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"This has become laughable," he wrote, in a tweet aimed at Ronnie Singh (a.k.a. Unsurprisingly, it was Durant, the most outspoken of the group, who took to Twitter to dispute his rating with the game's creators. Reigning back-to-back league MVP Nikola Jokic, Kevin Durant, LeBron and reigning NBA Finals MVP Stephen Curry are all rated at 96 in the latest version of the video game, one point behind Giannis Antetokounmpo's 97. In fact, it's one of the most entertaining periods of the NBA offseason. A competitive yardstick for basketball's eliteĮvery year, the league's top players eagerly await to see how they are rated in the game and react accordingly. It's now a cultural phenomenon in its own right. Myself, LeBron and these kids (and maybe even Cuban) are just part of the 30 million-strong body of people who buy NBA 2K every single year and the power of the game extends beyond just basketball itself. Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban perhaps put it best when he said in an interview, "you are informed on the NBA now because of NBA 2K." So it would appear it's not just me who began my basketball journey by playing 2K, far from it, in fact. Then, they played our game and learned the basic fundamentals, and that empowered them to actually go and physically play, which is pretty cool." "We heard about a couple of young people in Europe who wanted to play basketball but didn't understand the fundamentals, so it was very intimidating to go out into a basketball court and play. "I've heard from people that they were introduced to the game of basketball via our game," said Brody. Image: 'The Rec' where you can compete against other players from across the globe onlineīut it also works as a gateway at the complete other end of the basketball spectrum for total beginners as Alfie Brody, vice president of global marketing strategy at NBA 2K, explains. For the game to act as a useful resource for someone of his stature is testament to the accuracy of the game as a sports simulation.

Obviously, LeBron is one of the greatest players to ever hoop and will, barring injury, pass Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and set a new record for points scored in the NBA at some point this coming season. Prior to joining the Los Angeles Lakers in 2018, LeBron James said he used NBA 2K19 as a utility for practicing matchups, running plays and hypotheticals to give him an idea of what it might be like to play with the team-mates he was about to join and also see what it would be like playing as a Laker against competitors. Essentially, this is a video game simulation, which outstrips the competition by a long, long way – hence, the thousands and thousands of hours me and my homeboy Sean have spent building and rebuilding teams to compete against each other in every single iteration of the game since that initial purchase. Every individual player's characteristics in the NBA and WNBA from facial features and body type to the way they dribble and shoot the ball and even their tendencies on court, are true to life. The game, for the uninitiated, goes much further than that, though. Image: LeBron James used the 2K19 video game as a resource when joining the Los Angeles Lakers in the summer of 2018 That made me a Magic devotee, and I've never wavered. I then remember playing the game and noticing that the court (parquet floor, in 16-bit console form) was different to all of the others – and also that some guy Hardaway was actually scoring all my points. I selected them because the players at the position 'C' were listed at the top and some fella 'S. Incidentally, that's also the reason I'm an Orlando Magic fan. In the mid-90s, aged just six, it was the Sega Mega Drive and NBA Live 95. Merson: Potter needs to learn best Chelsea team - and fastĭon't get me wrong, I'd flirted with basketball at different stages of my life, and funnily enough, my fandom was always associated with video games.Papers: Super League failure a factor in FSG's decision to sell Liverpool.The key dilemmas in Southgate's England WC squad - Have your say!.Transfer Centre LIVE! Could Messi be heading to Beckham's Inter Miami?.Martinelli, Jesus called up to Brazil's World Cup squad, Firmino left out.London finance insiders believe Liverpool worth $5bn.World Cup 2022 schedule, teams and draw.Blatter admits Qatar World Cup decision was a 'mistake'.Trent, Rashford in but Maddison '50-50'? | Southgate weighs-up final decisions.