Running List of Classic Teams That Could Be Added Featuring Players Already In Game

[VDusen04]

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Can't believe no ones mentioned Reggie miller.

I think a lot of folks would like a classic Pacers team but it seems pretty apparent that Reggie and 2K are at some sort of impasse.

Separately, the goal of this thread was to try to find some classic squads that would not require too many (if any) additional player licenses. There didn't seem to be a ton of Pacers teams that featured a solid portion of the roster already included in 2K. I guess the '04 club would be in the ballpark, but would still likely fall a bit short. With Panda's Friend signing in China, that'd probably be even one less.

2004 Pacers
Jermaine O'Neal
Ron Artest*
Al Harrington
Jamaal Tinsley
Scot Pollard ('02 Kings)
Kenny Anderson (2K12 Legends Showcase)
James Jones

The last three played 32 playoff minutes combined with Jones not even making the playoff roster, so it'd seem to be a pretty splintered squad. Maybe five players and no Reggie Miller is a tough get, though it'd be nice to have another opponent for a hypothetical '04 Pistons inclusion.

[midwestking100]

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I'll make sure SimBaller gets this list.

Thank you very much. I truly appreciate you doing that for us sir. #TipHat

[nyccc]

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Made a thread a while back about this. Considering that Euroleague teams have been confirmed, the possibility of replacing them with classic teams is thrown out the window.

The 14 Euro teams in the game are useless. Lets be honest who really uses them?

I think if 2k is smart, they should utilize the opportunity of using younger versions of current players while they have their rights! Using younger versions/ prime versions of these players can also benefit myteam mode. 2k recevies loads of money from people who buy VC in order to buy packs and finish collections. Adding more classic teams will only allow them to profit more.

Yes I know everyone wants to see Barkleys Suns and Reggie Millers Pacers but lets be realistic. 2k has probably tried to get their rights but they have too high demands or just don't want to be in a video game.


10 Teams that should replace the Euroleague teams. (RED MEANS NOT IN GAME)

1.00-01 Lakers (REPLACE the 97-98 version and can be used against 76ers)
Kobe
Shaq
Fisher
Horry
Harper
Grant
Shaw
Madsen
D.George
R.Fox
Medvedenko(can be used in 03-04 team)

2.03-04 Pistons(Championship)
Billups
Rip
Prince
Sheed(assistant coach)
E.Campbell
M.James
Darko
Ben Wallace
C.Williamson
L.Hunter
D.Ham

3.03-04 Lakers
Kobe
Shaq
Payton
K.Malone
Fisher
B***ssell
Horace Grant
L.Walton
B.Cook
D.George
R.Fox
Medvedenko

4.06-07 Suns
Nash
Amare
Marion
Bell
K.Thomas
Barbosa
J.Jones
Diaw


5.06-07 Spurs(Championship)
Duncan
Parker
Ginobili
Horry
Bonner
Elson(still in 2k FA?)
Vaughn(coach)
Udrih
B.Bowen
M.Finley
B.Barry
Oberto

6.05-06 Miami Heat
Wade
Shaq
Haslem
Payton
Zo
Posey(FA in 2k)
Kapono
D.Wright
E.Barron
A.Walker
J.Williams

7.05-06 Mavs
Dirk
Terry
Josh Howard( in FA?)
M.Daniels
Stackhouse(FA)
D.Harris
Diop
Dampier
A.Griffin

8.07-08 Rockets (22 Game Winning streak)
Scola
Landry
A.Brooks
Battier
C.Hayes
M.James
Mutumbo
Yao
Tmac
R.Alston

9. 07-08 Celtics(Championship)
Pierce
KG
Ray Allen
Rondo
Perkins
T.Allen
S.Cassell( Already in game)
G.Davis
L.Powe (FA?)
Posey(FA)
E.House(FA)
PJ Brown

10.07-08 Cavs
Lebron
Gibson
Gooden
Varejao
Delonte West(FA)
Pavlovic(FA)
Larry Hughes
Z.Ilgauskas
Damon Jones

10. 07-08 Lakers
Kobe
Odom
Fisher
Farmar
Pau
Bynum
Kwame
Radmanovic
Walton
Turiaf
Ariza
Mbenga

10. 05-06 Nets
Carter
Kidd(coach)
R.Jefferson
Kristic(Euro)
C.Robinson(Already in game)
Vaughn(coach)
A.Wright(FA?)
J.Collins
S.Padgett

Some of you might question why I included the Vince Carter Nets and TMac Rockets. I did it so that it could add more players. Tmac's Magic and Carter's Nets dont really have that much good players on their roster and would be a waste.

The only players that I can see asking for a lot of money for their rights are- Yao,A.Walker,Jason Williams, Finley, B.Barry, and Rick Fox. The rest shouldn't be hard

MyTeam has Diamond,Ruby, and Saphire Card players. Next year I am hoping they expand and add MVP Cards or Prime versions of the following players:

Steve Nash
Kobe Bryant
Dirk Nowitzki
Tracy McGrady
Chauncey Billups
Vince Carter
Ray Allen
Paul Pierce
Tim Duncan
Jason Kidd

What do you think? What teams would you add?

[VDusen04]

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Made a thread a while back about this. Considering that Euroleague teams have been confirmed, the possibility of replacing them with classic teams is thrown out the window.

Good stuff. I added the '06 Nets and '09 Cavaliers to the list ('09 was more successful and had nearly as many available players). I'm definitely partial to those Nets, they were a fun squad and more classic Vince Carter & Jason Kidd is never a bad idea in my book.

[t90cw]

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Being realistic, how many extra classic teams will we get? I know it was mentioned on the myleague interview you could use classics...

Ideally it would be amazing to have some more 2000's teams to allow us to relive old 2k games, just with way improved graphics.

My personal preference would be 04 Pistons and 08 Celtics.

Leftos, Simballer, LD2K - if any of you could give an indication if there are any new classics (I'm not bothered about which specifically) it would be appreciated!!

Thanks.

[midwestking100]

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1991 Atlanta Hawks
Dominique Wilkins
Kevin Willis
Spud Webb
Doc Rivers
Moses Malone
Jon Koncak
Sidney Moncrief

1993 Houston Rockets
Hakeem Olajuwon
Otis Thorpe
Kenny Smith
Vernon Maxwell
Sleepy Floyd
Tree Rollins
Scott Brooks
Matt Bullard
Robert Horry

1995 Utah Jazz
Karl Malone
John Stockton
Bryon Russell
Adam Keefe
Antoine Carr
Tom Chambers
Jeff Hornacek

[VDusen04]

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1991 Atlanta Hawks
Dominique Wilkins
Kevin Willis
Spud Webb
Doc Rivers
Moses Malone
Jon Koncak
Sidney Moncrief

1993 Houston Rockets
Hakeem Olajuwon
Otis Thorpe
Kenny Smith
Vernon Maxwell
Sleepy Floyd
Tree Rollins
Scott Brooks
Matt Bullard
Robert Horry

1995 Utah Jazz
Karl Malone
John Stockton
Bryon Russell
Adam Keefe
Antoine Carr
Tom Chambers
Jeff Hornacek

Respectfully, any particular reason for the varying versions of teams already in 2K? For instance, what made you throw out the '93 Rockets when their '94 club is included and their '95 club was a champion-winning team?

[midwestking100]

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Respectfully, any particular reason for the varying versions of teams already in 2K? For instance, what made you throw out the '93 Rockets when their '94 club is included and their '95 club was a champion-winning team?

The reason I threw out the '93 Rockets is because they won 55 games, won their division,they finished 3rd overall in defense (when they won the title they finished 5th), Hakeem won DPOY, 2nd in MVP voting, and they went the distance with a very young, talented and raw Seattle Supersonics team. Plus when they swept my Bulls during the regular season, Jordan admitted that they had no answer for Olajuwon. Idk this team just look fun to play base off their roster.

[LRBTODAY]

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The reason I threw out the '93 Rockets is because they won 55 games, won their division,they finished 3rd overall in defense (when they won the title they finished 5th), Hakeem won DPOY, 2nd in MVP voting, and they went the distance with a very young, talented and raw Seattle Supersonics team. Plus when they swept my Bulls during the regular season, Jordan admitted that they had no answer for Olajuwon. Idk this team just look fun to play base off their roster.

Bro, being from Houston I say this, and I get attacked!!!! Finally someone that understands basketball!

[midwestking100]

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Bro, being from Houston I say this, and I get attacked!!!! Finally someone that understands basketball!

Yeah, no disrespect to the Suns, but that was the team that I feared the most coming out of the west. Plus that '93 Finals would've been epic if we did faced them.

[mightyrx]

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If Barkley isn't possible, can I get a Suns team with Tom Chambers and KJ?

Like this one

[midwestking100]

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Here is an NBA roster reference of teams that could be added in NBA 2K without needing many (if any) additional player licenses. Preferably, rosters would feature at least 8 players already included in 2K, though there are exceptions ('06 Heat only have 5-6).

Asterisks (*) represent players whose presence in 2K is uncertain due to whether they're in the free agent pool (or through other means). 2K12 Showcase players could no longer be licensed, but they've been included in case they are. There is also uncertainty as to whether being featured as an assistant coach also means one can be included as a player (ex: Rasheed Wallace).

By all means, contribute your own rosters featuring players already included in 2K.

1984 Lakers
Magic Johnson
James Worthy
Byron Scott
Michael Cooper
Kurt Rambis
Jamal Wilkes (2K12 Showcase)
Bob McAdoo (2K12 Showcase)

1988 Mavericks
Mark Aguirre ('89 Pistons)
Rolando Blackman (2K12 Showcase)
Derek Harper ('95 Knicks)
Sam Perkins ('91 Lakers)
Detlef Schrempf ('96 Sonics)
Bill Wennington ('96 Bulls)

1994 Sonics
Shawn Kemp
Gary Payton
Sam Perkins
Ervin Johnson
Kendall Gill (’93 Hornets)
Vincent Askew
Nate McMillan
Detlef Schrempf

I forgot to tell you that Ricky Pierce ('86 Bucks) was on the '94 Sonics.

[midwestking100]

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Respectfully, any particular reason for the varying versions of teams already in 2K? For instance, what made you throw out the '93 Rockets when their '94 club is included and their '95 club was a champion-winning team?

The reason why I threw out the '95 Jazz is because they won 60 games with a younger version of Malone and Stockton who were in their primes, the makeup of their roster and I loved that floor. The reason why I threw out the '91 Hawks is because of the makeup of their roster. Just look fun to play with and against. Plus Dominique was still in his prime.

[VDusen04]

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The reason why I threw out the '95 Jazz is because they won 60 games with a younger version of Malone and Stockton who were in their primes, the makeup of their roster and I loved that floor. The reason why I threw out the '91 Hawks is because of the makeup of their roster. Just look fun to play with and against. Plus Dominique was still in his prime.

Good stuff. I didn't mean to give you a hard time or anything. I was just trying to gauge those clubs because they're so similar to teams already included. For instance, the only real difference I see between the '94 Rockets and '93 Rockets is trading out Winston Garland & Sleepy Floyd for Sam Cassell. Most of the rest of the roster, alongside the jerseys and the court, remained the same.

I had similar thoughts regarding the '91 Hawks. Much of that team is available in the form of the late 80's squad already included, only everyone's a little further out of their prime by '91 (espcially Sidney Moncrief). And again, most everything else remained the same (jerseys and court).

On the other hand, as similar as that '95 Jazz team looks in comparison to the finalist clubs (Tom Chambers seems to be the only difference), they'd at least require different jerseys and a new court (the '95 Delta Center rendition), so there'd be a freshness there.

I think I'm just trying to find the line between what we may able to do ourselves versus what would be very beneficial for 2K to include for us (hypothetically). That is, if we wanted a downgraded '91 Hawks club, couldn't we pull that off very effectively ourselves? In contrast, even if all players were already included, we couldn't really make our own '07 Warriors club, as they have no court that'd fit, amongst other details.

[t90cw]

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I agree. We can create some classic teams to a certain extent due to players/arenas already in the game, however ones like the 07 warriors would be really difficult to accurately recreate. Similarly any of the J Kidd nets would be difficult to recreate and have that authentic feel that most of the 2K legend teams has. I guess a lot of it is down to having the correct license.

I am hoping they do add some more classic teams, just to give us extra players to create other teams as we desire, but one thing I hope that 2K include is player portraits for every classic player. Not having a portrait for Alonzo Mourning or Larry Johnson ruins the authenticity and effect if you are using the classic Hornets team in association, or soon to be MyLeague. This is the case for most legend teams and surely it wouldn't be too difficult to add as they would already have the players license?