NBA 2K22 Classic Team Guide (Missing Players, Added Players etc.)

[pjt8405]

Hoping this guide helps everyone with roster-making this year.


NBA Classic Teams: Players removed from Classic Teams in NBA 2K22

Frank Brickowski - 86-87 Lakers * Accurate as he was traded midseason for Mychal Thompson

Drazan Petrovic - 90-91 Blazers * Accurate as he was traded midseason

Pau Gasol - 05-06 Memphis Grizzlies

J.R. Smith - 07-08 Denver Nuggets, 11-12 New York Knicks, 15-16 Cleveland Cavaliers

Nene - 07-08 Denver Nuggets

Brandon Roy - 09-10 Portland Trail Blazers

Kyle Korver - 10-11 Chicago Bulls

JJ Barea - 10-11 Dallas Mavericks

Corey Brewer - 10-11 Dallas Mavericks

Tyson Chandler - 10-11 Dallas Mavericks

Ian Mahinmi - 10-11 Dallas Mavericks, 13-14 Indiana Pacers

Thabo Sefolosha - 11-12 Oklahoma City Thunder

Jamal Crawford - 13-14 LA Clippers

Ian Mahinmi, Evan Turner - 10-11 Dallas Mavericks, 13-14 Indiana Pacers

Marco Belinelli - 13-14 San Antonio Spurs

Jordan McRae - 15-16 Cleveland Cavaliers

Malcolm Miller - 18-19 Toronto Raptors


NBA Classic Teams: Players Added to Classic Teams in NBA 2K22

Gerry Ward - 64-65 Celtics

Kenny Fields - 84-85 Bucks

Mike Holton - 84-85 Bulls

Irving Thomas - 90-91 Lakers

Cliff Robinson - 90-91 Blazers (Back in)

Mike Gminski - 92-93 Hornets

Randy Brown - 95-96 Bulls, 97-98 Bulls, 02-03 Suns

Matt Fish - 96-97 Heat

Gary Grant - 96-97 Heat, 99-00 Blazers

Willie Burton - 97-98 Spurs

Kurt Thomas - 98-99 Knicks

Haywoode Workman - 99-00 Raptors

John Thomas - 99-00 Raptors

Rodney Buford - 00-01 Sixers

Speedy Claxton - 00-01 Sixers

Roshown McLeod - 00-01 Sixers

Mike Penberthy - 00-01 Lakers

Lawrence Funderburke - 01-02 Kings

Popeye Jones - 02-03 Mavericks

Evan Eschmeyer - 02-03 Mavericks

Kareem Rush - 03-04 Lakers

Jamal Sampson - 03-04 Lakers

Tremaine Fowlkes - 03-04 Pistons

Glenn Robinson - 04-05 Spurs

Tony Massenburg - 04-05 Spurs

Derek Anderson - 05-06 Heat

Dorell Wright - 05-06 Heat

Josh Powell - 06-07 Warriors

Yakhouba Diawara - 07-08 Nuggets

Juwan Howard - 09-10 Blazers, 12-13 Heat

Rudy Fernandez- 09-10 Blazers

Ronnie Brewer Jr - 10-11 Bulls

CJ Watson - 10-11 Bulls, 13-14 Pacers

Kurt Thomas - 10-11 Bulls

Royal Ivey - 11-12 Thunder

Tony Wroten - 12-13 Grizzlies

Matt Bonner - 13-14 Spurs

Channing Frye - 15-16 Cavs

Mo Williams - 15-16 Cavs

Andrew Bogut - 15-16 Warriors

Festus Ezeli - 15-16 Warriors

Mo Speights - 15-16 Warriors


NBA Classic Teams: Players removed from All-Time Teams in NBA 2K22

Darryl Dawkins - All-Time Philadelphia 76ers

Jon McGlocklin - Milwaukee Bucks

Steve Kerr - All-Time Chicago Bulls

Charles Oakley - All-Time Chicago Bulls

Ron Harper - All-Time Cleveland Cavaliers

Antoine Walker - All-Time Boston Celtics

Eric Gordon - All-Time LA Clippers

Pau Gasol - All-Time Memphis Grizzlies

Jason Williams - Sacramento Kings

Reggie Theus - Sacramento Kings

Kristaps Porzingis - All-Time New York Knicks

Pau Gasol - All-Time Los Angeles Lakers

Tyson Chandler - All-Time Dallas Mavericks

Kendall Gill - All-Time Brooklyn Nets

D’Angelo Russell - All-Time Brooklyn Nets

LaPhonso Ellis - All-Time Denver Nuggets

Jalen Rose - All-Time Indiana Pacers

Detlef Schrempf - All-Time Indiana Pacers

Clark Kellogg - All-Time Indiana Pacers

Ryan Anderson - All-Time New Orleans Pelicans

Tyson Chandler - All-Time New Orleans Pelicans

Blake Griffin - All-Time Detroit Pistons

Danny Green - All-Time San Antonio Spurs

Brandon Roy - All-Time Portland Trail Blazers

Mitch Richmond - All-Time Golden State Warriors

Gheorghe Muresan - All-Time Washington Wizards

Larry Hughes - All-Time Washington Wizards

Rod Strickland - All-Time Washington Wizards


NBA Classic Teams: Players Added to All-Time Teams in NBA 2K22

Dolph Schayes - All-Time Philadelphia 76ers

Glenn Robinson - Milwaukee Bucks

Jerry Sloan - All-Time Chicago Bulls

Zach Lavine - All-Time Chicago Bulls

Jim Chones - All-Time Cleveland Cavaliers

Bill Sharman - All-Time Boston Celtics

Swen Nater - All-Time LA Clippers

Jonas Valancuinas - All-Time Memphis Grizzlies

Wayne Embry - Sacramento Kings

Eddie Johnson- Sacramento Kings

Julius Randle - All-Time New York Knicks

Anthony Davis - All-Time Los Angeles Lakers

Kristaps Porzingis - All-Time Dallas Mavericks

Kevin Durant - All-Time Brooklyn Nets

James Harden - All-Time Brooklyn Nets

Byron Beck - All-Time Denver Nuggets

Mel Daniels - All-Time Indiana Pacers

Bob Netolicky - All-Time Indiana Pacers

Don Buse - All-Time Indiana Pacers

Lonzo Ball - All-Time New Orleans Pelicans

Trevor Ariza - All-Time New Orleans Pelicans

Bailey Howell - All-Time Detroit Pistons

Louie Dampier - All-Time San Antonio Spurs

Sidney Wicks - All-Time Portland Trail Blazers

Paul Arizin - All-Time Golden State Warriors

Wes Unseld - All-Time Washington Bullets/Wizards

Jack Marin - All-Time Washington Bullets/Wizards

Don Ohl - All-Time Washington Bullets/Wizards


Players Still Missing from Classic Teams in NBA 2K22

64-65 Celtics
Willie Naulls
Ron Bonham
Bevo Nordmann

64-65 Lakers
Leroy Ellis
Gene Wiley
Darrall Imhoff
Walt Hazzard
Bill McGill
Jerry Grote

70-71 Bucks
Bob Boozer
McCoy McLemore
Jeff Webb
Bob Greacen
Marv Winkler
Bill Zopf

70-71 Lakers
Jim McMillian
Happy Hairston
Pat Riley
Earnie Killum

71-72 Knicks
Dean Meminger
Eddie Miles
Charlie Paulk
Greg Fillmore

76-77 76ers
Caldwell Jones
Terry Furlow

84-85 Bucks
Paul Thompson
Chris Engler


85-86 Bulls
Orlando Woolridge
Gene Banks
Mike Smrek
Jawann Oldham
Quintin Dailey

85-86 Celtics
Greg Kite
Rick Carlisle
David Thirdkill


85-86 Hawks
Johnny Davis
John Battle
Lorenzo Charles


86-87 Lakers
Adrian Branch
Mike Smrek

88-89 Pistons
Michael Williams
Fennis Dembo

88-89 Bulls
Jack Haley

89-90 Cavaliers
Derrick Chievous
John Morton

90-91 Lakers
Terry Teagle
Tony Smith

90-91 Trail Blazers
Danny Young
Alaa Abdelnaby

90-91 Warriors
Kevin Pritchard
Les Jepsen

92-93 Bulls
Trent Tucker
Corey Williams

93-94 Rockets
Carl Hererra
Chris Jent
Eric Riley
Richard Petruska
Larry Robinson

93-94 Nuggets
Bison Dele (Brian Williams)
Darnell Mee
Mark Randall
Kevin Brooks

94-95 Knicks
Anthony Mason

94-95 Magic
Anthony Avent
Geert Hammink

95-96 Bulls
Jason Caffey
Jack Haley

95-96 Supersonics
Steve Scheffler
Sherell Ford

96-97 Heat
Voshon Lenard
Willie Anderson
Mark Strickland
Ed Pinckney

97-98 Bulls
Joe Kleine
Rusty LaRue
Keith Booth

97-98 Lakers
Sean Rooks
Mario Bennett
Shea Seals

97-98 Spurs
Reggie Geary
Carl Herrera
Malik Rose
Brad Lohaus

98-99 Knicks
Chris Childs
Rick Brunson
Ben Davis

99-00 Raptors
Michael Stewart
Aleksander Radojevic
Sean Marks

99-00 Trailblazers
Rasheed Wallace
Antonio Harvey
Joe Kleine

00-01 76ers
Raja Bell
Kevin Ollie
Pepe Sanchez

00-01 Lakers
Stanislav Medvedenko

01-02 Kings
Mateen Cleaves
Brent Price

01-02 Nets
Lucious Harris
Anthony Johnson
Donny Marshall
Brandon Armstrong
Jamie Feick

02-03 Mavericks
Raja Bell
Tariq Abdul-Wahad
Antoine Rigaudeau

02-03 Suns
Joe Johnson
Jake Voskuhl
Jake Tsakalidi
Dan Langhi
Alton Ford

03-04 Lakers
Stanislav Medvedenko
Ime Udoka

03-04 Pistons
Rashed Wallace
Tayshaun Prince
Mehmet Okur
Mike James

03-04 Timberwolves
Michael Olowokandi
Darrick Martin
Oliver Miller
Troy Hudson
Ndudi Ebi

04-05 Spurs
Rasho Nesterovic
Devin Brown
Sean Mark
Mike Wilks
Linton Johnson

04-05 Suns
Joe Johnson
Walter McCarty
Jake Voskuhl
Yuta Tabuse
Paul Shirley

05-06 Grizzlies
Pau Gasol
Chucky Atkins
Lorenzen Wright
Jake Tsakalidis
Antonio Burks
Lawrence Roberts
Anthony Roberson

05-06 Heat
Wayne Simien
Jason Kapono
Earl Barron

06-07 Cavaliers
Sasha Pavlovic
Ira Newble
Shannon Brown
Dwayne Jones

06-07 Warriors
Andris Biedrins
Mickael Pietrus
Sarunas Jasikevicius
Patrick O’Bryant

06-07 Wizards
Jarvis Hayes
Darius Songaila
Michael Ruffin
Andray Blatche
Calvin Booth
Donnell Taylor
Mike Hall

07-08 Celtics
Eddie House
Gabe Pruitt

07-08 Nuggets
Linas Kleiza
J.R Smith
Anthony Carter
Nene
Chucky Atkins
Taurean Green
Bobby Jones

07-08 Rockets
Chuck Hayes
Mike Harris
Loren Woods

09-10 Trailblazers
Brandon Roy
Jerryd Bayless
Martell Webster
Dante Cunningham
Jeff Pendergraph
Travis Diener
Joel Przybilla

10-11 Bulls
Luol Deng
Keith Bogans
Kyle Korver
Omer Asik
Rasual Butler
John Lucas III
Jannero Pargo

10-11 Mavericks
Tyson Chandler
J.J Barea
Ian Mahinmi
Corey Brewer
Dominique Jones
Rodrigue Beaubois

11-12 Knicks
J.R. Smith
Tyson Chandler
Jeremy Lin
Toney Douglas
Josh Harrellson
Jerome Jordan
Dan Gadzuric

11-12 Thunder
Thabo Sefolosha
Cole Aldrich
Lazar Hayward
Eric Maynor

12-13 Grizzlies
Tayshaun Prince
Quincy Pondexter
Jerryd Bayless
Darrell Arthur
Keyon Dooling
Austin Daye
Donte Greene
Willie Reed

12-13 Heat
Norris Cole
Chris Anderson
Joel Anthony
James Jones
Jarvis Varnado

13-14 Spurs
Marco Bellinelli
Jeff Ayres
Austin Daye
Damion James

13-14 Pacers
Lance Stephenson
Ian Mahinmi
Evan Turner
Chris Copeland
Rasual Butler
Lavoy Allen
Donald Sloan
Andrew Bynum

13-14 Clippers
Jamal Crawford
Willie Green

15-16 Cavaliers
J.R Smith
Timothy Mozgov
James Jones
Jordan McRae
Sasha Kaun

15-16 Warriors
Shaun Livingston
Ian Clark
Brandon Rush
James Michael McAdoo

16-17 Warriors
Shaun Livingston
Ian Clark
Zaza Pachulia
Patrick McCaw
James Michael McAdoo

18-19 Raptors
Jodie Meeks
Eric Moreland
Jeremy Lin
Malcolm Miller
Jordan Loyd (Two-way Contract)

PLAYERS 2K still needs to remove from CLASSIC TEAMS as they were released around the trade deadline of their respective NBA seasons

- Darryl Dawkins - 1988-1989 Detroit Pistons - Released on February 23, 1989

- Reggie Williams - 1989-1990 Cleveland Cavaliers - Released on February 26, 1990


OFFICIAL HISTORIC DRAFT CLASSES: Players to add to each Historic Draft Class that were included in MYTEAM for NBA 2K21. It Would help a lot to have these guys available officially for custom roster users who like to create their own retro based content

- Tom Van Arsdale - 1965 NBA Draft

- Robert Reid - 1977 NBA Draft

- Cedric Maxwell - 1977 NBA Draft

- Rickey Green - 1977 NBA Draft

- Joe Barry Carroll - 1980 NBA Draft

- Sam Mitchell - 1985 NBA Draft

- Michael Adams - 1985 NBA Draft

- Dino Radja - 1989 NBA Draft

- Dana Barros - 1989 NBA Draft

- Danny Ferry - 1989 NBA Draft

- Lionel Simmons - 1990 NBA Draft

- Richard Dumas - 1991 NBA Draft

- Billy Owens - 1991 NBA Draft

- Malik Sealy - 1992 NBA Draft

- Calbert Cheaney - 1993 NBA Draft

- Bob Sura - 1995 NBA Draft

- Austin Croschere - 1997 NBA Draft

- Felipe Lopez - 1998 NBA Draft

- Jeff Foster - 1999 NBA Draft

- Desmond Mason - 2000 NBA Draft

- Juan Carlos Navarro - 2002 NBA Draft

- Ronald "Flip" Murray - 2002 NBA Draft

- Eddy Curry - 2003 NBA Draft

- Michael Sweetney - 2003 NBA Draft

- Ben Gordon - 2004 NBA Draft

- Nate Robinson - 2005 NBA Draft

- Jarrett Jack - 2005 NBA Draft

- Arron Afflalo - 2007 NBA Draft

- Tyreke Evans - 2009 NBA Draft

- Ty Lawson - 2009 NBA Draft

- Larry Sanders - 2010 NBA Draft

- Jared Sullinger - 2012 NBA Draft


HISTORIC DRAFT CLASSES: Players who were added to NBA 2K22 Classic or All-Time teams who are not included in their respective historic draft classes in NBA 2K22

- Jerry Sloan - 1965 NBA Draft (All-Time Bulls)

- Eddie Johnson - 1981 Draft (All-Time Kings)

- Glenn Robinson - 1994 NBA Draft (All-Time Bucks)

- Juwan Howard - 1994 NBA Draft (2012-2013 Heat)

- Mo Williams - 2003 NBA Draft (2015-2016 Cavs)

- Matt Bonner - 2003 NBA Draft (2013-2014 Spurs)

- Andrew Bogut - 2005 NBA Draft (2015-2016 Warriors)

- Channing Frye - 2005 NBA Draft (2015-2016 Cavs)

- Ronnie Brewer Jr - 2006 NBA Draft (2010-2011 Bulls)

- Rudy Fernandez - 2007 NBA Draft (2009-2010 Blazers)

- Marreese Speights - 2008 NBA Draft (2015-2016 Warriors)

- Festus Ezeli - 2012 NBA Draft (2016-2017 Warriors)

- Tony Wroten - 2012 NBA Draft (2012-2013 Grizzlies)

PLAYERS REMOVED FROM NBA 2K22 HISTORIC DRAFT CLASSES that were in 2K21 Draft Classes

- Hakeem Olajuwon - 1984 Draft

- Jamal Crawford - 2000 Draft

- Pau Gasol - 2001 Draft

- Tyson Chandler - 2001 Draft

- Nene - 2002 Draft

- Kyle Korver - 2003 Draft

- J.R. Smith - 2004 Draft

- Marvin Williams - 2005 Draft

- Gerald Green - 2005 Draft

- C.J. Miles - 2005 Draft

- Ian Mahinmi - 2005 Draft

- Brandon Roy - 2006 Draft

- Thabo Sefolosha - 2006 Draft

- Corey Brewer - 2007 Draft

- Marco Belinelli - 2007 Draft

- Wilson Chandler - 2007 Draft

- Ryan Anderson - 2008 Draft

- Courtney Lee - 2008 Draft

- Luc Mbah a Moute - 2008 Draft

- Demarre Carroll - 2009 Draft

- Evan Turner - 2010 Draft

- Brandon Knight - 2011 Draft

- Chandler Parsons - 2011 Draft

- Michael Kidd-Gilchrist - 2012 Draft

- Kyle O'Quinn - 2012 Draft

- Tyler Zeller - 2012 Draft

- Dion Waiters - 2012 Draft

- Allen Crabbe - 2013 Draft

- Sir'Dominic Pointer - 2013 Draft

- Jordan McRae - 2014 Draft

- Shabazz Napier - 2014 Draft

- Mario Hezonja - 2015 Draft

- Emmanuel Mudiay - 2015 Draft

- Jerian Grant - 2015 Draft

- Justin Anderson - 2015 Draft

- Dragan Bender - 2016 Draft

- Tyrone Wallace - 2016 Draft

- Skal Labissiere - 2016 Draft

- Ante Zizic - 2016 Draft

- Kadeem Allen - 2017 Draft

- Nigel Williams Goss - 2017 Draft

- Jonah Bolden - 2017 Draft

- Ivan Rabb - 2017 Draft

- Caleb Swanigan - 2017 Draft

- Terrance Ferguson - 2018 Draft

- Omari Spellman - 2018 Draft

- Ellie Okobo - 2018 Draft

- Devon Hall - 2018 Draft

- Jacob Evans III - 2018 Draft

- Melvin Frazier - 2018 Draft

- Kevin Hervey - 2018 Draft

- Dzanan Musa - 2018 Draft

- Zhaire Smith - 2018 Draft

- Admiral Schofield - 2019 Draft

- Dewan Hernandez - 2019 Draft

- Marial Shayok - 2019 Draft

- Justin Wright-Foreman - 2019 Draft

[taildog]

Re: NBA 2K22 Classic Team Guide (Missing Players, Added Players etc.)

I would expect that they get Pau back in asap since they left his grizzlies team there


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[MJWizards]

Re: NBA 2K22 Classic Team Guide (Missing Players, Added Players etc.)

Great thread mate!


Damn its still about 250 missing players to have a "completed classic teams" roster...i honestly wasnt expecting that.

[UNCfan4971]

Re: NBA 2K22 Classic Team Guide (Missing Players, Added Players etc.)

Is Lenny Wilkens still on 60s decade team? Reggie Lewis and others in draft classes?



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[ojandpizza]

Re: NBA 2K22 Classic Team Guide (Missing Players, Added Players etc.)

Jerry Sloan has been on the All-Time Bulls no?


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[ojandpizza]

Re: NBA 2K22 Classic Team Guide (Missing Players, Added Players etc.)

Believe Wicks was already also on the Blazers.


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[ojandpizza]

NBA 2K22 Classic Team Guide (Missing Players, Added Players etc.)

Unfortunately a lot of the added players are just CAPs.

[MJWizards]

Re: NBA 2K22 Classic Team Guide (Missing Players, Added Players etc.)

LIST OF PLAYERS AVAILABLE JUST IN HISTORIC DRAFT CLASSES

Clark Kellogg
Reggie Theus
Jay Williams
George Johnson
Lenny Wilkens
Darius Miles
Yi Jianlian
Reggie Lewis
Rex Chapman
Rod Strickland
Cedric Ceballos
Manute Bol
Jason Maxiell
Cuttino Mobley
Luke Ridnour
Clemon Johnson
Gheorghe Muresan
Ronny Turiaf
Clint Richardson


So far at least...

[dkosorio]

Re: NBA 2K22 Classic Team Guide (Missing Players, Added Players etc.)

Unfortunately a lot of the added players are just CAPs.

Yeah that Kurt Thomas was pretty depressing…


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[dkosorio]

Re: NBA 2K22 Classic Team Guide (Missing Players, Added Players etc.)

They are also slowly making each of the buzz cut/fade options look more and more alike. We were already short on usable options for 80s, 90s, and 00s CAPs…but at least we have more hair options for the 3 white guys we gotta make [emoji23]


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[pjt8405]

Re: NBA 2K22 Classic Team Guide (Missing Players, Added Players etc.)

A lot of the older CF scans they had for players such as Kurt Thomas were taken out a long time ago. Moving forward, I'm hopeful the people who make the key decisions for the ART Dept put more emphasis in re-working so many of the legends that are either newly added CAPS or renders which are sorely outdated.

[ojandpizza]

NBA 2K22 Classic Team Guide (Missing Players, Added Players etc.)

They are also slowly making each of the buzz cut/fade options look more and more alike. We were already short on usable options for 80s, 90s, and 00s CAPs…but at least we have more hair options for the 3 white guys we gotta make [emoji23]


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To be fair the white hair options have always been absolutely horrible. Creating white players for us CAP guys was always a nightmare.


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[vannwolfhawk]

Re: NBA 2K22 Classic Team Guide (Missing Players, Added Players etc.)

Awesome dude! Thank you!

[dkosorio]

Re: NBA 2K22 Classic Team Guide (Missing Players, Added Players etc.)

To be fair the white hair options have always been absolutely horrible. Creating white players for us CAP guys was always a nightmare.


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Yeah I definitely wouldn’t argue that lol


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[jimbo3772]

Re: NBA 2K22 Classic Team Guide (Missing Players, Added Players etc.)

Jerry Sloan has been on the All-Time Bulls no?

Believe Wicks was already also on the Blazers.

Sloan was out of the game last year because he passed away so they didn't have the license for him. Wicks has only been in MyTeam....he wasn't on any of the team rosters.