Taking Nedžad Sinanović’s place as the worst rated player in the game, Primož Brezec also received a dismal 32 overall rating, a significant drop from the 51 overall rating he had in NBA Live 2004. While overall ratings were calculated much better in NBA Live 2005, there were still some players who probably had every right to feel insulted. Primož Brezec’s Overall Rating (NBA Live 2005) As he’s never played a minute in the NBA, we’ll never know how accurate his ratings were, but they’re pretty insulting nevertheless.
Well, the worst rated real player the fake placeholder players on the Charlotte Bobcats were rated in the 20s, so Sinanović at least had them beat. Expectations were clearly low for the big man from Bosnia, as he was the worst rated player in the game at 32 overall.
#NBA LIVE 2005 PLAYER RATINGS CODE#
Sinanović was taken 54th overall by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 2003 Draft, and was actually one of the hidden rookies in the default roster, unlockable via a code (or DBF editing on PC). None of the players I mentioned above had it as bad as Nedžad Sinanović, however. The change to the scale was ultimately for the best, allowing for a greater differentiation in player abilities, but the calculation of overall ratings wouldn’t be fixed until NBA Live 2005. Quite a few players were a little underrated, including LeBron and his fellow Class of 2003 rookies, as well as veterans such as Reggie Miller. When I took a look back at LeBron James’ ratings in NBA Live 2004, I mentioned that the change to a 0-99 in-game ratings scale had some undesirable results as far as the overall ratings were concerned. Nedžad Sinanović’s Overall Rating (NBA Live 2004)
With that in mind, for this week’s Friday Five, I’m taking a look at five ratings that have very likely led to some wounded pride.ġ. “Seriously, you think I’m that hopeless at scoring/passing/defense?” I’d say that it’s definitely led to some grumbling to the developers at EA Sports and 2K Sports. It’s funny to see players like Brandon Jennings publicly take exception to player ratings though, as I’m sure that a lot of players have taken a look at some of their ratings over the years, and felt quite insulted. While the importance of overall ratings is often exaggerated, they are still significant, and when an overall rating seems really wrong, it usually means that there are a few issues with a player’s individual ratings. Most of the time, the arguments concern overall ratings, and as we saw during this past offseason, even NBA players are getting in on the act these days. The feature is presented as either a list of five items, or in the form of a Top 5 countdown.Įvery year, we basketball gamers tend to argue about ratings. Today, we're adding our last set, every team from the Sacramento Kings to the legend teams.Welcome to this week’s edition of The Friday Five! The Friday Five is a feature that I post every Friday in which I give my thoughts on a topic that’s related to NBA Live, NBA 2K, and other basketball video games, as well as the real NBA, and other areas of interest to our community.
These are the questions everyone has, as basketball fans around the country are set to debate the player rankings attributed to the likes of Kobe, Melo, Shaq, and the rest of the superstars of the NBA, and you can only find those ratings in one place before the game ships (it's shipping early, by the way), and that's IGN Sports. But how high can he jump in NBA Live 2005?Īnd what about Reggie Miller? Did his dunk rating fall to zero the second he passed on throwing one down with the game on the line, his old legs giving out on him as his attempted layup was swatted back by The Prince of the Palace.