TrueSim NBA 2K Rating Generator

[Cycloniac]

Some years ago, I released a roster for the PS4 version of NBA 2k16. Since then, I have been in and out of the NBA 2k series as I have devoted more time to other sports titles.

Around basketball season, I still get the itch and play a little 2k. I was able to jump to next gen and grabbed 2k21.

Every year since release of that roster project, I have chipped away and tweaked the rating calculator I created back then. I have kept it up to date as 2k has added and removed ratings, and expanded its tendency system.

I am not sure if I will have the time to dedicate to an entire 2k roster release, but I am wondering if others might find the rating generator I developed useful.

Version 1 is Now Available

Download link: https://1drv.ms/u/s!AghAoHIeEMGM5FKp...5xgRk?e=bRU3L5

Video Breakdown and Guide
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Step by Step Instructions

Spoiler

1. Fill in cells B1 through B4 of the Dashboard sheet.

I did Nikola Jokic as an example.

2. Copy-paste the player's Advanced stats via Basketball-Reference in rows 7-9. You should see the win shares, OWS, DWS etc info update.

Optional: If you have access to Basketball Index, enter the player's Matchup Difficulty rating using the most recent season. This helps fine-tune the defensive IQ ratings. If you don't have access to Basketball Index, leave this blank. The tool can still generate defensive ratings.

3. Go to the Data tab. This is where the tool retrieves the information it needs to produce ratings and tendencies. Copy-paste the players Totals and Shooting data from Basketball-Reference. The tool uses 3 seasons of data.

Next to each season, enter the name of the player + totals or shooting + year 1/2/3

E.g. next to Jokic's first totals season (2020), the correct input is nikola jokic totals 1.

You can use any combination of years you want. If you want to only use 1 year, simply copy-paste the same year 3 times e.g. same data in rows 1, 2 and 3.

4. Go to the Calc sheet.

5. Copy-paste the data in row 4 into a fresh row on the Ratings sheet.

6. In the Ratings sheet, navigate to the player's name.

7. In the RatingView sheet, select A1.

8. Hit the Display button. This will run a macro to display the player's ratings, tendencies, play types and badges in the format you'll see in 2k's player editor for easy in-game input. You may see ratings/tendencies such as moving shot that were in earlier 2k games, so you can ignore them if they don't exist, or use them if you are playing a previous 2k entry.

[MavsManiac4Life]

Re: TrueSim NBA 2K Rating Generator

Definitely think this could be useful. I've been interested in trying to make some classic rosters this gen, the main thing holding me back is having to slowly figure out the right ratings for guys.

[Christian9]

Re: TrueSim NBA 2K Rating Generator

Would definitely be useful. Looks great!

[CookNBA03]

Re: TrueSim NBA 2K Rating Generator

Definitely would go to great use 100%

[itrey25]

Re: TrueSim NBA 2K Rating Generator

Always loved your work on pass 2ks, one of the goats for sure

[Cycloniac]

Re: TrueSim NBA 2K Rating Generator

Running tests, will take requests

[Cycloniac]

Re: TrueSim NBA 2K Rating Generator

Curious what folks think about badges;

They impact the sim engine, so do people remove all, or only some?

Wondering if I should devote time to adding the ability for the rating generator to generate badges too.

[jackng310]

Re: TrueSim NBA 2K Rating Generator

definitely badges

[jackng310]

Re: TrueSim NBA 2K Rating Generator

whats eta on this?

[Cycloniac]

Re: TrueSim NBA 2K Rating Generator

whats eta on this?

Currently fine-tuning. I just added functioality for badges, working on making adjustments for defense.

Right now, my guinea pig is Andre Drummond. The generator is valuing him more favorably than he should be because his surface level numbers are elite, so I'm looking at how to improve that.

[jackng310]

Re: TrueSim NBA 2K Rating Generator

Currently fine-tuning. I just added functioality for badges, working on making adjustments for defense.

Right now, my guinea pig is Andre Drummond. The generator is valuing him more favorably than he should be because his surface level numbers are elite, so I'm looking at how to improve that.

so a few days? a week? appreciate the work btw

[Cycloniac]

Re: TrueSim NBA 2K Rating Generator

so a few days? a week? appreciate the work btw

Maybe a week.

Working on automating play type generation now, was previously doing them by hand.

[zten11]

Re: TrueSim NBA 2K Rating Generator

I'll let you do a spreadsheet on my roster
(we can also work out personal $ details)

[Cycloniac]

Re: TrueSim NBA 2K Rating Generator

I'll let you do a spreadsheet on my roster
(we can also work out personal $ details)

Sent you a PM

[MavsManiac4Life]

Re: TrueSim NBA 2K Rating Generator

Really think this could do wonders for roster creation, looking forward to the drop. Are you testing the results you get with sim stats? If so, how are they looking?