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The long-awaited basketball video game NBA 2K19 released a new trailer featuring a revamped MyCAREER story mode; The Way Back, this time honing into the life of an undrafted prospect making it into the NBA. The trailer shows a player not hearing his name at the NBA Draft after a stint overseas, only to get […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder traded for Carmelo Anthony hoping he would be an effective third option behind Russell Westbrook and Paul George. Instead, Anthony declined in a big way, with the disappointing season culminating in a truly wretched playoff performance that rendered the future Hall of Famer nearly unplayable. The Houston Rockets are now hoping […]

The NBA 2K19 player ratings are out. Some are justified while others are overrated. Is Russell Westbrook deserving of a 93? Westbrook is a former MVP and the only player to average a triple-double in two consecutive seasons. Looks great, but that rating is a JOKE 🤐 pic.twitter.com/s89fYDEAuv — ThunderChets (@ThunderChats) August 15, 2018 For comparison, […]

For fans missing Brandon Roy, there is good news for all of you: it looks like he will be finally featured in NBA 2k19. The former Portland Trail Blazers star was one of the NBA players notably missing on the NBA 2K18 All-Time Teams. However, players need to be part of the National Basketball Retired […]

Esports has completely taken the world by storm as more and more people have been staying in tune with the latest developments and trends in the video game market. To get in on the bandwagon, the NBA partnered with Take-Two Interactive to jointly organize the NBA 2K League. It began its inaugural season on May […]

The new NBA 2K season is almost upon us, and fans are already talking about the new overall ratings of the players. Recently, Detroit Pistons forward Blake Griffin was handed his rating for the 2019 version of the game and it proved to be lower than usual. Bleacher Report posted a screenshot of his teammate Andre […]

With the release date of the highly anticipated NBA 2K19 just less than a month away, game developer 2K Sports has been steadily releasing player ratings over the last few weeks. Brooklyn Nets point guard Spencer Dinwiddie just had his rating released, and based on his reaction on Twitter, it appears the incoming fifth-year man […]

The start of the 2018-19 NBA season can’t come any sooner as there’s only a couple of months left before the opening tipoff. That also means that the season for the new NBA 2K game is just waiting around the corner, with the trailer for this year’s version of the popular video game just released […]

Brooklyn Nets guard Spencer Dinwiddie is left befuddled by the initial rating he got from NBA 2K19. For the record, Dinwiddie got labeled by the video game with a 79 rating, which he obviously feels is unacceptable, believing that it’s unfair to get a lower rating from players who haven’t even logged in a single […]

NBA players take their NBA 2k ratings personally. And all for a good reason. Not only are they video gamers themselves but the NBA 2k rating has become a benchmark if they’ve done something good or not. Most of them receive news of their rating through social media. Some agree while others react violently. And […]

It has become a common occurrence for players to critique their NBA 2K ratings as they are released to the public. Rookies in particular often take issue with a rating that they believe is too low. Already, we have seen the release of three rookie ratings in Marvin Bagley (78), DeAndre Ayton, (79) and Luka […]

2K Sports has released the first gameplay video of their upcoming video game, NBA 2K19, featuring cover athlete Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks and 20th anniversary cover athlete LeBron James. The trailer showcases old faces in different places, including James in a Los Angeles Lakers uniform and Kawhi Leonard donning the Toronto Raptors’ flashy […]

Dallas Mavericks guard Luka Doncic is one of the most high-profile draftees of the 2018 class. This is why a lot of fans were quite intrigued when the 19-year-old’s NBA 2K rating was recently revealed to the public. As it turns out, Doncic was given a respectable 79 overall rating, which is actually not bad […]

Michael Porter Jr. of the Denver Nuggets is showcasing his talents in the virtual basketball arena. Recently, he put out an invite to his fans to play against him on NBA 2k. https://twitter.com/MPJr/status/1024452248565215233 A Twitter user by the name of @DMax0430 challenged Porter for $200. https://twitter.com/DMax0430/status/1024452400491376640 As expected, Porter Jr. came out the victor. He even […]

It’s been weeks since LeBron James decided to put ink on paper so he could start the new chapter of his career with the Los Angeles Lakers. Still, there are people out there, mostly Lakers fans, who still struggle to wrap their minds around the fact that The King is finally going to represent the […]

In his first five years in the league, Milwaukee Bucks All-Star forward Giannis Antetokounmpo has established himself as one of the premier players in the NBA. Antetokounmpo’s continued rise in his performance on the court this past season has helped him earn a 94 overall rating for NBA 2K19. The 23-year-old was told about his ranking […]

Over the past few weeks, the social media team at 2K Games has been revealing the overall ratings of players who are set to appear in their upcoming release of NBA 2K19. On Monday morning, 2K announced that Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo earned a 94 overall rating. 9⃣4⃣ Is @giannis_an34 now the best player […]

NBA 2K19 rolled out another All-Star’s player rating today, revealing that Charlotte Hornets point guard Kemba Walker has an overall player rating of 86. https://twitter.com/NBA2K/status/1022511948242419712 The rating that Walker got is the seventh highest among point guards so far. Only Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors, Russell Westbrook of the Oklahoma City Thunder, Kyrie […]

Over the past few weeks, the social media team at 2K Games has been revealing the overall ratings of players who will appear in their upcoming release of NBA 2K19. On Wednesday, 2K announced that Oklahoma City Thunder star Paul George has been given an 89. https://twitter.com/NBA2K/status/1022149499668426752 An 89 overall score for George is fair, […]

NBA 2K19 dropped an early gem on Monday morning, showing new Golden State Warriors signing DeMarcus Cousins will have a 90 overall rating in this year’s series of the famous video game. https://twitter.com/NBA2K/status/1021424828044099584 Cousins is seen boasting his now-signature No. 0 after negotiating with Patrick McCaw, likely the only remaining signing left for the Warriors […]

He’s just 20 years of age (happy birthday), but Philadelphia 76ers guard Ben Simmons is already making a name for himself in the NBA. In fact, the former LSU stand-out earned Rookie of the Year honors for his outstanding play last season, though the race was close. Without a doubt, he’ll be looking for continued […]

The highest rating in NBA 2K19 is 99 and that has been saved for only one guy this year, former Chicago Bulls superstar Michael Jordan. There’s only one 99 in the game and that’s 95-96 Michael Jordan. Don’t @ me bro https://t.co/Sb7Ga3iDpL — Ronnie 2K 2K24 (@Ronnie2K) July 19, 2018 The popular game is bringing […]

Despite barely playing last year, Kawhi Leonard — now of the Toronto Raptors — gets a 94 overall rating from NBA 2k19. 9⃣4⃣for @kawhileonard. Who won the trade? #NBA2K19 pic.twitter.com/uEKjkGKpCi — NBA 2K (@NBA2K) July 19, 2018 His rating this year is just down once notch. In NBA 2k18, Leonard was given a 95 overall […]

Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum was the next NBA player to get his rating revealed in the upcoming basketball video game NBA 2K19 after 20th Anniversary Edition cover athlete LeBron James was rated a 98, the first rating revealed to the public. Tatum was highly-regarded by the 2K staff, rated an 87 to start off […]

Fire up NBA 2K18 and you’ll be greeted with the familiar voices of Ernie Johnson Jr, Kenny “The Jet” Smith, and Shaquille O’Neal doing some pre-game analysis before your favorite team takes on its opponent. For many years, there’s been one notable absentee from the popular set of Inside The NBA — none other than the […]

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James has gotten better as he has aged and that appears to also be the case with his NBA 2K19 rating. James is appearing on the 20th-anniversary edition of the game, and for his services, the game is giving him a cool rating of 98. https://twitter.com/NBA2K/status/1018888088532029446 That is up from his […]

Philadelphia 76ers star Ben Simmons has been selected as the cover athlete for the Australian and New Zealand editions of NBA 2K19, according to a report from Operation Sports. Ben Simmons is the cover athlete for NBA 2K19 in Australia and New Zealand. The cover will be double-sided with Simmons on one side and Giannis […]

It was leaked a while ago, but now 2K has confirmed that Giannis Antetokounmpo will be the cover athlete of the standard edition of NBA 2k19. https://twitter.com/NBA2K/status/1013821499239645185 This was a bit anti-climatic because of the leak, but it is still a great honor for a superstar in this league. Antetokounmpo is the first international athlete player […]

It was announced a few weeks ago that LeBron James would be the cover athlete for the anniversary edition of NBA 2K19, but there have not even been any hints about who would grace the normal game cover. It appears that, on Saturday night, that exact information might have been accidentally leaked, and if it’s correct, it […]

Big news has come down concerning who Rachel DeMita may possibly be dating. It looks like it could be Oklahoma City Thunder wing Andre Roberson. While taking a close look at Instagram activity, the two shared some intriguing back-and-forths. https://twitter.com/Youssef_Sabek/status/1007355438340374528 DeMita is the ever popular host of NBA 2KTV. She has starred in the celebrity […]

For those who have been hoping of playing basketball for a living, your dreams might soon come to fruition. And you don’t even have to dribble a real ball and shoot it to a real basket. The emergence of e-sports has made all of this possible. As reported by Ben Rohrbach of Yahoo Sports, NBA […]

If it wasn’t enough to be on top of the majority of breaking news in the NBA world, ESPN Senior Writer Adrian Wojnarowski was once again ahead of the game, spoiling a Twitch Livestream of the NBA2K League Draft, reporting the No. 1 overall pick before it was even announced. Mavs Gaming will select Artreyo […]

Shaquille O’Neal, NBA legend and arguably the most dominant player in league history, has been steadily making moves outside the basketball court. As posted in the Kings Guard website, Shaq been named General Manager of Kings Guard Gaming. As GM, his role will be to provide counsel as the team assembles its roster and evaluates the available players in […]

In a hilarious NBA 2K18 video made by YouTuber Shady00018, 5-foot-4 comedian Kevin Hart is added as a custom-made character to the wildly-popular video game and plays larger than life alongside NBA stars, NBA legends, and famous Canadian rapper Drake. At the beginning of the video, Los Angeles Lakers star point guard Isaiah Thomas steals the […]

Hip-hop star Drake has always been on the sidelines of NBA games. As the Toronto Raptors’ ambassador, he’s almost always present in their games and has even served as a guest announcer several times. For the past All-Star weekends, he’s been seen hanging out with NBA stars. Safe to say that Drake, just like the […]

What more can be said about Philadelphia 76ers star Ben Simmons. After being selected with the first pick of the 2016 NBA Draft, Simmons quickly broke his foot. The injury proved to be a bothersome obstacle that would prematurely end his rookie season before it began. Nevertheless, Simmons returned to fulfill his rookie season this […]

In case you missed it over the weekend, Friday was the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game in Los Angeles. Migos rapper Quavo and singer Justin Bieber were last-minute additions to the game and were added to Team Clippers and Team Lakers, respectively. In Team Clippers’ 75-66 victory over Team Lakers, Quavo was named the game’s Most […]

The new NBA jerseys this season from Nike has drawn mixed reactions from fans, with some loving them, while others prefer the old ones instead. So far, three new designs have already been released. With one more soon to be worn by teams, it remains a mystery what exactly they look like, and when they […]

Reddit user MarLuThaKang had a dream. No, it’s not to liberate America from social inequality and solve police brutality. Rather, it’s to pay homage to the late, great Michael Jackson by re-creating ‘Thriller’ on NBA 2K18. MarLuThaKang was able to fulfill his dream and is now sharing the product of his hard work for everybody […]