Top Missing Teams from the NBA's Greatest Mode

[dorian813]

Now those are my favorites from your list, especially the ones in bold. I would also add the 1991-92 or 1992-93 Miami Heat with Glen Rice, Steve Smith, Rony Seikaly, Bimbo Coles, Brian Shaw, Kevin Edwards, Willie Burton and (Harold Miner)

you're right about those heat team. they weren't the best on defense but rice and smith would be fun to play with.

[Max Juggernaut]

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1983 76ers easily.....that team was awesome

[johhnywave]

2000 Blazers

[Playmakers]

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1987-1988 Dallas Mavericks

A very deep and talented team that gave the Hall-of-Fame lineup of the Lakers all it could handle, falling in the Western Conference Finals in seven games. The Mavericks had a pair of All-Stars on the frontline in 25ppg scorer Mark Aguirre and center James Donaldson, along with Sam Perkins. A solid backcourt of Derek Harper and Rolando Blackman supplemented Aguirre’s scoring. The Mavericks featured a deep bench, including the talented Sixth Man of the Year Roy Tarpley, Brad Davis and Detlef Schrempf. It would be interesting to see this team take on the defending champion Mavericks and Dirk Nowitzki.

Starters: PG-Derek Harper, SG-Rolando Blackman, SF-Mark Aguirre, PF-Sam Perkins, C-James Donaldson
Bench Rotation: Brad Davis, Detlef Schrempf, Roy Tarpley



Add this team i'll cough up the extra dough...

Tarpley was a beast off the bench and JD was arguably one of the most uderated C's in the West back then actually made a All-Star team once....he did a lot of the dirty work for that team.

And Aguirre might have had attitude problem but the dude could flat out score...

This team back in their day was awesome they just couldn't get by those Lakers

I remember the Reunion Rowdy's going crazy at Mavs home games...i hated the only time i could see them was during the playoffs back in those years CBS never showcased them that much during the regular season.

They were getting so many 1st round picks for being a expansion team at one point they had guys like Dale Ellis and Jay Vincent glued to the bench because they couldn't find minutes for them...had to trade some of those guys away

[lsalas76]

50s Lakers
77 Blazers
78 Bullets
83 76ers(this team should have been included instead of the 85 one. They went 14-1 in the playoffs)
88 Mavs
92 Bulls
92 Knicks
93 Suns
97 Bulls
97 Heat
98 Pacers
99 Spurs
99 Knicks
00 Lakers
01 Lakers(15-1 in the playoffs)
01 76ers
03 Nets
03 Spurs
04 Pistons(I believe there was only 5 teams that scored 100+ on them throughout the season and playoffs)
06 Heat

[KSOR24]

They should add Rick Barry's Warriors, that would definitely be a good one to see.

[kobestopper50]

01 Sixers agreed and 99-00 Pacers agreed
Personally my favorite team of all time was 99-00 Lakers with PG Ron Harper SG Kobe Bryant SF Glen Rice PF A.C Green C Shaquille O'neal. Bench players Derek Fisher, Robert Horry, Rick Fox, Travis Knight, Sam Jacobson, Devan George. I would pay some good $ for that

1000% agreed

[phade3]

They also could add the 1974-'75 Golden State Warriors NBA Championship team which had a then young Robert "Chief" Parrish, Rick Barry, Jeff Mullins, Clifford Ray, Phil Smith, Keith "Jamaal: Wilkes, Gus Williams who later teamed with Dennis Johnson in Seattle to win the NBA Championship in 1979 forming one of the best backcourt duo's in the NBA !

Also could add the 1977-78 Washington Bullets who won the NBA Cjampionship in 1978 on a team that featured undersized Hall Of Famer center Wes Unseld who more than held his own in the paint against Kareem and others along with Hall of Famer Elvin "The Big E" Hayes, Bobby Dandridge (should be in the Hall of Fame), Kevin Grevey, Mitch Kupchak, and Tom Henderson !

[mrbigshot]

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A secular DLC for at least 10 more teams? not sure if it would be possible, but i wouldn't mind that. even if i had to pay an extra 10 dollars.

[ghettogeeksta]

I can care less about the teams in the 60's, 70's, and 80's just bring back the classic teams for the 90's and early 2000's.

[d11king]

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I can care less about the teams in the 60's, 70's, and 80's just bring back the classic teams for the 90's and early 2000's.

Lol....

The 80s was probably the golden age of basketball, the league was filled with soooooo much competition, and thanks to NB80's on NBATV, I've learned a lot about players such as Andrew Toney, Sydney Moncrief, Alex English, World B. Free, Chocolate Thunder, Tiny Archibald, Mark Aguirre, Benard King, etc. Jordan said the reason he agreed to have his likeliness in 2K11 was to give the younger generation of fans a chance to get to see what he did, or something along those lines. Now with more classic teams being flooded into the game, that's the point, obviously I never had the chance to watch players like Elgin Baylor or Pete Maravich or hell even Phil Jackson play, don't be so close-minded. There's nothing classic about a lot of the early 2000 teams anyway. If you don't want to play with a 1970s team, that's on you.

You need to go back and learn your history man.

[VDusen04]

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Lol....

The 80s was probably the golden age of basketball, the league was filled with soooooo much competition, and thanks to NB80's on NBATV, I've learned a lot about players such as Andrew Toney, Sydney Moncrief, Alex English, World B. Free, Chocolate Thunder, Tiny Archibald, Mark Aguirre, Benard King, etc. Jordan said the reason he agreed to have his likeliness in 2K11 was to give the younger generation of fans a chance to get to see what he did, or something along those lines. Now with more classic teams being flooded into the game, that's the point, obviously I never had the chance to watch players like Elgin Baylor or Pete Maravich or hell even Phil Jackson play.

I personally loved having every single one of those teams in the game. On one hand, it was a lot of fun to use teams I grew up watching ('91 Warriors, '98 Spurs, etc.) but on the other hand, it was almost just as fun to use teams I vaguely knew of, or knew the history of, but had never really seen in action. Even using a squad like the '85 Bucks was pretty awesome, getting a chance to utilize one of the first point-forwards and working with a form of Terry Cummings that wasn't just knocking down open J's in San Antonio.

I actually kind of had a feeling that the older teams opened some people's eyes last year, and it was pretty awesome to see. There were a ton of, "Okay, so Jerry West is just absolutely dominating me" posts last year. And I certainly didn't mind a more thorough history lesson along the way, learning the play styles of guys like Happy Hairston, Bob Dandridge, and Lou Hudson. It was a great modern way of familiarizing oneself with the players of days gone by. I'd probably name a handful of decades before I got to the 60's and 70's in terms of my favorite basketball years, but I loved the inclusion of those teams in 2K12 and wish for more in the future.

[vannwolfhawk]

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Great list! You had all the teams I was going to say and I was surprised were on there (Sonics teams). As much as I hated that Rockets team as a Lakers showtime fan that team with twin towers was good! Also 93 Suns make all these a must have!

I would add...

1978 Bullets
1984-85 Nuggets

[MrBigShot1]

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Lol....

The 80s was probably the golden age of basketball, the league was filled with soooooo much competition, and thanks to NB80's on NBATV, I've learned a lot about players such as Andrew Toney, Sydney Moncrief, Alex English, World B. Free, Chocolate Thunder, Tiny Archibald, Mark Aguirre, Benard King, etc. Jordan said the reason he agreed to have his likeliness in 2K11 was to give the younger generation of fans a chance to get to see what he did, or something along those lines. Now with more classic teams being flooded into the game, that's the point, obviously I never had the chance to watch players like Elgin Baylor or Pete Maravich or hell even Phil Jackson play, don't be so close-minded. There's nothing classic about a lot of the early 2000 teams anyway. If you don't want to play with a 1970s team, that's on you.

You need to go back and learn your history man.

I appreciate the classic teams as much as the next guy, but I was also hoping for some early 2000s teams. We have loads of pre-2000 teams in the game now. Don't tell me you wouldn't want to play with VC's raptors or the 03-04 Detroit Pistons.

[VDusen04]

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I appreciate the classic teams as much as the next guy, but I was also hoping for some early 2000s teams. We have loads of pre-2000 teams in the game now. Don't tell me you wouldn't want to play with VC's raptors or the 03-04 Detroit Pistons.

Oh I'm on that boat too. I just don't think the older teams should be eliminated either. One poster stated he couldn't care less about teams from the 60's, 70's and 80's, so I think we're just rebutting that.

That darn "Greatest Games" screenshot from the ios version is still leaving a glimmer of hope that perhaps there'll be a DLC with newer classics this year. I'm just a dreamer.