NBA 2K15 Ratings: Cavaliers, Thunder, Mavericks

[luda06]

Quote: Originally Posted by blues rocker

nah. Waiters is legit. I live in Cleveland, so I've watched him play quite a bit. He is a very good all-around guard...very good handles and driving ability. REALLY good passer and has excellent court vision (could also play point guard). He's explosive off the dribble, and a good shooter...and he gets a little better every year. His only real flaw is that he's a bit undersized for the shooting guard position, which makes it hard for him to finish inside sometimes.

Right. Metrics suggest that most of what you believe about him may have a strong bias. For example, the shooting part? He's below league average.

[Real2KInsider]

Quote: Originally Posted by luda06

Right. Metrics suggest that most of what you believe about him may have a strong bias. For example, the shooting part? He's below league average.

Waiters 2014
Inside: 156-306 (51%)
Close: 19-59 (32%)
Mid: 163-378 (43%)
3pt: 92-250 (37%)

Waiters 2013
Inside: 149-293 (51%)
Close: 27-77 (35%)
Mid: 97-242 (40%)
3pt: 63-203 (31%)

He is absolutely correct that Waiters' weakness is inside finishing.
Waiters shooting numbers are pretty good considering many come off the dribble.

He will need to approve at finishing and off-ball shooting to succeed with LeBron (or get traded) since the 1-on-1 opportunities will disappear.

[blues rocker]

Quote: Originally Posted by luda06

Right. Metrics suggest that most of what you believe about him may have a strong bias. For example, the shooting part? He's below league average.

I didn't say he was a great shooter - but he's an adequate shooter for an SG...and I think he'll be more consistent in the improved offense the cavs will have this year.

his 78 rating seems about right to me. his handles, quickness, driving ability, and passing are very underrated...for those strengths, I can see why he deserves a 78...he often gets overlooked since Kyrie is usually getting most of the attention.

[antixnette]

LOL. Waiters should be at least an 80, period. Drummond isn't even close to being an 83. This is crazy.

[RapboY]

I'm not a fan of the more compressed range of player ratings. But hey who cares about overalls if it translates to great gameplay?!

Anyway, I'm so glad about Dirk's rating! And yeah I agree that 75 on Varejao is questionable at the very least, unless injury rating plays a factor on ratings (probably not).

[SamuraiX]

Tim Duncan rated higher than Russ, Melo, and James Harden??? They must have got the fool from Madden to make these ratings.

[turty11]

Quote: Originally Posted by SamuraiX

Tim Duncan rated higher than Melo, and James Harden??? They must have got the fool from Madden to make these ratings.

so the greatest PF of all time, possibly the highest IQ player currently, who plays at a high level on both ends, and you want 2 score only guys ahead of him? bruh..

[Blackhail92]

Duncan is possibly the greatest pf of all time but he should only be rated higher than harden and maybe Westbrook. Melo no because last year was his best season as a complete player. Defense was solid offense was how it usually is. Westbrook was injured so no and harden tends to tie his shoes on every back door cut for some reason lmao I'll just leave that at that. Plus spurs won the ship so I expected nice rating for them