2 NBA 2K18 Classic Teams Announced - '96-'97 Miami Heat & '98-'99 New York Knicks

[yellow86]

Thanks for the videos! I know about the JVG grabbing incident, but didn't know these two teams had some great rivalry with 3 straight play-offs facing each other and things got heated. Makes the inclusion of both even better, because the roster of the 97-99 Heat was not that different year-to-year. Knicks obviously without Starks & Oakley, but with Camby & Sprewell to compensate so great to re-create this rivalry in a play-off setting

[ojandpizza]

Quote: Originally Posted by VDusen04

I'd love to have him on board but I actually think the obsession over his and Charles Barkley's absence is a testament to how well 2K nailed things back in 2K12. There's definitely some Reggie and Chuck fans out there who are dying to be able to play as their favorite players but generally speaking, I think their absence has been such a big deal because they're just about the only modern superstars missing. We yearn for Reggie because we don't have to yearn for, say, Patrick Ewing. We yearn for Charles Barkley because we don't have to yearn for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. I say this lightheartedly but if Chuck and Reggie came on board, sometimes I feel like we'd be happy for a week then come back here to start the petition to acquire the rights to Bernard King and, I dunno, Rod Strickland or something.

Chuck makes more sense to me because he's the caliber of player as those other guys. He spent his entire career making the All-NBA ranks, won an MVP, competed for other MVPs, tons of all star games, etc.. Reggie was mostly a fringe all star level guy most of his career.

Having a Pacers team would be understandable, especially late 90's or the 2000 team that played in the finals. Miller, Davis, Smits, Rose, Jackson would be a nice group to play with. But the obsession with wanting Reggie always just seemed bizarre to me.


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[Kstat]

It was actually 4 straight years with the Knicks and heat, all of them going to the final game.

Heat were the higher seed all 4 years and lost 3 of them.

[Smirkin Dirk]

Quote: Originally Posted by Kstat

It was actually 4 straight years with the Knicks and heat, all of them going to the final game. Heat were the higher seed all 4 years and lost 3 of them.

I want to watch some of those 78-76 games again. It would be unrecognisable to today's game.

[Black Bruce Wayne]

Quote: Originally Posted by Kstat

Right there with you. But I like variety with my basketball. It's what makes the classic teams so valuable. Outside of the Grizzlies you don't see gritty basketball anymore. If I want to play a traditional inside/outside offense, I can't really use any 2017 teams. It's all about drive and kick now. At least the heat and Knicks had some firepower. They just played a really slow pace and played really physical defense.

And even barely about drive now. It's so different. I do miss post play. I miss big men who had skills around the rim.

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[Kstat]

Quote: Originally Posted by Smirkin Dirk

I want to watch some of those 78-76 games again. It would be unrecognisable to today's game.

Well, you were allowed to really drop the hammer on defense back then.

The biggest problem was really that they played almost the same style. Against other teams they were pretty entertaining but vs each other it was like a mirror match.

[midwestking100]

Quote: Originally Posted by Kstat

Well, you were allowed to really drop the hammer on defense back then. The biggest problem was really that they played almost the same style. Against other teams they were pretty entertaining but vs each other it was like a mirror match.

Just like those Knicks/Pacers match ups of the mid 90s

[Kstat]

Quote: Originally Posted by midwestking100

Just like those Knicks/Pacers match ups of the mid 90s

Yep. Very similar. Those series had some hilariously low scores too. It's just that Knicks/heat didn't have a Reggie Miller to distract everyone.