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unstoppableskyhook · 05-08-2022, 05:26 PM

NBA 2k Historic Teams Missing

This season, the NBA has been focused on its 75th anniversary all year long. It seems like an easy marketing point, and 2k made sure to capitalize on it, mentioning it in trailers and ads all year long and having Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Dirk Nowitzki, and Kevin Durant as the cover athletes to show history of the game.

Yet, after taking it out of that box, there is nothing special about this 2k to commemorate the 75th anniversary. It seemed like the perfect opportunity to add new historic teams and players into the game.

The new legends we got were Bill Sharman and Paul Arizin, leaving the elusive Reggie Miller and Charles Barkley as the only NBA 75 players not available in any facet of the game (Lenny Wilkens is not on any All-Time team, but is in his respective draft class and MyTeam; the other 73 Top 75 players are available on All-Time teams).

However, we did not get even a single new historic team this year, after not getting any the year prior as well. The halfway-point in NBA history right now is the 1983-84 season, yet there are only 6 available teams prior to this ('65 Celtics, '65 Lakers, '71 Bucks, '71 Lakers, '72 Knicks, '77 76ers).

They are leaving out half the history of the league. In 1997, when the 50 Greatest list came out, they included a Top 10 teams of all time. 2 of those teams (the 1967 76ers and 1983 76ers) have no iteration of themselves in the game at all. The '70 Knicks, '72 Lakers, and '92 Bulls were also selected in the Top 10, but 2k gave us worse iterations of these teams ('72 Knicks, '71 Lakers, and '91 Bulls), showing the lack of awareness in their historic selections.

The '47 Warriors, '51 Royals, 50's Lakers, '55 Nationals, '56 Warriors, '50's Celtics, '58 Hawks, '67 76ers, 70's Celtics, '75 Warriors, '77 Trail Blazers, '78 Bullets, '79 Super Sonics, and '83 76ers are all eras of teams that won championships and aren't included at all.

2k has the rights to so many legends (and many of their teammates) who are not featured on a single historic team (George Mikan, Dolph Schayes, Bill Sharman, Bob Cousy, Paul Arizin, Bob Pettit, Hal Greer, Lenny Wilkens, Nate Thurmond, Billy Cunningham, Rick Barry, Dave Bing, Wes Unseld, Elvin Hayes, Pete Maravich, Dave Cowens, Tiny Archibald, Bob McAdoo, and Moses Malone). Several other players (Wilt Chamberlain, Oscar Robertson, John Havlicek, Dave DeBusschere, Jerry Lucas, Willis Reed, Earl Monroe, Bill Walton, George Gervin, John Stockton, David Robinson) are on a classic team, but not even close to their primes, as evidenced by very low overalls for the greatest to ever play. 19+11= 30 of the Top 75 are not being given the representation that they deserve.

As it currently stands, James Harden, Damian Lillard, Anthony Davis, and Giannis Antetokounmpo will also fall into the misused category, as none have a prime version in the game ('12 James Harden and all four's current versions are where they stand).

It's extremely disappointing that they have completely neglected most of basketball history when some of the changes are extremely easy fixes. NBA 2k is how a lot of younger basketball fans learn about historic players, and the unfortunate reality is that the unrealistic MyTeam cards are the only understanding of what these players know about the retired greats of the sport.

There are a lot of historic role players who have 99 overall cards in MyTeam, but do not have a realistic representative accessible in other modes. By taking these players into the real rosters, it is pretty easy to create a new slot for some historic teams. Most of the teams are missing players anyway, so even if they could only get 5 players for a given team, they can create a roster slot where the the accurate courts, jerseys, logos, etc. are and roster creators can fill in the missing players if need be.

Below is the full list of teams that I think are worth being in the game. Obviously we will never have access to all of them, but it would be nice to get a few each year, especially some that cover the first 35 years of the NBA's 75 year history.

1940's

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1950's

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1960's

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1970's

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1980's

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1990's

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2000's

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2010's

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2020's

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05-08-2022, 05:26 PM	#1
unstoppableskyhook Rookie OVR: 0 Join Date: Oct 2021	NBA 2k State of Historic Teams NBA 2k Historic Teams Missing This season, the NBA has been focused on its 75th anniversary all year long. It seems like an easy marketing point, and 2k made sure to capitalize on it, mentioning it in trailers and ads all year long and having Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Dirk Nowitzki, and Kevin Durant as the cover athletes to show history of the game. Yet, after taking it out of that box, there is nothing special about this 2k to commemorate the 75th anniversary. It seemed like the perfect opportunity to add new historic teams and players into the game. The new legends we got were Bill Sharman and Paul Arizin, leaving the elusive Reggie Miller and Charles Barkley as the only NBA 75 players not available in any facet of the game (Lenny Wilkens is not on any All-Time team, but is in his respective draft class and MyTeam; the other 73 Top 75 players are available on All-Time teams). However, we did not get even a single new historic team this year, after not getting any the year prior as well. The halfway-point in NBA history right now is the 1983-84 season, yet there are only 6 available teams prior to this ('65 Celtics, '65 Lakers, '71 Bucks, '71 Lakers, '72 Knicks, '77 76ers). They are leaving out half the history of the league. In 1997, when the 50 Greatest list came out, they included a Top 10 teams of all time. 2 of those teams (the 1967 76ers and 1983 76ers) have no iteration of themselves in the game at all. The '70 Knicks, '72 Lakers, and '92 Bulls were also selected in the Top 10, but 2k gave us worse iterations of these teams ('72 Knicks, '71 Lakers, and '91 Bulls), showing the lack of awareness in their historic selections. The '47 Warriors, '51 Royals, 50's Lakers, '55 Nationals, '56 Warriors, '50's Celtics, '58 Hawks, '67 76ers, 70's Celtics, '75 Warriors, '77 Trail Blazers, '78 Bullets, '79 Super Sonics, and '83 76ers are all eras of teams that won championships and aren't included at all. 2k has the rights to so many legends (and many of their teammates) who are not featured on a single historic team (George Mikan, Dolph Schayes, Bill Sharman, Bob Cousy, Paul Arizin, Bob Pettit, Hal Greer, Lenny Wilkens, Nate Thurmond, Billy Cunningham, Rick Barry, Dave Bing, Wes Unseld, Elvin Hayes, Pete Maravich, Dave Cowens, Tiny Archibald, Bob McAdoo, and Moses Malone). Several other players (Wilt Chamberlain, Oscar Robertson, John Havlicek, Dave DeBusschere, Jerry Lucas, Willis Reed, Earl Monroe, Bill Walton, George Gervin, John Stockton, David Robinson) are on a classic team, but not even close to their primes, as evidenced by very low overalls for the greatest to ever play. 19+11= 30 of the Top 75 are not being given the representation that they deserve. As it currently stands, James Harden, Damian Lillard, Anthony Davis, and Giannis Antetokounmpo will also fall into the misused category, as none have a prime version in the game ('12 James Harden and all four's current versions are where they stand). It's extremely disappointing that they have completely neglected most of basketball history when some of the changes are extremely easy fixes. NBA 2k is how a lot of younger basketball fans learn about historic players, and the unfortunate reality is that the unrealistic MyTeam cards are the only understanding of what these players know about the retired greats of the sport. There are a lot of historic role players who have 99 overall cards in MyTeam, but do not have a realistic representative accessible in other modes. By taking these players into the real rosters, it is pretty easy to create a new slot for some historic teams. Most of the teams are missing players anyway, so even if they could only get 5 players for a given team, they can create a roster slot where the the accurate courts, jerseys, logos, etc. are and roster creators can fill in the missing players if need be. Below is the full list of teams that I think are worth being in the game. Obviously we will never have access to all of them, but it would be nice to get a few each year, especially some that cover the first 35 years of the NBA's 75 year history. 1940's Spoiler 47 Warriors 48 Bullets 49 Lakers 1950's Spoiler 50 Lakers 50 Nationals 51 Royals 52 Lakers 53 Celtics 53 Knicks 53 Lakers 54 Lakers 55 Nationals 55 Pistons 56 Warriors 57 76ers 58 Hawks 58 Pistons 58 Royals 59 Celtics 59 Knicks 59 Lakers 1960's Spoiler 60 Celtics 61 Celtics 61 Hawks 62 Celtics 62 Knicks 62 Lakers 62 Royals 62 Warriors 63 Celtics 63 Pistons 64 Celtics 64 Royals 65 Bullets 65 Celtics 65 Hawks 65 Lakers 66 Celtics 67 76ers 67 Warriors 68 Celtics 68 Chaparrals 68 Pistons 69 Celtics 69 Lakers 69 Rockets 69 Knicks 69 Bullets 1970's Spoiler 70 Knicks 70 Pacers 70 Suns 71 Bucks 71 Bullets 71 Hawks 71 Lakers 71 Warriors 72 Bullets 72 Bulls 72 Knicks 72 Nets 72 Pacers 72 Supersonics 73 Kings 73 Knicks 73 Suns 74 Bucks 74 Cavaliers 74 Celtics 74 Hawks 74 Nets 74 Pistons 74 Spurs 75 Braves 75 Bullets 75 Kings 75 Pacers 75 Trail Blazers 75 Warriors 76 Celtics 76 Nets 76 Nuggets 76 Suns 77 76ers 77 Bulls 77 Trail Blazers 78 Bullets 78 Knicks 78 Nuggets 79 Jazz 79 Nets 79 Rockets 79 Spurs 79 Supersonics 1980's Spoiler 80 Hawks 80 Lakers 81 Bucks 81 Celtics 81 Jazz 81 Kings 81 Rockets 81 Suns 82 Lakers 82 Warriors 83 76ers 83 Clippers 83 Nets 83 Spurs 83 Supersonics 84 Celtics 84 Knicks 84 Suns 85 76ers 85 Bucks 85 Clippers 85 Lakers 85 Nuggets 85 Pistons 85 Trail Blazers 86 Bulls 86 Celtics 86 Hawks 86 Jazz 86 Rockets 87 Bucks 87 Lakers 87 Nuggets 87 Warriors 88 Lakers 88 Mavericks 88 Nets 88 Spurs 88 Supersonics 89 Bullets 89 Bulls 89 Hawks 89 Pistons 1990's Spoiler 90 76ers 90 Cavaliers 90 Jazz 90 Mavericks 90 Pistons 91 Bulls 91 Lakers 91 Timberwolves 91 Trail Blazers 91 Warriors 92 Celtics 92 Clippers 92 Suns 93 Bulls 93 Hornets 93 Nets 93 Suns 94 Clippers 94 Hawks 94 Heat 94 Nuggets 94 Rockets 94 Warriors 95 Knicks 95 Magic 95 Pacers 95 Rockets 95 Spurs 95 Timberwolves 96 Bulls 96 Cavaliers 96 Kings 96 Supersonics 97 Bullets 97 Hawks 97 Heat 97 Hornets 97 Pistons 97 Rockets 97 Timberwolves 98 Bulls 98 Jazz 98 Lakers 98 Pacers 98 Spurs 98 Supersonics 99 Bullets 99 Knicks 99 Nuggets 99 Spurs 2000's Spoiler 00 Grizzlies 00 Lakers 00 Nets 00 Pacers 00 Raptors 00 Suns 00 Trail Blazers 01 76ers 01 Bucks 01 Heat 01 Lakers 01 Timberwolves 02 Celtics 02 Clippers 02 Hornets 02 Kings 02 Lakers 02 Nets 03 Hornets 03 Magic 03 Mavericks 03 Rockets 03 Spurs 03 Suns 03 Wizards 04 Bucks 04 Grizzlies 04 Jazz 04 Lakers 04 Pistons 04 Timberwolves 05 76ers 05 Pacers 05 Spurs 05 Suns 06 Clippers 06 Grizzlies 06 Heat 06 Mavericks 06 Nets 07 Cavaliers 07 Jazz 07 Raptors 07 Spurs 07 Supersonics 07 Warriors 07 Wizards 08 Bobcats 08 Celtics 08 Hornets 08 Nuggets 08 Rockets 09 Lakers 09 Magic 09 Nuggets 2010's Spoiler 10 Bobcats 10 Celtics 10 Hawks 10 Jazz 10 Lakers 10 Suns 10 Trail Blazers 11 Bulls 11 Grizzlies 11 Hornets 11 Mavericks 12 76ers 12 Heat 12 Knicks 12 Thunder 13 Grizzlies 13 Heat 13 Knicks 13 Lakers 13 Nuggets 13 Warriors 14 Clippers 14 Hornets 14 Nets 14 Pacers 14 Rockets 14 Spurs 14 Timberwolves 15 Bulls 15 Hawks 15 Pelicans 15 Warriors 15 Wizards 16 Cavaliers 16 Heat 16 Hornets 16 Raptors 16 Spurs 16 Thunder 16 Trail Blazers 16 Warriors 17 Bulls 17 Celtics 17 Jazz 17 Kings 17 Warriors 17 Wizards 18 Cavaliers 18 Celtics 18 Pacers 18 Pelicans 18 Rockets 18 Timberwolves 18 Warriors 19 76ers 19 Magic 19 Pistons 19 Raptors 19 Thunder 19 Trail Blazers 2020's Spoiler 20 Celtics 20 Heat 20 Mavericks 20 Nuggets 20 Thunder 21 Bucks 21 Clippers 21 Hawks 21 Nets 21 Jazz 21 Knicks 21 Pelicans 21 Suns Last edited by unstoppableskyhook; 05-08-2022 at 05:49 PM.

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