 44% of his shots assisted on, Russ only 23%. Meaning Russ carried the much larger burden of creating his own looks, which we can all agree is a tougher look than a teammate getting you open.. Which is the type of attention all those shooter's on GS constantly commanded. Actually 20% of Curry's shots were considered "wide open" with a defender 6+ feet away, only 9% of those shots were available to Westbrook. On shots outside of 10 feet Curry had 19% of his shots as "wide open" Russ had 7% of his wide open. 25% of Curry's looks were of the catch and shoot variety, while Russ only 6%.. You can see how much easier playing on a good team can effect your offensive efficiency. Despite that Curry averaged about .29 points per touch, Russ .31.. Also if you factor in their points generated by assists Russ was good for nearly 48 points per game. Curry 41 points per game. Considering GS averaged a league best 110ppg and OKC at 104, Curry was responsible for about 37% of his teams points, Russ 46% of his team points.. So which player was really the more efficient offensive guy? Especially considering what each had to work with.. It's a hell of a lot closer than you were making it out to be. And like I said I'm fine with Curry being the top rated guard, hell he was the MVP this year and he's a 2k cover boy. I just know that on individual ratings Russ and CP3 should have him beat on lots of areas. Russ would have all the athletic categories, he's a better defender, quicker hands, likely his steals and blocks higher, rebounds higher, post offense higher, post defense higher, Curry would definitely have him beat on shooting stats and ball handling.. I just assume, with him being a 93, that shooting is a very very very high factor in determining overalls, or he's pretty overrated on lots of the other categories simply to make sure he's the top PG on the game from an overall standpoint. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

First of all, I don't think you're really helping productive discussion labeling what I'm trying to put thought to as rambling, especially if your main counter is just quoting raw FG%. I feel most of this is basic basketball discussion if we want to talk about players as more than casuals.

Second, I want to make it clear that when I talk about Westbrook's inefficiency, I'm mainly talking abut his scoring and shooting efficiency which objectively cannot be debated, and certainly not dismissed as "rambling" if we actually care about objective discussion. However, I am NOT talking about his overall impact to the offense, to which he has been VERY good this year. If there was confusion I apologize.

Okay, with that said, even if we only talk about raw FG%, the difference between 43% and 48% shooting is HUGE.

That is the difference between a league leading offense and a league bottom offense. That is the difference between 100 on the score board at the end of the game and a 88-89. You might think that's just a raw 5% difference but it's actually around 12%. A 12 point difference is the gap between all-time great offenses and a mediocre one. 43% or below in high volume is chucker territory, and a team FG% of .48 and .43 is literally the difference between GSW (#1) and the Knicks (bottom 2) last season.

I'm obviously simplifying things but I'm trying to illustrate how the difference between 43% and 48% is NOT small, AT ALL.

Now this is even before we factor in 3 point shots, which is why raw FG completely misses the mark and usually gets dismissed quickly in any real discussion (and why Kenny Smith takes Barkley to task for not seeming to understand basic basketball math).

Raw FG% is WAY less helpful than TS% and eFG% which properly weighs a shot that is 50% more valuable than a two point shot. TS also weighs free throws, which you really should use because it favors Westbrook with his ability to get to the line. So let's look at TS:

Curry has a career TS above .60. This is in the greatness, all-time level. Durant also has a similar TS.

Westbrook has a career TS of .53. This is league average efficiency.

What this essentially means is that the more Westbrook is a larger part of the offense, the lower your ceiling as a team is. Now I've said repeatedly that Westbrook was actually incredibly impressive in being able to do that with high usage, but at the same time, his PER and box scores have to taken with a grain of salt because of his shooting efficiency.

Furthermore, you're actually making a stronger case against Westbrook (or rather for Curry) by pointing out that his primary pass target is Kanter. Kanter is a good offensive big, and good offensive bigs have high FG%. Curry passing to a great spot up shooter who shoots 40-43% does NOT help him actually get higher assist numbers than Westbrook does passing to a big who shoots 55-57%. Similarly, you can see how Curry's raw assist numbers were up a bit when he had a healthy David Lee to pass to. And it seems you completely ignored the assist to turnover issue, which again, is a classic measure of playmaking quality (CP3's is insane).

Now I want to get back to taking about Westbrook's overall impact to the offense. It's actually very, very good. No, not Curry or Harden or Durant levels of good, but it's actually very solid DESPITE his shooting inefficiency and poor turnover to assist ratio. His frenetic activity is amazing and it's impacting points on the board offensively. This is why I'm perfectly okay with him being rated an 89 and only a point behind CP3, and not okay with Melo being an 88.

You suppose that Curry has somehow been overrated in areas he shouldn't be, but again, 2K no longer has to overrate certain categories just to get player ratings to bump up. They can actually tweak the OVR calculation for offensive superstars to factor in shooting efficiency, as they absolutely should, because these guys are making off the chart impact with their shooting, regardless of how many other categories another player might be better in.

I wouldn't want Curry to be overrated in certain categories any more than you do. Westbrook absolutely should be higher in athleticism, penetration, ability to draw fouls, and of course rebounding. I completely agree with this outside of defense, where Westbrook's has been shown to be more aesthetic than impactful for a long time. 89 is elite and where Westbrook belongs, and it's insightful of 2K to avoid the trap of overrating due to 30 PER and triple doubles.

In the end, I feel the players are ranked properly and rated correctly for their overall quality as players and their impact. Your fear is that stat categories were messed up to make this happen, because that's what they did in the old system. I'm saying 2K has already been moving in a direction where they don't have to do that as heavily and if they adjusted the formula to reward GOAT shooting, this is actually a welcome thing. If Curry's stats were bumped up artificially to make this happen, I also would be somewhat disappointed even if the OVR feels right.

One more thing-- you're heavily underappreciating and unfairly discrediting Curry's game if you think he's efficient simply because he plays in the #1-2 offense, or that Westbrook is only inefficient a shooter because he's carrying the team.

That could not be farther from the truth when history is concerned.

Curry has been posting the same sorts of efficiency his entire career, whether in a #1 ball moving offense, or a league average isolation heavy offense-- whether coached by Keith Smart, a terrible offensive coach in Mark Jackson, or a great one in Steve Kerr. If anything, Curry makes a #1 offense possible even when it's so reliant on him to be the #1 option and even when he is the primary focal point of the opposing defense. Curry being some sort of "system player" is one of the worst myths to come out of GSW's incredible season, and shows a lack of awareness of Curry's game beyond this year.

Meanwhile Westbrook has been posting his league average .53 TS his entire career as well, regardless of whether HE was in a top offense or playing next to Kevin Durant, or whether he was the man carrying a offensively depleted team.

Curry is ridiculously efficient no matter what offense he is in. Westbrook is somewhat inefficient in all the same situations.

Pace doesn't really factor into things either. If anything, the primary purpose of efficiency metrics is to FACTOR OUT pace. If anything, pace HELPS Westbrook's stats-- OKC is #6, and that high pace is exactly what helps him achieve those gaudy raw box scores, point totals, and triple doubles, DESPITE his scoring inefficiency.

Again, this doesn't mean Westbrook's not still a hugely impactful player on offense, and that he can manage average efficiency on ridiculous usage is an achievement in itself. It's why he deserves his 89 for being a statistically net negative defender.

Anyway, I've tried to be clear and address all your particular points and somewhat clearly. If this is rambling, then I'm not sure I know how to do cogent conversation. Heh.

# 236 Tvr750 @ 09/19/15 06:59 PM

Where is brandon knight?

# 237 teebee @ 09/19/15 07:20 PM

How is The Jimmer even ranked a 67!

# 238 cbpo @ 09/19/15 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by ojandpizza


	So someone who doesn't share the same opinion with you doesn't watch basketball? I didn't watch Westbrook as much THIS YEAR simply because the Thunder weren't a great team due to injuries. I did watch plenty of Steph, plenty of Russ the past couple years, and watched both of them live in person. I think he's better defensively. Curry plays on the best defensive team in the league which covers up any time he's man beats him or he makes a mistake. Westbrook in my opinion is slightly better, with quicker hands, and reads the passing lanes much better. Neither is much above average, but Russ makes up for lots of that with athleticism. Curry looked much better this year defensively than he ever has, I still give the slight edge to Russ.. Even if we were to call them equal, Russ forces more turnovers and grabs more defensive rebounds.. Both equal more possessions for your team, both more valuable than a hand in your mans face. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Curry is easily better defender. The warriors defensive rating was 97 with him on court vs 100.4 with off. This whole other players were hiding his defense is bull. Curry's defense this year was stellar and very disciplined. He was a plus defender on an already elite defensive team

MEANWHILE the thunders defensive rating was 105 with westbrook on the court and 100.4 with him off the court. 5 pts worse, westbrook was a very negative net defender meanwhile curry was a positive one. There is no factual evidence or argument over westbrook being a better defender.

They both averaged 2.2 steals per 36 as well so the forcing turnovers argument is also wrong.

Combine the EVIDENCE showing curry was a much better defender, in addition to curry's better assist to turnover ratio and a True shooting% a whomping 10% more of 63.8 vs westbrook's 53.6% the rating gap between them is perfect.

Also personally think kyrie/lillard were a bit overrated, most likely their defense is too high if I had to guess and I think jeff teague was a bit underrated. I think the PG ratings were the worse of all that were released but still overall the out of box ratings were much better this year by far compared to any other year.

# 239 iLLosophy @ 09/19/15 09:07 PM

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Originally Posted by teebee


	How is The Jimmer even ranked a 67!

I know right. He should be at least a 68 if we're being honest

# 240 DC @ 09/19/15 10:00 PM

Westbrook vs. Curry

Two different types of players COMPLETELY.

Why can't we leave it at that?

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