NBA 2K begins revealing player ratings for the latest iteration of the game launching September 6, featuring the Golden State Warriors center Quinten Post gets an overall score of 68 after the official recruit notes were detailed last week.
The company is now counting down the top 100 players of the week, starting with those ranked between 71 and 100. Unfortunately, no Warrior players were named among the first players revealed, leaving a lot of uncertainty as to how many of the remaining 70 members of the list could make it into the list.
After leaving Golden State as a free agent, Klay Thompson and Chris Paul received an overall grade of 81, ranking them 85th and 88th, respectively. Many players received the same grade, including Lakers duo D’Angelo Russell and Austin Reaves, as well as Paul’s new teammate Devin Vassell.
Andrew Wiggins was perhaps the Warrior most likely to be present at the first reveal, but the 29-year-old’s omission is a strong indication of his absence from the entire top 100 after a career-worst season last season.
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Draymond Green and Jonathan Kuminga could have also been included in this chart, but there is perhaps some optimism that they will be included higher up the rankings later in the week. Outside of the two egregious suspensions earlier this season, Green was clearly a better and more valuable player than Thompson and Paul last season, and should therefore be reflected as such in these grades.
It remains to be seen whether Kuminga’s rapid improvement over the second half of last season will be enough to propel the 21-year-old into the top 70. The young forward was Golden State’s second-leading scorer to Thompson over the last 41 games, while Kuminga also averaged more rebounds, assists, steals and blocks than his veteran former teammate.
Superstar point guard Stephen Curry is once again on the verge of a top-10 spot, but the Warriors’ lack of a second true All-Star should be reiterated by these 2K ratings.
When first published on Monday, Darius Garland’s No. 82 overall ranking certainly drew the ire of fans with a fierce debate over whether the Cleveland Cavaliers guard should be much higher than what’s now being revealed.
