Bulls players' NBA 2K12 ratings

by Alex Sonty on Sep 28, 2011 7:42 PM CDT

The gang at 2K Sports are getting more conservative in the overall ratings of scorers who don't contribute much on the defensive end of the court. For this reason, Carlos Boozer's rating is lower than normal, Luol Deng's is slightly up, and Joakim Noah is among the upper echelon of the current players in NBA 2K12, which will be released Oct. 4.

The stock player ratings for the upcoming game leaked via YouTube and was posted at various sites sports gaming sites like here. Bryan Wiedly, who runs the sports gaming site PastaPadre.com, tweeted Bulls players' ratings here.

Only five players have ratings higher than Derrick Rose's 92 -- LeBron James (98), Dwyane Wade (96), Kobe Bryant (94), Dwight Howard (93), and Chris Paul (93) -- with Kevin Durant as the only other player sharing that rating. Noah's 82 rating is only lower than 35 other players in the game, the same as Paul Pierce and Eric Gordon, higher than Chris Bosh and Kevin Love. It's only three points lower than Dirk Nowitzki (85).

Boozer and Deng are at 77, Taj Gibson at 73, Ronnie Brewer at 69, Keith Bogans at 68, and Kyle Korver at 62.

There are two other Bulls in the game with 90+ ratings -- the 1992-93 and 1997-98 versions of Michael Jordan are rated 99, his 1985-86 version is rated 92, and the 1992-93 version of Scottie Pippen in a 92.

All of these rating are extremely preliminary and will begin to get morphed when IRL regular season games begin getting logged, on which roster updates will be based. Recently, 2K Sports confirmed that NBA 2K12 will have no roster updates because of the lockout -- meaning the incoming rookies don't actually exist yet, according to the game, because they're not on NBA rosters yet, as they don't have contracts.

I do wonder a couple of things, though:

Are none of the unrestricted free agents in the free agent pool and not on NBA rosters? If they are on rosters, what are their contract details to be used for franchise mode?
Normally, once a new version of these games are released, the old ones don't load at all while you're connected to the internet because of the error while it automatically attempts to update the rosters. Will NBA 2K11 will unusable without disconnecting your gaming console from the internet, even though 2kSports.com won't be updating rosters on the 2K12 version?

I should confess that I'm not nearly the sports gamer I once was, but ran into #2 with NBA 2K10 immediately when 2K11 was released. And I admit that I'm selfishly wondering if NBA 2K12 is worth getting before the lockout ends. I'm good with Madden NFL '12 for a while, but with no NHL 2K12, I'll be hurtin' by mid-October.

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i like you better than yfbb already

he would never post this shit

Should've traded for Melo.

by sin on Sep 28, 2011 10:00 PM CDT reply actions

There's a fine line between fluff and substance with sports gaming content, I admit.

This is more of a community post, as I’m sure a large portion of followers are drawn to the new age of sports gaming for similar reasons. If there weren’t a lockout holding back updates, this would be irrelevant, but these are what people can expect from 2k Sports until the lockout ends. And the question of how functional they’ll allow 2K11 to be, despite not updating 2K12 is a serious consideration for consumers.

Honestly, I never came around to getting 2K11 because I’m very hot/cold with gaming. I just happen to be on an interest heater this fall.

by Alex Sonty on Sep 29, 2011 1:19 AM CDT up reply actions

2k has really put a lot of work and detail into their game this year

you could start here

At the bottom of the page you will see the other “Previous Developer Insights” you should check em all out just to see how much work they did with the game. Theres various modes like the NBA’s Greatest mode (check out the Insight to learn more about it) and the My Player mode (which is probably going to be better off without the current rookie draft class) as well as a the Become a Legend mode in which you can take control of any player in the nba and shape his destiny to however you feel fit…all three modes really require little update from the real nba to be enjoyed (and in cases like my player, are probably more enjoyable that way)

Also 2k is giving incentives for diehard basketball fans to buy their game when it is released (or the weeks following) by giving them extra downloadable content like the 93 warriors, and the 2001 sacremento kings.

Also, what are you doing playing nhl 2k…..theres only two games (well after some of the fifa reviews, maybe just one now) that ea makes well, NHL12 is the best hockey game out there….

I dont care what the D.N.A. Says, the Guy wearing number 12 Cannot be Kirk Hinrich, he is definetly Kurt. Kirk can actually play basketball!

by piccolomair on Sep 29, 2011 2:36 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

Sounds like cool stuff...

As I said, I’m not the serious sports gamer I was relatively many years ago. I never went for the XBox 360 or PS3. I only have a Wii to kill time, watch Netflix, and play the just-for-fun games with my girlfriend. And EA doesn’t make NHL 12 for Wii.

by Alex Sonty on Sep 29, 2011 12:17 PM CDT up reply actions

ha just found this, it might help you ease into the game

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20113083-1/nba-2k12-slam-dunks-on-ios-exclusive/

I dont care what the D.N.A. Says, the Guy wearing number 12 Cannot be Kirk Hinrich, he is definetly Kurt. Kirk can actually play basketball!

by piccolomair on Sep 29, 2011 4:28 PM CDT up reply actions

question

why did u take my fanshot which had similar information on it down? (the only reason im making a public post is cuz you never replied to my email regarding this issue)

I dont care what the D.N.A. Says, the Guy wearing number 12 Cannot be Kirk Hinrich, he is definetly Kurt. Kirk can actually play basketball!

by piccolomair on Sep 28, 2011 10:12 PM CDT reply actions

Sorry, I didn't see the email.

I only did because a FanPost was more appropriate. Otherwise, I’d likely have just edited it to include a footnote containing all of the links I came across in my Google Reader, as I did with DRose1’s post.

by Alex Sonty on Sep 29, 2011 1:10 AM CDT up reply actions

yea i sent the email to the gmail account listed in your profile

i wish you would have given a warning or something before hand so i couldve gone ahead and copy and pasted everything into a fanpost. Tbh, at first it was just supposed to be the Bulls vs hornets video, but when i woke up in the morning and saw the roster vid (long before most of sbn started posting the roster ratings) i decided to just add it into my fanshot instead of taking up room and making another fanshot. So i was trying to be considerate.

If you still have access to the fanshot could you just grab the texts and just paste them into this fanpost?

I dont care what the D.N.A. Says, the Guy wearing number 12 Cannot be Kirk Hinrich, he is definetly Kurt. Kirk can actually play basketball!

by piccolomair on Sep 29, 2011 2:39 AM CDT up reply actions

I see I'm not the only one who gets their fanshots deleted without explanation

Thanks for saving me writing an email.

by Protocol on Oct 3, 2011 10:10 PM CDT up reply actions

I disagree with much of those ratings.

feet firmly nailed to the floor of the Tyler Colvin bandwagon...

by wrigleyrocker12 on Sep 28, 2011 10:48 PM CDT reply actions

Overall ratings are overrated in the game (by users.)

All about having a 2 wings that can shoot, a point guard that can pass and or dribble/drive and IF possible having a front player that can post score (if need be.)

by SAVE FERRIS on Sep 29, 2011 5:03 AM CDT up reply actions 3 recs

Unfortunately

2K took a liking to making defense the be all-end-all. So players like Rondo and Lebron have higher ratings…

by SAVE FERRIS on Sep 29, 2011 5:09 AM CDT up reply actions

thats not all

a guy tested out a theory, he took a player and made all his ratings 70, however, when he moved that player to different positions, his overall kept changing. In other words, different positions have different ratings have more weight on them. So while in the past overall ratings were the definitive way in a video game to compare players, it seems in this game overall ratings are better used to compare the same type of players at similar positions (actually, what overall ratings are used for are for the A.I. to help consider roster changes, star power, etc).

I dont care what the D.N.A. Says, the Guy wearing number 12 Cannot be Kirk Hinrich, he is definetly Kurt. Kirk can actually play basketball!

by piccolomair on Sep 29, 2011 10:46 AM CDT up reply actions 2 recs

They never give Dirk some respect

He was the best player in the finals CLEARLY, yet gets a 85 rating again?

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by T.Moore on Sep 29, 2011 8:14 AM CDT reply actions

the overall ratings are based on whats typical for the position

Dirk has an outside game at a typically inside position. He still dominates because his shooting etc. is still amazing in the game.
His overall rating is just generalized because PF is based more on post game and interior defense than outside shooting and playmaking.

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by dantheman3k on Sep 29, 2011 10:11 AM CDT up reply actions 3 recs

he has a 99 midrange shot rating

i think that more than makes up for his low rating. And according to 2k, they made the tendencies as such that dirk will dominate with that 85 rating.

I dont care what the D.N.A. Says, the Guy wearing number 12 Cannot be Kirk Hinrich, he is definetly Kurt. Kirk can actually play basketball!

by piccolomair on Sep 29, 2011 10:47 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

A 99?!

Wowwww.

"Did Michael Jordan join the Pistons when he couldn't beat them? No. He dug down deep and went out and kicked their fucking ass."

by Dash2112 on Sep 29, 2011 9:16 PM CDT up reply actions

Well, to be fair, he does have a 99 midrange shot

that shot is ridiculous.

Rose decides not to go 1-on-2 and I was thinking, "what are you doing?! You've got the numbers!" -Zach Harper, Daily Dime Live

by Prevenge on Oct 4, 2011 1:32 AM CDT up reply actions 4 recs

Seeing it in action in the game, I have to agree.

It’s just so.. Dirk.

"Did Michael Jordan join the Pistons when he couldn't beat them? No. He dug down deep and went out and kicked their fucking ass."

by Dash2112 on Oct 19, 2011 1:07 AM CDT up reply actions

videos

2k12 in a nutshell, for those who want to know more about the game and its features and its plans during and after a lockout- here

Roster and Free Agency, with ratings here and the more detailed one is here

My player creation here

Bulls vs Hornets, old school classic here

shoes for the sneaker heads (watch it on a mobile or tablet since its sideways) here

hopefully all links work

I dont care what the D.N.A. Says, the Guy wearing number 12 Cannot be Kirk Hinrich, he is definetly Kurt. Kirk can actually play basketball!

by piccolomair on Sep 29, 2011 11:43 AM CDT reply actions

Normally, once a new version of these games are released, the old ones don’t load at all while you’re connected to the internet because of the error while it automatically attempts to update the rosters. Will NBA 2K11 will unusable without disconnecting your gaming console from the internet, even though 2kSports.com won’t be updating rosters on the 2K12 version?

I still play NBA2k9 with some frequency with no problems.

by tuluse on Oct 1, 2011 10:30 PM CDT reply actions