NBA 2K is the most popular mainstream basketball video game in today’s day and age. The franchise has been prevalent since the first “NBA 2K” which was released in the year 2000. In NBA 2K15, Take-Two Interactive (The company behind NBA 2K) introduced a game mode then known as “MyLeague” in which a player can take control of his or her own NBA league.
In this game mode, now known as “MyNBA”, the player can simulate the season and see what happens according to the 2K AI. Which player wins the MVP, which players make All-NBA teams, and even which team will end up winning the NBA Championship.
2K themselves run a simulation in-house, every year to try and predict the MVP of the league and the eventual champion team. They then post their results on social media, to very mixed reactions. The consensus is that these simulations are usually far from the truth and cannot be trusted as a reliable source of prediction.
NBA 2K23’s simulation results have fans enraged on Twitter
2K recently put out a tweet saying that “We simulated the Finals in #NBA2K23 and these were the results, Accurate or nah?” The simulation has the finals series going to a Game 7 in which the Miami Heat defeat the Denver Nuggets 130-125. They also predict that Jimmy Butler will be named the finals MVP.
This has certainly rubbed some fans the wrong way, as the Nuggets are thought of to be the favorites to take the title. Fans have expressed their criticism, with @PythoiiTwitch writing “2K simulations have been terrible for years so ima say no.”
2K simulations have been terrible for years so ima say no 😂😂
— Christian; SteelerNation (@PythoiiTwitch) May 31, 2023
Those scores are ridiculous and no, Nuggets got them.
— Kaleb Earls (@K_Earls32) May 31, 2023
Nuggets are scoring 151 in game 3???
Your simulations are just as bad as your game.
— JA (@JABridgeforth) June 1, 2023
The edge certainly seems to be going to the Denver Nuggets, with most NBA fans having them coming out on top in convincing fashion. It’s actually quite surprising as, if there’s one thing NBA fans enjoy it’s an underdog story and none fits that bill better than Jimmy Butler’s Heat.
@nba2k u suck lmao 🤣 y’all cant even update the correct stuff for both teams clowns
— Dominic Trujillo (@DominicT3521) June 1, 2023
So a Denver team that hasn’t lose a home playoff game goes 0-3 at home in the finals?
— Andrew Hoelsken (@ahoelsken) June 1, 2023
As pointed out by user @ahoelsken, it is quite interesting that 2K has predicted that the Denver Nuggets will not win a single home game, when Ball Arena has been a fortress for the Nuggets all season, with them boasting a 34-7 record when at home.
I’m sorry but this is crazy. Relying on some video game as if it can really tell how its going to happen??
No, I get that information from a small dog on some stairs like a normal person
— TYS (@ItWasAKindness) June 1, 2023
Humourous anecdote referencing the viral Corgi aside, Twitter user @ItWasAKindness is correct in all essence. At the end of the day, NBA 2K is just a video game and definitely not one that is geared towards uber realism and accuracy.