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

[Trackball]

Nitpicking, I know, but I wish they knew you're supposed to refer to retro teams by the LATER year, because that's when the majority of the season takes place.

Imagine if I said "the 1993 Rockets won the title."
You'd then respond "No, they lost to Seattle in the second round. They won it the next year."

Still nice to see these two here, though. Pre-kidney Alonzo!

Anyway, speaking of the Rockets, I'm personally hoping for the 1986 team that made the Finals, if only because I still remember them having to censor Ralph Sampson's name in 2K12.

[Hellquist]

No lie. I've been on an old school basketball binge the past several days and I watched the 97 Heat vs the 97 Bulls ECF. I said, "man, I hope we get one of these 90s Heat teams! Hardaway and Mourning!" Got one of the ones I wanted. Great to see 99 Knicks, yes!

Disappointed we have to wait until August 25th for the full reveal. Jeez.

[Kstat]

If you really want to nitpick, the 99 Knicks played their entire season in 1999 so calling them 98-99 doesn't even make sense.

[PeacemanNOT]

Quote: Originally Posted by Kstat

If you really want to nitpick, the 99 Knicks played their entire season in 1999 so calling them 98-99 doesn't even make sense.

That's what the season is called:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998%E...399_NBA_season

[Kstat]

Quote: Originally Posted by PeacemanNOT

That's what the season is called: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998%E...399_NBA_season

And it still doesn't make sense.

[strawberryshortcake]

1996 - 1997 Heat



1998-1999 Knicks

[PeacemanNOT]

Interesting thing to point out, a PC mod called Ultimate Classic Team Roster has those two teams. Dee4Three just uploaded that exact matchup two days ago.

[Geolink]

Hopefully they fixed the colors on the Knicks jersey. Especially in 98 the colors weren't baby blue and bright orange.