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NBA 2K24 Ratings: Mavs' Luka Doncic Too Low?

Heading into the release of NBA 2K24, Mavs superstar Luka Doncic is one of the league's highest rated players.

Michael Mulford

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As an NBA player, there are several accolades that most guys care about: winning a championship, individual awards, and honors such as the All-NBA teams. 

But, there's one less-serious thing that might cause more of a discussion on social media this time of year than those accolades listed above: NBA 2K player ratings.

On Wednesday, NBA 2K began announcing player ratings for the top 12 players in the association with Denver Nuggets' two-time MVP Nikola Jokic coming in on top with the highest rating at 98 overall following his NBA Finals MVP run this past season. 

Dallas Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic landed with a 95 overall rating, which is tied for the third-highest rating in the entire league. 

Doncic is joined by Celtics' Jayson Tatum and Heat's Jimmy Butler in the 95 overall rating category. Outside of Jokic at 98 overall, players posting a 96 overall rating were Bucks' Giannis Antetokounmpo, Lakers' LeBron James, 76ers' Joel Embiid, Suns' Kevin Durant, and Warriors' Steph Curry. 

Doncic's rating starting off at 95 for 2K24 is interesting, as he finished off the 2022-23 season at a 97 overall in NBA 2K23. 

You can imagine the Mavs missing the playoffs potentially hindered Doncic's rating heading into NBA 2K24, but with his star power growing, and Dallas having a revamped roster, expect for that 95 overall rating to jump up a few points by the end of the 2023-24 season.

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MICHAEL MULFORD

Michael Mulford is a writer/editor for Dallas Basketball, where he extensively covers the Dallas Mavericks. He also covers the Chicago Bulls as the Managing Editor for Bulls Wire of USA Today Sports Media Group. Mulford grew up in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and graduated from the University of North Texas in 2016 with a bachelor’s degree in Recreation, Event, and Sports Management. He began his pursuit of sports writing in 2017 with Dallas Sports Fanatic, where he covered the Mavericks’ G League affiliate, Texas Legends. He then became the Managing Editor of Dallas Sports Fanatic just one year later and has covered the Mavericks as a credentialed media member since 2018, including covering numerous playoff games between 2021-22 and covering the team at NBA Summer League in Las Vegas in 2019. In his time covering the Mavericks, Mulford has conducted numerous interviews for exclusive stories including with Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, Mavericks legend Dirk Nowitzki, former Maverick and current VP of Basketball Ops Michael Finley, former Mavericks GM Donnie Nelson, and more. You can follow and interact with Mulford on Twitter at @TheMulf.

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