NBA 2K13: Six Best Role Players for Your Association

[RaychelSnr]

NBA 2K13 just released, and some of us are still fiddling with our lineups trying to get that perfect team for the Association mode. Trying to figure out your starting lineup is only the beginning. What about the role players that, might not be a high-scoring threat, can still help you in those tough situations? That's what Operation Sports is here for today, to help give you the six best role players (in no particular order).

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[JasonMartin]

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Harden not a high scoring threat? He can easily go 20ppg (if it wasn't for Westbrook/KD), 16ppg is still good enough like he did previous season.


Also, what position does Shumpert play? PG or SG, in my opinion he's a SG.

[ggsimmonds]

Even though Harden is a role player for the Thunder, I don't think he is actually a role player. If he becomes a free agent in your game offer him role player money and let me know how that goes.

Contract figures are just as important as overall rating when it comes to role players.

Anyway, in past games I actually had success using JR Smith as a role player. Whenever my starters failed to get baskets I subbed in Smith. In game he was excellent at coming off screens for the J

[RajonMoneyRondo]

Shumpert is a SG , he can play the point but hardly does in real life .
I agree jr smith is huge as a role or 6th

[madden316]

I had Harden avg 30.ppg through the first dozen games in my last association. If it wasn't for his low low mid ( I think is around 67) he would be a amazing All-star player for any team.

[RUFFNREADY]

This role can also be filled by a rookie, don't you think; as i have my eye on a Maverick named Jae Crowder at SF / SG. This kid is a beast, and i wouldn't expect anything less than 10 - 15 pts a night from this kid.
cheers

[JerseySuave4]

Is this bench players or role players in general because everytime I play Brooklyn Kris Humphries kills me on the boards. He's really scrappy and gets those garbage points that stack up and before I know it he's got 17 points 14 boards.

[Dirty_Mik3]

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In my association I'm Currently the New Orleans Hornets. I would never have Austin Rivers a starter. He goes for 17 a game coming off the bench as a 2 guard. He's looking good for 6th man of the year with Anthony Davis as the rookie of the year just based off him Averaging a double double for the year.

[Cedrik]

Re: NBA 2K13: Six Best Role Players for Your Association

Is Harden considered a role player because he comes off the bench?

[Dirty_Mik3]

Re: NBA 2K13: Six Best Role Players for Your Association

Even though Harden is a role player for the Thunder, I don't think he is actually a role player. If he becomes a free agent in your game offer him role player money and let me know how that goes.

Contract figures are just as important as overall rating when it comes to role players.

Anyway, in past games I actually had success using JR Smith as a role player. Whenever my starters failed to get baskets I subbed in Smith. In game he was excellent at coming off screens for the J

Yea I did that and the Thunder had no problem matching as soon as here Decided to accept the offer. Sometimes in this case you have to over pay just a bit to get who you want.

But then again I don't know if I would build a team around James Harden ??? I'm I the only one that thinks this ?!?!?

[d11king]

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Uh..... no love for Ben Gordon? Dude has in-the-gym range and can practically hit a shot from North Carolina, has one of the easiest releases in the game, not too shabby on defense if you have great on-ball defense and has the microwave signature skill, he's an easy 18+ points.

[teebee]

This role can also be filled by a rookie, don't you think; as i have my eye on a Maverick named Jae Crowder at SF / SG. This kid is a beast, and i wouldn't expect anything less than 10 - 15 pts a night from this kid.
cheers

LOL GTFO NO CHANCE

[Gramps91]

Taj Gibson is definitely great. He was on my association team on 2k12 and he helped out a lot. It's killing me stopped playing that association like a week before 2k13 came out and now it's been two weeks and I still haven't started an association on 2k13 because I'm waiting on more roster updates from 2k. Hopefully, they will have another one soon.

[six4machine]

Wow! Jamison and Shumpert, and even someone mentioning rookie Crowder lol! But no Ginobili.. No surprise there, spurs are always overlooked. What's his rating this year? 84-86, don't remember. Higher than everyone on the list above. And still a 6th man

[smlmeyer]

I submitted to Bill Simmons about Harden winning the Sixth Man award just because he comes off the bench. He played more minutes than any guard on the Thunder besides Westbrook. He's also clearly their second best guard next to Westbrook. To me, the "off the bench" thing seems to be purely semantics. He still plays like 25-30 minutes per game to Sefolosha's 20-23.