NBA 2k9: Power Forward Rankings

[call.me.dude]

Thought some might find it interesting ...

http://www.sportsgamer.com/content/2252/nba-2k9-power-forward-ratings/

How are Al Jefferson (91), Pau Gasol (91) and Elton Brand (92) equal to or even better than Dirk (91)?

also, no love for Luis Scola ... he should be better than David Lee or Kevin Love.

... Diaw a 75 when Yi and Ryan Anderson of the Nets are both 76.

Some rankings are really strange this year ... (SF Rankings: J.Posey 84, Vujacic 80)

[JES12]

Its a video game based off the programmer's opinion.

[dirkforpres]

Video games never get the ratings right according to the gamer's standards. Dirk is a 91 IMO though, even though I dont think Pau, Jefferson, and Brand are ranked correctly

[kz1m9w]

I say follow the money - its a popularity contest as much as anything based on marketability.

Regardless of how they realistically rank on a real NBA court, my guess is they want to sell as many units as possible. And they'll do so by featuring the players (in relative order) that they believe will accomplish that goal.

For example, I'm not a huge Gasol fan, but my guess is they generally believe he might be more popular than Dirk (contrary to what frequenters on this board would likely think, but maybe its true, even if unjustified?).

[NuclearPalsy]

I think they actually have a different company that handles the ratings. The rookies are projections and partly based on their draft slot and the vets stats are compared to previous years stats. It's far from accurate and it's very rare to get a good roster shipped with the game.

The good thing is the games rosters can be updated online so if Dirk has a good first 1/4 of the season he'll likely get bumped. I'm just glad they moved Bass up from the 60's in 2k8.

[NuclearPalsy]

FYI....
http://www.sportsgamer.com/content/2239 ... n-nba-2k9/

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