The NBA season won’t begin for another few months, and we’ve just now gotten to the slow part of the offseason with the majority of free agents signed and, Chris Paul aside, most major players already traded (at least, we think).
And yet, on Monday we got more NBA news in the form of NBA 2K20 ratings for the top players in the league and the top rookies. Zion Williamson earned an 81 overall rating as he enters the league, besting Ja Morant by two for the top rookie, one of the top ratings for a rookie in recent history. As for the top players overall, 20 players earned overall ratings of 88 or higher, with Ben Simmons just missed the cut at 87 overall.
The three highest rated players entering this season are LeBron James, Kawhi Leonard, and Giannis Antetokounmpo, followed by the rest of a who’s who of NBA superstars. Thirteen players in total earned ratings of 90 or above, which is an astounding number.
1. LeBron James: 97 OVR
2. Kawhi Leonard: 97 OVR
3. Giannis Antetokounmpo: 96 OVR
4. Kevin Durant: 96 OVR
5. James Harden: 96 OVR
6. Steph Curry: 95 OVR
7. Anthony Davis: 94 OVR
8. Paul George: 93 OVR
9. Damian Lillard: 92 OVR
10. Joel Embiid: 91 OVR
11. Kyrie Irving: 91 OVR
12. Nikola Jokic: 90 OVR
13. Russell Westbrook: 90 OVR
14. Klay Thompson: 89 OVR
15. Karl-Anthony Towns: 89 OVR
16. Jimmy Butler: 88 OVR
17. Kemba Walker: 88 OVR18. Donovan Mitchell: 88 OVR
19. Rudy Gobert: 88 OVR
20. Blake Griffin: 88 OVR
There will be plenty of debate about these ratings, but overall it’s hard to have too many squabbles with the overall list of the top 20 players in the league. They also offered up the composite rating of who they see as the four top duos in the league this season, topped by Anthony Davis and LeBron James with the Lakers just ahead of Paul George and Kawhi Leonard with the Clippers.
Debate settled. The King and AD have the highest average overall rating for best new duos. Use hashtag #2KRatings to tell us your thoughts pic.twitter.com/4mr63Haqmk
— NBA 2K (@NBA2K) July 16, 2019
