New Orleans Pelicans – Predicting NBA 2k18 Ratings
By Alex Stokes
Ian Clark – 2k17 – 72
Projected 2k18 – 75
Clark is one of the new faces to join the Pels in the off-season. Winning the championship with the Warriors last year will provide him with some invaluable experience and he showed his worth for a team.
He had his most productive season, and was up in every category, except blocks and free throw percentage. For a star studded line up like the Warriors, it shows great faith in Clark, who was a valuable role player for the team, averaging 15 minutes a game in the regular season and 14 minutes a game in the playoffs.
I believe this will result in an upgrade for Clark and he should be extremely valuable to the Pels, especially with his three-point shooting.
Jordan Crawford – 2k17 – N/A
Projected 2k18 – 76
Crawford had been knocking around the D-League and China for a couple of years, hence why he had no rating on NBA 2k17.
Signing at the beginning of March 2017 by the Pels, Crawford had an instant impact from the bench, leading to him being nicknamed ‘Instant Grits’ by Cousins. Crawford had a huge scoring impact off the bench and helped the second unit’s production massively.
Crawford has proven that he is an NBA player, and a good one at that, which I believe will give him a solid rating this time round.