NBA 2K23 couldn't be more off in its assessment
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Unfortunately, I couldn't be more than. Many players of the Chicago Bulls were docked points off their ratings in comparison to last year NBA 2K MT, and not a single player earning an overall rating of 90 or higher. 15 players across the league earned a 90 or greater, showing that the majority opinion in this league that Bulls do not have a star that can lead Chicago to a championship. Even aside from Chicago's All-Star couple, 2K seems overall dismissive of the talent present on the roster.
Despite the fact Michael Jordan graces the front cover, NBA 2K23 couldn't be more off in its assessment of how great the actual Chicago Bulls are. 2K has four currently Bulls players listed among the top 100 players within the game. DeRozan and LaVine sit in both the 23rd and 19th spots respectively. Nikola Vucevic is ranked No. 59 and Lonzo Ball comes in at the No. 73. Surprisingly, Andre Drummond is rated as Chicago's fifth-best athlete and just barely misses the cut.
After that, the roster's ratings as a group are in a state of disarray. The Bulls backcourt suffers a big hit, as Alex Caruso, Coby White and Dosunmu have been all demoted to a point at a time when most people would expect them to all be better next year. Dosunmu's rating of 76 overall is especially egregious considering that his All-Rookie status was just announced. A fellow all-rookie second Team guard Josh Giddey posted roughly equal stats to Dosunmu (and was defeated by Ayo in head-to head matchups) as a starting guard, but scored a significantly higher 82 overall score.
The rookie Dalen Terry has also been given a shambolic 71 overall score, which places him far below the likes that of the former Bulls Matt Thomas, Denzel Valentine, Troy Brown Jr. as well as Tomas Satoransky. Three of these players aren't even included on an NBA roster and the fourth is a minimum "prove it" contract and will soon join the three others when he's not able to improve to the occasion.
I don't expect Terry to step up and shine in the near future, but putting Dalen in the middle of these players is really ridiculous, all things considered. As a whole, 2K has rated the Chicago Bulls in "Tier 2" which means they're not in the top 10 league teams Buy 2K23 MT. In a strange way, the Lakers are among the 10 teams in Tier 1, in spite of how messy their roster construction has been in the last two years.