New Retro Teams in NBA 2K16; Reveal Every Thursday

[Andrew]

There will reportedly be 12 new retro teams in NBA 2K16, with new teams being revealed every Thursday in the lead up to the release. The first two to be unveiled are the 2003 Dallas Mavericks, and 2000 Trail Blazers.


https://twitter.com/NBA2K/status/629366373282516992

[[Q]]

They better have those shiny grey jerseys!

[mp3]

I am glad they honour teams from the passed, even if they are not teams that won titles i love the respect that they show to the fans and what could of being the best they have ever seen from there favourite team.

2k has already used the early 90's knicks which yeah is probably the best i have every watched in terms of winning but i still think that the knicks with Camby/Spree/Houston was the most fun i have had watching them play and would love to see them in 2k16.

[Andrew]

They better have those shiny grey jerseys!

Weren't they from the 2003/2004 season?

[[Q]]

Hmm i don't know, but close enough. I love those jerseys!

[Andrew]

Yep, 2004 season, as per SportsLogos.net. Well, maybe they can sneak them in anyway.

[chaim]

oh man I would love to see 06 Heat squad or VC-Kidd Nets team

[TBM]

'07-'08 Rockets are in. Jao is thrilled.

[Corymach7]

I'd say, please add in the:

00-01 Bucks (featuring Glenn Robinson, Ray Allen and, like in the 93-94 Rockets, Sam Cassell)
92-93 Nets (featuring Drazen Petrovic and Sam Bowie)
76-77 Blazers (featuring Bill Walton)
82-83 76ers (featuring Moses Malone and Dr. J)
82-83 Lakers (featuring Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bob McAdoo and James Worthy)
03-04 Pistons (featuring Chauncey Billups, Tayshawn Prince, the Wallace brothers (Rasheed and Ben), Memo, Richard Hamilton and Darko Milicic)
95-96 T'Wolves (featuring KG)
78-79 Bullets (featuring Wesley Unseld and David Corzine)
78-79 Sonics (featuring Dennis Johnson)
85-86 Rockets (featuring Hakeem the Dream)
70-71 Bullets (featuring Wesley Unseld and Earl Monroe)

[Maximus89]

I find the 07-08 Rockets to be a very odd choice. Sure, that season had the 22 game win streak, but both TMac and Yao played only like 50-60 games that season. Yao had a beast season when he was healthy, but TMac had terrible numbers. He was just chucking away. 41% from the field while taking 20 attempts per game. 29% from 3. 68% FTs. I mean just awful. The 6 apg and 5rpg is nice, but i wonder if this was just a choice to be able to throw in a team that you can easily put Steve Francis in too. Sure he only played 10 games, but you get a chance to add another legend. You also have Battier who will probably make it on another team so they can reuse him. Mutumbo is already in, so they can reuse him. T-Mac was already in with the Raptors so they can reuse him. I think Bobby Jackson will be with the Kings so they can reuse him. I think Bonzi Wells will show up on the Blazers so they can reuse him. Aaron Brooks, Luis Scola, Chuck Hayes, Steve Novak, Carl Landry and even Gerald Green(1 game that season) are all already in the game and they can reuse them. Raefer Alston is a streetball legend and they can add him.

So i think it's all about the players they can reuse and what kind of players they are/were such as Francis being a former star that can easily be used now as a legend even though he was done by then and pretty much same goes for TMac. So in all it beats adding TMac's Magic team and Francis and Yao Rockets team, you knock 2 birds with 1 stone. Though i REALLY hope Grant Hill makes it in the game even if he's just a role player at that point on some Suns team. Just as long as i can edit him to be his superstar days.

[Andrew]

Since they've already included some of the really significant teams, I think it's cool that they're adding some more unusual/obscure choices, that were still significant in their own right.

[formx]

An interesting choice would be the 04-05 Pistons and Pacers.

[Andrew]

They'd need to patch in an Achievement/Trophy for that: "Finish What You Start" (Actually finish a game between the 2005 Detroit Pistons and 2005 Indiana Pacers).

[iamSamke]

They'd need to patch in an Achievement/Trophy for that: "Finish What You Start" (Actually finish a game between the 2005 Detroit Pistons and 2005 Indiana Pacers).

Was that Ron Artest fight game?

[ThePointForward]

Yeah, the infamous 146 games suspension brawl.

[formx]

Leftos, Jao, and anyone else at 2K better be reading this.

[JaoSming]

Always reading, for better or worse hunny

[formx]

Always reading, for better or worse hunny

[JaoSming]

poor finishing skill

[formx]

53 finishing isn't really good. Better than this guy.

[JaoSming]

are you even appreciating what has been announced??????????????????????????????

[formx]

Maybe not appreciating, but I am hard with anticipation.

[Maverick]

They better have those shiny grey jerseys!

Weren't they from the 2003/2004 season?

Yes. Lol the grey trash bag jerseys.

[TBM]

2004 Pistons are in.

[iamSamke]

Yess!! Darkooo