The 25 Worst Players In The NBA According To NBA 2k16

For those of you who are into this. For those of you who are not, let me save you some time by telling you there are NO Celtics on their list.


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bobheckler wrote:For those of you who are into this.  For those of you who are not, let me save you some time by telling you there are NO Celtics on their list.


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Bob,

The only thing I know about the NBA2K series is that I can't beat my son at it. I get slammed every time.

Regards

We rag on certain players for low basketball IQ, being a knucklehead, not being able to shoot, and the like, but the fact is that there are only 450 roster spots on NBA clubs, and the last player on the bench for every team is a very, very good basketball player.

For perspective, there's this:

538,676 - High school boy's basketball players
153,907 - High school boy's basketball players who are seniors
17,984 - NCAA men's basketball players
5,138 - NCAA men's basketball freshman positions
46 - NCAA men's basketball players drafted in 2013 by the NBA

3.3 -- percent of high school to NCAA
1.2 -- percent of NCAA to professional
0.03 -- percent of high school to professional

https://www.ncaa.org/sites/default/files/Probability-of-going-pro-methodology_Update2013.pdf

I'm not sure about their math. I did a couple of calculations and came up with lower percentages. But the point is that calling anyone one of the "worst" of such an elite group hardly seems appropriate. NBA players are the elite of the elite.

I remember a couple of years ago some hotshot amateur challenged Brian Scalabrine to play one on one because he thought Scal was one of those "worst" guys, and Scal cleaned his clock. NBA "scrubs" may not be superstars, but they can play.