THE 250 (90+ Potential Club)
100 players @ 90 Potential (Potential NBA Stars)
25 players @ 91 Potential (...like 90 but better?)
25 players @ 92 (Winners / Special Talents Vol. 1)
30 players @ 93 (Unicorns / Busts / Flat Earthers)
20 players @ 94 (Streetball & Intl. Legends, Forgotten & Future NBA/ABA Legends)
20 players @ 95 (Undeniable HOF Talents)
10 players @ 96 (Special Talents Vol. 2: Even Specilr)
5 players @ 97 (Key Ingredient to NBA Title(s))
5 players @ 98 (Athletic / Mental Freaks)
10 players @ 99 (Potential GOATS, 2k Godz)
=250 players total
* - International Legend
** - Streetball Legend
*** - Prodigious Talent who didn't play due to injury/death
**** - Felipe Lopez / Oscar Schmidt are special cases, changing their draft year to bring them into the league earlier
1970
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Nate 'Tiny' Archibald - 94
Dave Cowens - 94
Dan Issel - 93
Bob Lanier - 92
Pete Maravich - 96
Calvin Murphy - 90
Charlie Scott - 92
Randy Smith - 90
1971
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Austin Carr - 90
Artis Gilmore - 94
**Joe Hammond - 94
George McGinnis - 94
Sidney Wicks - 90
1972
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*Kresimir Cosic - 90
Julius Irving - 98
Bob McAdoo - 96
Kevin Porter - 90
Paul Westphal - 91
1973
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Doug Collins - 90
**Raymond Lewis - 94
Maurice Lucas - 90
1974
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Marvin Barnes - 94
John Drew - 90
George Gervin - 95
Bobby Jones - 90
Moses Malone - 98
Truck Robinson - 90
BILL WALTON - 99 (Also top 10 NCAA player ever, his NBA run pre-injury in 77-78 was crazy)
Jamaal Wilkes - 92
1975
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Darryl Dawkins - 90
World B. Free - 90
Dan Roundfield - 90
David Thompson - 95
Gus Williams - 90
1976
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Adrien Dantley - 94
Alex English - 94
John Lucas II - 90
Dennis Johnson - 92
Robert Parish - 92
1977
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Otis Birdsong - 90
Walter Davis - 91
Marques Johnson - 92
Bernard King - 95
Jack Sikma - 90
1978
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LARRY BIRD - 99 (12 x AS and that's low because he threw his back out fixing his own driveway)
Mo Cheeks - 91
Phil Ford - 90
Purvis Short - 90
Michael Ray Richardson - 90
Freeman Williams - 90
1979
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*Nikos Galis - 90
MAGIC JOHNSON - 99 (Larry and Magic are no brainer 99s. 12x AS and the greatest passer in basketball history)
Bill Laimbeer - 90
Sidney Moncreif - 94
****Oscar Schmidt - 94
1980
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Joe Barry Carroll - 90
Darrell Griffith - 90
Kevin McHale - 94
Isiah Thomas - 97
Andrew Toney - 93
Kiki VanDeWeghe - 90
1981
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Mark Aguirre - 91
Rolando Blackman - 90
Larry Nance Sr. - 90
Buck Williams - 91
1982
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Fat Lever - 93
Terry Cummings - 90
Dominique Wilkins - 95
James Worthy - 92
1983
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Clyde Drexler - 94
Dale Ellis - 90
Ralph Sampson - 93
1984
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Charles Barkley - 96
MICHAEL JORDAN - 99 (The Greatest of All Time. 14x AS)
HAKEEM OLAJUWON - 99 (The Dream and the exact player you would want in NBA 1k985. 12 x AS)
Alvin Robertson - 92
Arvydas Sabonis - 95
John Stockton - 95
1985
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Joe Dumars - 92
Patrick Ewing - 95
Karl Malone - 96
Xavier McDaniel - 90
Chris Mullin - 91
Terry Porter - 90
1986
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Len Bias - 96
Brad Daugherty - 90
Drazen Petrovic - 93
Mark Price - 92
Dennis Rodman - 93
1987
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Mark Jackson - 91
Kevin Johnson - 92
Reggie Lewis - 90
Reggie Miller - 93
Scottie Pippen - 94
David Robinson - 98
***Benji Wilson - 94 (See 30 for 30 Benji)
1988
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Dan Majerle - 90
Danny Manning - 93
Mitch Richmond - 91
Rod Strickland - 91
1989
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Mookie Blaylock - 90
Pervis Ellison - 90
Tim Hardaway Sr. - 91
Shawn Kemp - 93
Glen Rice Sr. - 90
1990
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Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf - 90
Derrick Coleman - 93
***Hank Gathers - 94 (See 30 for 30 Guru of Go)
Toni Kukoc - 90
**Demetrius 'Hook' Mitchell - 94 (Oakland's Greatest Streetballer)
Gary Payton - 95
1991
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Kenny Anderson - 93
Larry Johnson - 93
Dikembe Mutombo - 93
1992
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SHAQUILLE O'NEAL - 99 (Big Aristotle, the single most dominant player of my lifetime which is not MJ, but only because the league was worse in Shaq's insane 2000-02 run than it was during any of Jordan's 6 title seasons so Shaq was more "dominant", don't @ me. 15x AS)
Alonzo Mourning - 93
Latrell Sprewell - 90
1993
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Vin Baker - 90
Penny Hardaway - 95
Allan Houston - 90
Jamal Mashburn - 90
Isaiah Rider - 90
Chris Webber - 93
1994
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Grant Hill - 96
Juwan Howard - 90
Eddie Jones - 90
Jason Kidd - 95
Glenn Robinson II - 90
Jalen Rose - 90
1995
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Michael Finley - 90
Kevin Garnett - 97
****Felipe Lopez - 90
Antonio McDyess - 90
Jerry Stackhouse - 91
Rasheed Wallace - 93
1996
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Shareef Abdur-Rahim - 90
Ray Allen - 93
Kobe Bryant - 98 (having him at 98 is 8-24% a troll, lol. Kobe is unreal)
***Ronnie Fields - 94
Allen Iverson - 96
Stephon Marbury - 90
Steve Nash - 95
Jermaine O'Neal - 91
Peja Stojakovic - 90
Ben Wallace - 92 (Undrafted!)
Antoine Walker - 90
1997
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Chauney Billups - 92
TIM DUNCAN - 99 - 15x All-Star ffs. He's good for a free title if you draft him and are even 5% competant.
Tracy McGrady - 96
Tim Thomas - 90
1998
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Vince Carter - 95
Antawn Jamison - 91
Rashard Lewis - 90
Dirk Nowitzki - 97
Michael Olowokandi - 90
Paul Pierce - 94
1999
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Ron Artest - 91
Elton Brand - 92
Baron Davis - 90
Steve Francis - 90
Manu Ginobili - 95 (Maybe too high, maybe he swatted a bat out of midair once)
Rip Hamilton - 91
Shawn Marion - 91
Andre Miller - 90
Lamar Odom - 93
2000
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Kenyon Martin - 90
DerMarr Johnson - 90
Darius Miles - 90
2001
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Gilbert Arenas - 92
Pau Gasol - 92
Eddie Griffin - 90
Joe Johnson - 91
Tony Parker - 92
Zach Randolph - 90
2002
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Yao Ming - 95
Amare Stoudamire - 92
Dajuan Wagner - 90
Jay Willams - 90
2003
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Carmelo Anthony - 95
Chris Bosh - 93
LEBRON JAMES - 99 - 2nd Greatest of All Time, 15x AS and counting.
Darko Milicic - 90
Dwayne Wade - 97
2004
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Andre Iguodala - 91
Dwight Howard - 95 (maybe too low legit)
Shaun Livingston - 90
2005
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Andrew Bynum - 90
Danny Granger - 90
Chris Paul - 95
Deron Williams - 91
2006
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LaMarcus Aldridge - 91
Kyle Lowry - 90
Paul Millsap - 90
Rajon Rondo - 92
Brandon Roy - 92
2007
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Mike Conley - 90
KEVIN DURANT - 99 - 10x AS, Not the best but the most God-gifted basketball player of all-time IMO. Other players have been better. NOBODY has more God-given talent than Kevin Durant. He was put on this planet to hoop. Never @ me ever for any reason
Marc Gasol - 90
Al Horford - 90
Greg Oden - 93
People forget he was the clear consensus #1 over KD. His serious injury concerns were pretty much on par with concerns that Durant was "too skinny". 2007 was a simpler time.
2008
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Michael Beasley - 90
Kevin Love - 90
Derrick Rose - 95
Russell Westbrook - 95
2009
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STEPHEN CURRY - 99 - The greatest shooter who has ever picked up a basketball. This man changed the sport. He changed the way every professional and amateur team and person play basketball. I'm willing to be talked into switching he and Kobe though.
DeMar DeRozan - 90
Blake Griffin - 95
James Harden - 96 (maybe too low, maybe win something one time?)
2010
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John Wall - 90
Paul George - 92
Demarcus Cousins - 93
2011
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Jimmy Butler - 90
Kyrie Irving - 93
Kawhi Leonard - 97
Klay Thompson - 93
Kemba Walker - 90
2012
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Bradley Beal - 90
Anthony Davis - 96
Andre Drummond - 90
Draymond Green - 92
Damian Lillard - 92
2013
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Giannis Antetokounmpo - 98
Rudy Gobert - 90
Victor Oladipo - 90
2014
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Joel Embiid - 93
Nikola Jokic - 93
Andrew Wiggins - 90
2015
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Devin Booker - 91
Kristaps Porzingis - 93 (might be too high but his nickname is The Unicorn ffs. Had to slide him into the unicorn tier)
D'Angelo Russell - 90
Karl-Anthony Towns - 93
2016
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Brandon Ingram - 90
Jamal Murray - 90
Pascal Siakam - 93 (I feel like he's on the level of Ben and Joel now. He gets unicorn status)
Ben Simmons - 93 (possible he should be lower, also could be higher if he had willingly shot a single three before 2019-20)
2017
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Lonzo Ball - 90
DeAaron Fox - 91
Markelle Fultz - 90
Lauri Markkanen - 90
Donovan Mitchell - 92
Jason Tatum - 92
2018
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Deandre Ayton - 90
Mo Bamba - 90
Luka Doncic - 94 (might be too low legit)
Jaren Jackson Jr. - 91
Michael Porter Jr. - 90
Trae Young - 91
2019
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RJ Barrett - 90
Ja Morant - 91
Zion Williamson - 94
Not 90 on purpose - Kwame Brown, Seb Telfair