We could go on forever for which classic teams should join this year's NBA 2K release, so I'll instead mention a few notable teams I would love to see.
As a bitter, impatient Toronto sports fan, I can point to the 1999-2000 Toronto Raptors team as an easy contender for a classic NBA team. The 2000 season marked the team's first franchise playoff appearance in which they went onto lose in the first round. The team consisted of many star players including Vince Carter, Tracy McGrady, Charles Oakley and Antonio Davis. While Toronto fans will continue to boo Vince Carter whenever he touches the ball in the Air Canada Centre, you cannot deny his skill and dunking ability.
I will always remember Richard Hamilton as the player who forcibly wears a face mask to protect his always breaking nose. Aside from that, the 2003-2004 Detroit Pistons always impressed dominated. The extremely effective starting line-up of players like Ben and Rasheed Wallace, Tayshaun Prince, Richard Hamilton and Chauncey Billups, at the time seemed like a perfect team. They eventually went onto win the NBA Championship that year.
Wherever Steve Nash went, success seemed to follow. The 2005 Phoenix Suns of Steve Nash, Joe Johnson, Amar'e Stoudemire, Shawn Marion and Quentin Richardson felt like a great team emerged from nowhere. Although the Suns finished 62-20 on the season, they ended up losing in the Conference Finals. What makes me especially bitter; General Manager of the Suns, Bryan Colangelo, eventually built the Toronto Raptors into team not even remotely close to the talented 2005 Suns.
Which classic NBA teams would you like to see this year in NBA 2K14?
