NBA 2K18: 10 Specific Player Characteristics We Need To See
Making special players even more special.
Basketball is a team sport, but the NBA is a league of individuals.
Consider this: the Golden State Warriors from last year were the best team in regular season history, yet lost in the Finals thanks to one man's heroics. This year they are leading 3-0 in the Finals thanks to another man's heroics as well. More importantly, that man wasn't on the team that lost last season's series.
Granted, the two men are LeBron James and Kevin Durant respectively, two of the top five active basketball players in the world, but on the flipside, they are just individuals, sharing the court with eight other good/great players, without whom they wouldn't be able to succeed. The fact of the matter is that each player can make a difference during a game, yet some are more likely to do so than others.
While playing NBA 2K games is probably the most similar experience to watching actual sports, there are still things the series can do better.
One of them is making the video game more individual-oriented, catching the key characteristics which make special players, well... special.
10. Channing Frye's Chemistry Building Abilities
It has been mentioned numerous times that the Cavaliers wouldn't have won an NBA championship if it wasn't for reserve veteran Channing Frye. The man arrived to Cleveland during last season and was instrumental in resolving the chemistry issues that were preventing the team from taking that last step in reaching NBA greatness.
While this is somewhat reflected in the chemistry percentage of your team, especially when you bring in a lot of laid-back guys, there still needs to be a special badge for a player that can just unite the whole team on his own. Instead of getting a lot of mediocre but nice guys, you should also be able to built a personality-heavy team and form them into a cohesive unit with the aid of that one special individual.