What will anthony davis be rated in 2k13

If there's one player not named LeBron to build a team around, in the real world or the virtual one, it's him. A lot of the 2K13 rookie ratings are all over the place. Michael Kidd Gilchrist's is at 78 while Austin Rivers is all the way down at In some regards, the ratings make sense; we've never seen what these guys can do at the next level, and by all indications, they have a ton of work to do before they're ready to achieve the same levels of greatness many of them achieved in the NCAA.

But as far as Davis goes, he's going to live up to—and exceed—his rating. He may have yet to play a single NBA game, but entering the draft, he was already ready.

He has the size, instincts and wingspan to, at the very least, compete with the top 4's in the league. He needs to fill out his frame a bit more and he could stand to work on his shot, but an 80 for someone who was as dominant as he was in the NCAA last year—even as a freshman—seems quite low.

It's hard for rookies to make an impact right off the bat, but Davis has the chops to do it. Enjoy our content? That ought to be good enough to bump him up to a mid-to-high 70s rating. He's injury-prone and he might not fit in well with the Warriors style of play, but what Andrew Bogut has proven he can bring to the table is more than what Steph Curry has shown us in his three years in the league. Bogut has terrific defense, with a nose for blocking shots and grabbing loose balls; along with his above-average offensive prowess for a big man in the post which gave him that 82 rating in last season's game.

Curry has proven, meanwhile, that he's just as injury prone, a shaky defender and not adept to racking up assists on offense, although his redeeming shooting ability is great. Still, it's not enough to make an argument that he should be better rated than Bogut. With the biggest jump in, well, perhaps all of video game history, I'm guessing that 2K totally buys into the Jeremy Lin story not only because of the fan reaction, but also based on what they amped him up to during the season.

Lin went from 56 overall to 69 overall in the middle of February, and then gave him another bump, this time six more points just two days later. In the span of 48 hours, video game Jeremy Lin picked up nearly 20 full points. Keep in mind, those two updates were in February before Lin dropped 28 points and 14 dimes on Dallas two days later and finished his season out with 15 more double-digit scoring games out of That, combined with a painfully visible decrease in production and efficiency from Kevin Martin should lead to a drop from him and an overpass by Lin.

The Indiana Pacers have a flurry of players who should be clogged in right in between 75 and 80 overall after marked improvement over their overall numbers in last year's game.

Roy Hibbert may make the leap to 80 overall, that's possible, but I think he gets to 79 and ends up stuck, while the likes of Paul George, George Hill and David West stick in right around 77 or Then there's Danny Granger who continues to be a middle-class man's Andre Iguodala.

He's a bit less of a leader, a bit less of an athlete, a bit more of a shooter and a bit less of a defender, but he's still good enough overall that he'll be able to hang onto the top spot in Indiana for one more game. Let me go ahead and say it, Kobe Bryant is ranked too high in the new game. Sure, he's still an amazing basketball player, but who in their right mind is going to argue that a past-his-prime, year-old Kobe is better than Scottie Pippen?

Sure I'm splitting hairs, but Pip at 92 and Kobe at 93 kind of churn's my butter. Beyond that, we should see Kobe's first overtopping in a video game in nearly a decade, truly a sight to be seen. Dwight Howard 's 93 ranking last year seemed a bit low to me, although he can't shoot the ball from more than 12 feet out and his offensive skills were a bit limited. However, as the league's best center and one of the top five players, you'd think his video game persona would reflect that with an appropriately high ranking.

It's not a huge improvement, but Howard just ahead of Kobe would at least make sense on a micro-level from the Lakers standpoint. Blake Griffin took a hit in the ratings, dropping one point from last year's final update , but Chris Paul's recently leaked rating puts him a point higher than he was a year ago, and should keep him as the highest rated point guard in the game. It might not be that Paul played that much better last season although he was better last season , but rather the developers are slowly starting to realize how much better he is in comparison to the rest of the league's point guards.

For a guy who can lead the league in steals five times in seven years and assists twice in seven years, there's got to be something special. Chris Paul is going to continue to improve as a video game character as he stays steady as a player and his accomplishments pile up, even if those accomplishments don't include MVP Awards or NBA Titles. The Memphis Grizzlies continue to be a tough-nosed team out in the Western Conference, and they should be able to make a run in the playoffs if they meet the right team.

In addition, they'll continue to be an extremely effective video game team. As far as the rest of the team goes, Marc Gasol will likely see a marked improvement over his 73 overall of last year's game, while Mike Conley could see another point increase and Zach Randolph should hope to stay in the low-to-mid 80s. Rudy Gay, while continuing to be the team's best player, may see a bit of a hit in his overall rating as his shooting percentages took a definite hit this season, although they could just be outliers.

There are two guys that we know for sure will be ranked 99 overall in NBA 2K I'll sit here while people start complaining. As much as we hate to relent that LeBron James is anywhere near the level that Michael Jordan was on at any point in his career, it's impossible to argue that LeBron's season last year was downright Jordan-esque.

He had one of the best statistical seasons in recorded history, won a title and was visibly better than he was the season before. Why shouldn't his rating go up? Elsewhere on the Heat, we should see a marked decline for Dwyane Wade who didn't play up to his 96 overall in and perhaps an increase for Chris Bosh , whose 80 overall was a slap in the face at the debut of the game last season.

Is it possible that Monta Ellis put in a call to the game developers before they programmed in his rankings? Perhaps he gave them a sweet deal on a slightly used moped? Regardless of what happened, the strategically leaked rankings have Monta at an 86 overall, a full three point jump from last season.

Monta is a fine player, he's an amazing talent on offense, but his game is a product of years past and no longer the ideal for a number one option on any team. It's not anymore. Monta can score, but he takes a lot of shots to get his numbers, plus he's a shaky defender to boot. He's got positives, for sure. He's a good leader, his basketball IQ is relatively high and he can pass incredibly well for a shooting guard, but ranking him this close to guys like Kevin Love and Andrew Bynum is a bit puzzling.

Elsewhere on the Bucks, Brandon Jennings may threaten to break 80, but he's not going to come anywhere near 86 overall. What's a dude have to do to get a decent rating around here?

Kevin Love was saddled with an 81 overall to start out in 2K12, despite leading the league in rebounds and pumping out 20 points per game. Now he can't break 90 after saddling up fourth in scoring and continuing to rebound like a machine. Love's 89 was one of the leaked ratings sent out from 2K's Twitter machine as it told everyone that even after showing off a dominant inside-outside offensive game, debuting as a terrific passer and keeping an injury-riddled Timberwolves team afloat, a 90 rating still isn't warranted.

An injury led to just a few minutes of playing time for Eric Gordon last season with the Hornets, but that shouldn't mean too much for the guard in terms of a hit in his overall rating in 2K Even still, at just over 80 overall, Gordon can feel Anthony Davis breathing down his neck as he checks in with an 80 rating after one of the first 2K Twitter leaks. Gordon will continue to be an extremely fun guy to play with on New Orleans, but the Hornets suddenly become a great team to play with now that Davis joins the crew.

Being drafted in the second round with the 41st pick by the Denver Nuggets , there is no reason to blame 2K for the low rating here. Who would have predicted that a second-round draft pick from Serbia would pan out to be as good as he is?

Nikola Jokic has turned in to an All-Star caliber player in the NBA, so it is almost hard to believe that he was once given a 68 overall rating. In 2K19, he currently has a rating of Looking back at the more recent games, it is hard to think of a top ten pick that was even given a rating below 73, nevermind 64! DeRozan, now on the San Antonio Spurs , started off with a rating of 89 in 2K19 but has since been dropped to an His biggest jump in overall points was from 2K13 to 2K14, where he went from a 78 overall to an 87 overall.

PG13 currently has a rating of 93 on 2K Klay Thompson is currently rated an 88 on 2K19, tied for the second highest rating for shooting guards, only behind James Harden. See author's posts. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam.