Stephen Curry was so good last season, the NBA 2K16 team ran a campaign based around “breaking” their own game. Essentially, they made Steph so good in the game that he could pull up from just about anywhere once crossing halfcourt.
The thing is, that wasn't too far off from real life.
With NBA 2K17's release just a few days away, a producer from the game, Rob Jones, sat down with HoopsHype to talk a little about the game. Replicating Curry came up and Jones provided this interesting insight on the process.
I’m sure you’ve seen Kevin Durant at summer pickup games, and he’s shooting just from the same spots Curry is shooting from, but he would never do it in the NBA. So a guy using Kevin Durant should do the same thing. But we don’t want people to use Durant differently. Curry has his own criteria and it took us some work to get Steph to where he is. And if somebody else starts shooting like Curry, we can quickly change his criteria as well.
Curry has basically set a precedent in the video game world. There is a formula that exists in the game to allow a player like Curry to dominate shooting from all over the court like he does in real life. He's just the only one that is doing it right now.
Durant is definitely a contender to try some of the shots curry does. Damian Lillard is probably another good one who can do it sometimes. But the list is short. Curry is really in his own category.
It's good that NBA 2K17 will reflect that too. Curry deserves it after the season he had last year.
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