Heading into the official launch of "NBA 2K15" on October 7, 2K Sports has been slowly unveiling player ratings as it acquires more Twitter followers.
Recently, the game developer released player numbers 20 up to 11. The final batch is expected to be shown a few days before the game retails in stores.
In a report by Fansided, 2K Sports released the latest list on their Facebook account, NBA2K.
Damian Lillard of the Portland Trailblazers and Joakim Noah of the Chicago Bulls nabbed Nos. 20 and 19 respectively, both getting a player rating of 87. The rest in the new list featured a player rating of 88. At No. 18 is Russell Westbrook of the OKC Thunder, followed by another point guard, Derrick Rose of the Chicago Bulls. Three power forwards -- Anthony Davis, Dirk Nowitzki and LaMarcus Aldridge -- garnered the No. 16, 15 and 14 spots respectively. Tony Parker of the San Antonio Spurs is at No. 13, Dwight Howard of the Houston Rockets is at No. 12 and James Harden of the Rockets is at No. 11.
2K Sports previiously shared that only four players will be given a rating of 90 and higher on the game, cover star Kevin Durant, Tim Duncan and LeBron James are expected to garner three of those slots.
Russell Westbrook and Derrick Rose were expected to be among the top four players in "NBA 2K15". Tony Parker's rating was revealed previously together with the rest of the San Antonio Spurs. Also, with James Harden and Dwight Howard out of the top ten, there are two likely players to round out the top four, Blake Griffin and teammate Chris Paul. With Kevin Love and LeBron James ranked in the top ten of the game, and point guard Kyrie Irving with a rating of 86, the Cleveland Cavaliers may be the strongest team to play.
The top teams to play include the OKC Thunder, Dallas Mavericks and San Antonio Spurs. The Spurs, Thunder, and Cavs have at least one star with a rating of 90 or higher. It is possible for the other two players to rate higher than Kevin Durant's 95. In "NBA 2K14", LeBron was rated 99. Tim Duncan was revealed to have a rating of 90 while Kevin Love rated 89, according to nba2k4life.com.