NBA 2K25 Official Roster/Ratings Analysis Thread (Yearlong)

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Finishing off Weds games...

KINGS (9-10)
Beat Wolves 115-104
Fox: 26-8-8
Sabonis: 27-12-5
Crowder (GS): 8 pts (3-5 FG, 2-4 3PT) - DeRozan DNP
Monk: 27 pts, 9 asts off bench (9-16 FG)

WOLVES (8-10)
Edwards: 29 pts, 5 asts
Randle: 21 pts, 9 rebs
NAW: 17 pts (5-6 3PT)

IIRC this loss prompted a Wolves team meeting

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RAPTORS (5-14)
Stomp Pelicans 119-93
Barrett: 22-8-11
Barnes: 17-12-7
Agbaji: 24 pts (9-10 FG)
Ja'Kobe Walter (GS): 14 pts, 11 rebs, 5 asts (Dick DNP)
Jamison Battle: 24 pts (9-11 FG, 6-8 3PT) - One of the better Two-Way guys this year

PELICANS (4-15)
CJ: 19 pts (7-20 FG)
Murray return: 14 pts (5-17 FG)
Payton off bench: 10 pts, 4 asts, 3 stls (5-11 FG), 27 mins
JRE: 14 pts, 10 rebs (Murphy DNP)

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LAKERS (11-7)
Beat Spurs 119-101
AD: 19-14-7
LeBron: 16-10-11
Knecht (GS): 20 pts, 8 rebs (Reddish off bench)
Russell: 17 pts, 5 asts off bench

SPURS (10-9)
Wemby: 20 pts, 10 rebs, 3 blks (9-20 FG, 2-9 3PT, 0-0 FT)
Barnes: 19 pts (5-6 3PT)
Champagnie: 18 pts (3-7 3PT)
Vassell return off bench: 14 pts

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NETS (9-10)
Stun the Suns 127-117
Schroder: 29 pts
Simmons: 14 pts, 9 rebs, 8 asts (7-8 FG) - best game in years?
Tyrese Martin off bench: Career-high 30 pts (10-13 FG, 8-10 3PT), 28 mins
Watford: 18 pts

SUNS (10-8)
Booker: 31 pts
Durant: 30 pts
Beal: 17 pts

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NUGGETS (10-7)
Beat Jazz 122-103
Jokic: 30-10-7
Murray: 22 & 8
Braun: 18 (6-8 FG)

JAZZ (4-14)
Sexton: 26 pts
George: 23 pts
Kessler: 16 pts, 12 rebs, 5 asts, 3 blks (8-10 FG)
Micah Potter (GS at PF): 9 pts, 16 rebs - Collins DNP
Svi Mykhailiuk (GS at SF): 7 pts (2-7 FG) - Lauri DNP

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ROCKETS (14-6)
Beat Sixers in OT 122-115
Jalen Green: Season-high 41 pts (12-20 FG, 4-6 3PT, 13-14 FT)
Sengun: 22-14-7
Amen: 19 pts, 13 rebs, 3 stls, 3 blks (8-10 FG)

SIXERS (3-14)
Maxey: Season-high 39 pts, 10 asts (14-34 FG)
Yabu (GS at PF): 22 pts (Caleb DNP)
McCain: 15 pts (6-19 FG)
Council: 12 pts, 10 rebs

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MAGIC (13-7)
Beat Bulls 133-119
Suggs: 31 pts, 7 asts
KCP: 24 pts (6-10 3PT)
Goga: 11 pts, 11 rebs (4-4 FG)
Carter return (GS at PF): 4 pts, 18 mins

BULLS (8-12)
Ayo: 21 pts (8-10 FG)
LaVine: 8 pts, 10 asts (3-9 FG)
THT: 20 pts (7-8 FG) off bench

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CLIPPERS (12-8)
Blowout hapless Wizards 121-96
Harden: Season-high 43 pts
Zubac: 18 & 16
Jordan Miller: 15 pts (7-10 FG)

WiZARDS (2-15)
Brogdon: 17 pts, 6 asts
Poole: 8 pts, 6 TOs (1-7 FG)
Kuzma: 0 pts, 8 mins (injury)

Think that's all of them.

On to Fri-Sun games lol

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The Tyrese Martin 30-piece

It's the only double-figure NBA game of his career.
He had scored 33 total points in his first 21 NBA games.

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As far as the tape, nothing to really get excited about, just an open shooter hitting set shots.

Martin shot 43% from three in his senior season, but only 32% in his first three college seasons. He's capable of hot shooting, the long-term consistency is the major question.

Tyrese Martin R2K Changes
72 OVR (+3)
85 3PT (+10)
70 Shot IQ (+10)
75 Offensive Consistency (+35)
45 Defensive Consistency (+5)
BRONZE: Set Shot Specialist (ADD)

Notably higher rated than Dariq Whitehead, the former 1st round pick who has only mustered 3 career games so far.

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11/29 Games

KNICKS (11-8)
Almost blow it vs injury plagued Hornets, 99-98
Brunson: 31-6-6
Towns: 19-12-5
Hart: 13-12-5
OG: 8 pts (3-11 FG)
Bridges: 8 pts (3-10 FG) - benched for McBride late
McBride: 14 pts

HORNETS (6-13)
Miller: 20 pts (7-25 FG, 2-11 3PT)
Salaun: 14 pts, 8 rebs
Green: 15 pts
Diabate (GS): 6 pts, 11 rebs
Micic (GS): 9 pts, 8 asts (LaMelo out two weeks)
KJ Simpson: Career-high 11 pts (5-10 FG)

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Simpson has a great opportunity the next two weeks to show he deserves a standard contract.

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HAWKS (9-11)
Stun the Cavs again, 117-101
Trae: 21 pts, 11 asts
Johnson: 20-9-7
Hunter: 23 pts (7-12 FG, 4-7 3PT)
Okongwu: 15 pts (6-8 FG)
Risacher: 11 pts


CAVS (17-3)
Garland: 29 pts, 5 asts (11-19 FG, 5-8 3PT)
Mobley: 24 pts, 12 rebs
Mitchell: 12 pts, 11 rebs, 6 asts (5-23 FG, 2-10 3PT)
Levert return: 8 pts

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MAGIC (14-7)
Blowout Nets 123-100
Franz: 29-8-8
KCP: 19 pts (7-8 FG, 4-5 3PT)

NETS (9-11)
Tyrese Martin (GS): 8 pts (3-6 FG, 2-4 3PT), 24 mins (Schroder DNP)
Milton off bench: 22 pts, 4 asts, 34 mins

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CELTICS (16-3)
Beat Bulls 138-129
Tatum: 35-14-5 (12-18 FG)
Porzingis: 21 pts (7-11 FG)
Brown: 21 pts (7-21 FG)
Pritchard: 29 pts, 7 rebs (10-16 FG, 7-11 3PT)
Horford: 2 pts off bench, 26 mins

BULLS (8-13)
Vucevic: 32 pts, 11 rebs
LaVine: 29 pts
Lonzo Ball return: 2 pts, 5 asts (Played over Giddey in crunch time)

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PISTONS (9-12)
Blowout Pacers 130-106
Cade return: 24-6-11
Ivey: 23 pts, 6 asts
Harris return: 16 pts (5-8 FG)
Duren: 14 pts, 12 rebs
Beasley: 25 pts off bench

PACERS (9-11)
Siakam: 21 pts, 9 rebs
Haliburton: 19 pts, 5 asts

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THUNDER (15-4)
Beat Lakers 101-93
Shai: 36 pts, 9 asts
Jalen: 19 pts (8-19 FG) - Not most efficient game but playing through eye injury
Hartenstein: 11 pts, 18 rebs, 5 asts

LAKERS (11-8)
Knecht (GS): 20 pts
AD: 15-12-7
LeBron: 12-8-6
Reaves: 11 pts (1-9 3PT)

Knecht as Starter (7 gms): 20 PPG, 5 RPG, 33 MPG, 69 TS% on 20 USG%

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GRIZZLIES (13-7)
Beat Pelicans 120-109
Morant: 27 pts, 7 asts
Jackson: 23 pts, 8 rebs
Bane: 7 pts (3-8 FG)
Aldama: 20 pts (8-9 FG)

PELICANS (4-16)
CJ: 30 pts (11-19 FG)
Murray: 21-6-6 (6-17 FG, 7 TOs)
Murphy: 21 pts, 9 rebs
Missi: 16 pts, 14 rebs
Bench outscored 41-12

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HEAT (9-8)
Beat Raptors 121-111
Butler: 26 pts, 6 asts
Herro: 23 pts
Bam: 14-10-10
Jaquez: 15 pts (6-9 FG) off bench

RAPTORS (5-15)
Barnes: 24-10-10
Barrett: 25-6-7
Poeltl: 24 pts, 10 rebs (10-11 FG)

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WOLVES (9-10)
Beat Clippers 93-92
Edwards: 21 pts (7-21 FG)
Randle: 11 pts, 10 rebs
NAW: 12 pts, 10 rebs

CLIPPERS (12-9)
Harden: 20 pts, 11 asts, 5 stls (7-20 FG)
Zubac: 16 pts, 13 rebs
Porter: 17 pts, 7 rebs, 3 stls

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BLAZERS (8-12)
Ayton: 26 pts, 9 rebs (11-19 FG)
Simons: 21 pts, 9 asts
Avdija (GS at SF): 20 pts, 9 rebs, 5 asts

KINGS (9-11)
Sabonis: 21-14-11
Fox: 22 pts, 5 asts
Crowder (GS): 10 pts
Monk: 29 pts off bench

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11/30 Games

HAWKS (10-11)
Beat Hornets 107-104
Johnson: 20 pts, 9 asts

HORNETS (6-14)
Miller: 32 pts (10-30 FG)
Green: 17 pts (4-7 3PT)
Micic: 15 pts, 8 rebs, 5 asts
Salaun: 0 pts (0-8 FG)
Nick Richards return off bench: 12 pts, 6 rebs, 3 blks, 6 fouls, 25 mins

Hornets lack so much offensive talent that no matter who the 1st option is they need to take 30 bad shots.

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SIXERS (4-14)
Beat Pistons 111-96
Maxey: 28 pts, 6 asts
George return: 11 pts (4-12 FG)
McCain off bench: 7 pts
Drummond: Sprained ankle 4 mins in
KJ Martin: 19 pts (7-8 FG) - Started 3rd Quarter, Yabu to the 5

McCain is only 12-41 FG in his last 3 games

PISTONS (9-13)
Beasley (GS): 19 pts (Cade not playing B2B)

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BUCKS (10-9)
Beat Wizards 124-114
Giannis: 42-12-11
Dame: 25 pts, 10 asts

WIZARDS (2-16)
Poole: 31 pts, 7 asts
Brogdon: 29 pts, 7 rebs
Valanciunas (GS): 16 pts, 7 rebs, 5 asts, 31 mins (Kuzma DNP)

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SUNS (11-8)
Beat Warriors 113-108
Booker: 27 pts, 9 asts
Durant: 21 pts, 10 rebs
Tyus: 19 pts, 9 asts
Allen (GS): 17 pts (The Beal trade ended up awful on so many levels)

WARRIORS (12-7)
Curry: 23 pts (8-21 FG)
Podz (GS at SG): 12 pts (Waters off bench)

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MAVS (12-8)
Kyrie: 30 pts, 9 asts
Grimes: 24 pts
Washington: 16 pts, 11 rebs

JAZZ (4-15)
Kessler: 18 pts, 10 rebs, 5 blks
Lauri: 19 pts (7-20 FG, 2-11 3PT)
George: 5 pts, 8 asts (1-8 FG)

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12/1 Games

GRIZZLIES
Beat Pacers 136-121
JJJ: 25 & 8
Morant: 19 & 8
Bane: 16-6-6

PACERS
Mathurin: 19 pts, 9 rebs
Nembhard return: 14 pts
Haliburton: 8 pts, 7 asts

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MAGIC
Beat Nets 100-92
Franz: 20-9-8

NETS
Cam Johnson: 26 pts
Schroder: 20 pts, 7 asts
Claxton (GS at C): 9 pts (Simmons off bench)
Simmons: 0 pts, 12 mins

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RAPTORS
Beat Heat 119-116
Barrett: 37 pts, 7 rebs, 5 asts (15-20 FG, 3-4 3PT)
Barnes: 23 pts, 10 rebs, 9 asts
Poeltl: 17 pts, 11 rebs
Walter (GS): 12 pts

HEAT
Herro: 31 pts (9-16 FG, 6-12 3PT, 7-7 FT)
Rozier: 17 pts, 5 asts
Bam: 13 pts, 20 rebs, 7 asts (averaging more assists since Rozier to the bench)
Rozier: 17 pts, 5 asts off bench

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KNICKS
Destroy Pelicans 118-85
Bridges: Season-high 31 pts (12-19 FG, 7-19 3PT)
Brunson: 16 pts
KAT: 14 pts, 19 rebs
OG: 7 pts (2-10 FG)

PELICANS
CJ: 13 pts (6-16 FG)
Murphy: 11 pts (3-14 FG)
Murray: 10 pts (5-17 FG)

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CAVS
Beat Celtics 115-111
Mitchell: 35 pts (12-21 FG, 6-11 3PT)
Garland: 22 pts, 8 asts


CELTICS
Tatum: 33 pts
Pritchard: 24 pts
Porzingis: 21 pts, 8 rebs
Horford (GS): 8 pts (3-10 FG) - Brown DNP
Hauser (GS): 13 pts, 36 mins (White DNP)
Drew Peterson: 8 pts, 25 mins

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ROCKETS
Beat Thunder 119-116
VanVleet: Season-high 38 pts (10-19 FG, 5-9 3PT, 13-14 FT)
Sengun: 20-14-9
Smith: 15 & 14

THUNDER
Shai: 32-8-5
Jalen: 22-5-7
Hartenstein: 19 & 13

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LAKERS
Beat Jazz 95-94
AD: 33 & 11
LeBron: 27 pts, 14 asts (12-28 FG, 0-9 3PT)
Knecht: 6 pts (2-10 FG)
Vincent (GS): 10 pts (4-5 FG) - Reaves DNP

JAZZ
Lauri: 22 pts
Collins: 21 pts
Kessler: 13 pts, 11 rebs

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SPURS
Beat Kings 127-125
Wemby: 34 pts, 14 rebs, 11 asts, 3 blks (11-17 FG, 5-9 3PT, 7-9 FT)
Champagnie: 19 pts
Paul: 13 pts, 10 asts
Vassell: 21 pts (8-12 FG, 5-8 3PT)


KINGS
Sabonis: 25-13-6
DeRozan return: 28 pts, 8 asts
Fox: 23 pts, 9 asts
Monk (GS): 19-7-6 (He's been too good lately not to start)
Isaac Jones: 12 pts (5-7 FG)

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MAVS
Beat Blazers 137-131
Luka return: 36 pts, 7 rebs, 13 asts, 3 stls (15-24 FG)
Grimes: 28 pts (9-13 FG, 5-7 3PT)
Dinwiddie: 20 pts, 5 asts
Hardy (GS): 13 pts (Kyrie DNP)

BLAZERS
Simons: 27 pts, 5 asts (9-11 FG, 6-8 3PT)
Sharpe: 22 pts
Camara: 17 pts (5-7 3PT)
Grant return: 14 pts, 6 asts
Avdija: 21 pts
Ayton: 18 pts (8-11 FG)

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CLIPPERS
Beat Nuggets 126-122
Harden: 39 pts, 9 rebs, 11 asts (10-26 FG, 6-15 3PT, 13-13 FT)
Powell return: 28 pts (5-8 3PT)
Mann: 15 pts off bench (6-7 FG)

NUGGETS
Jokic: 28 pts, 14 rebs, 11 asts
Murray: 18 pts, 7 asts
Gordon returns off bench: 10 pts, 24 mins
Strawther: 15 pts (6-7 FG)

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12/2 Games

HAWKS 124
Trae: 12 pts, 8 rebs, 15 asts (5-16 FG)
Daniels: 19 pts
Johnson: 19-7-5
Hunter: 22 pts off bench
Bufkin: 10 pts (4-4 FG), prob most efficient game of career

PELICANS 114
CJ: 29 pts (12-26 FG)
Missi Career Night: 23 pts, 12 rebs (11-14 FG)
Murray: 7 pts, 10 asts, 5 stls (2-15 FG) - No revenge game
Boston: 19 pts off bench

Murray thru 5 games: 27 FG% and 21 3PT%

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CELTICS 108
Brown: 29 pts
Tatum: 18 pts, 11 rebs (7-21 FG)
Kornet (GS): 6 pts, 6 blks (Porzingis DNP)
Walsh (GS at SG): 0 pts, 13 mins (Holiday DNP)
White at PG: 19 pts, 8 asts (5-12 3PT)
Pritchard: 25 pts (10-17 FG)

HEAT 89
Jaquez: 19 pts, 10 rebs (Jimmy DNP)
Herro: 19 pts (6-19 FG)
Bam: 15 pts (6-18 FG)

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WOLVES 109
Edwards: 8 pts (3-13 FG)
Randle: 18 pts
Gobert: 17 pts, 12 rebs (7-8 FG)

LAKERS 80
LeBron: 10 pts (4-16 FG) - He might be getting tired.
Davis: 12 pts, 11 rebs (4-14 FG)
Russell (GS): 20 pts, 5 asts (8-12 FG, 4-5 3PT) - Reaves DNP
Knecht: 6 pts (0-5 3PT)

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BULLS 128
Giddey Triple Double: 20 pts, 13 rebs, 11 asts
Vucevic: 21 pts, 10 rebs (8-11 FG)
Buzelis: 20 pts (7-10 FG, 4-5 3PT)
Julian Phillips (GS): 5 pts (2-7 FG), Coby White DNP

NETS 102
Schroder: 16 pts, 10 asts
Tyrese Martin (GS): 15 pts, 33 mins (5-12 FG, 3-8 3PT)
Keon Johnson (GS): 8 pts, 30 mins (3-10 FG)
Dariq Whitehead Career Night: 18 pts (6-10 3PT)

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We've reached the point in the season where I'm working 50-60 hours a week and can't keep up with daily box scores (much less watch games/replays/etc). So the little bits I come across while tweaking my roster for an hour or two each night...

https://www.nba.com/game/phi-vs-chi-0022400347/play-by-play

Sixers were fully healthy the first time.

PG: Maxey, Lowry, Jackson
SG: George, McCain, Gordon
SF: Oubre, Caleb Martin, Council
PF: Yabusele, KJ Martin
C: Embiid, Drummond, Bona

I think we finally have some stability with the depth chart, a lot of players have moved around positionally since the start of the season. Yabu is locked in as starting 4, while Caleb Martin went from starting 4 to backup 3. George is the starting SG despite being taller than Oubre, he's in a sub pattern w/ McCain. Players like Gordon filtered out of the rotation, while Lowry can play his natural position. KJ Martin also established himself as worthy of playing time - between he and Yabu that's the main reason they've been able to shuffle guys lower in the lineup.

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BUCKS
Middleton returned off bench, at the expense of Delon Wright. That means no backup PG in the non-Dame mins.

The lineup for both stints:
AJ Green, Gary Trent Jr, Khris Middleton, Bobby Portis, Giannis Antetokoumpo

Giannis is basically Point-Center in those lineups.
Unclear as of yet who should be getting PG as secondary position.
Trent has been subbing for Dame but Middleton also has a strong on-ball role (6 assists in 20 mins vs BKN).

My guess is Middleton continues off the bench because he isn't a great fit in the starting lineup with Dame at this point.

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Fan vote is 50%. Media and players is 25% each. The players will vote for melo, they did in 2022.

LaMelo Voting in 2022 (which was a very weak guard class):

5th in Fan Vote (1.2M)
6th in Player Vote (39) - Behind DeRozan, LaVine, Trae, Harden, and Garland.
8th in Media Vote (1)

Being behind Garland in the Player vote is notable, given the season he's currently having.

Your 2022 East Starters (F/P/M)
1.0 DeRozan (1/1/1)
2.2 Trae (2/3/2)

In 2023 the scores needed to start were 1.8 (Mitchell and Kyrie)

Even if LaMelo ranked 1st in Fan Vote (which is extremely unlikely in itself), there are too many All-NBA guards now in the East that weren't in the Conference 3 years ago (i.e. he's not going to be able to put up a good enough non-Fan Rank). Mitchell, Brunson, Dame, and Haliburton were all in the West at that point.

Even if LaMelo won the fan vote he's looking at 1/5/5 at best which is only a 3.0.

LaMelo leads all guards in voting... and didn't get named a starter.

Fan vote: 1st
Player vote: 3rd
Media vote: 7th
Average: 3.0

If I had to guess - Garland, Cade, and Dame will be the East bench guards.
Trae is probably the 4th guard if another gets taken.
The coaches left Bradley Beal off in 2020, they couldn't care less how many shots LaMelo is taking.