Steph Curry to Receive Temporary 99 OVR Rating in NBA 2K16

Steph Curry has had one hell of a season this year, breaking a number of records. Now, he’s made history as the first NBA player to be unanimously voted MVP. That’s all 131 votes, and since it’s such a huge landmark for the sport, the people behind NBA 2K16 are going to bump up his overall rating within the game to 99.

If you’re concerned about making him even more formidable of a player than he already is in the game, don’t be. The increase in OVR is only temporary, to celebrate his second consecutive MVP win and the first unanimous MVP win.

As part of the celebration, NBA 2K will also be partnering with Under Armour to allow players to unlock a brand new MVP colorway of the Curry Two within the game, which will be available to all players after the event.

As for the timing? Don’t worry, 2K isn’t just going to spring an immensely overpowered Steph Curry on you. Instead, the roster update will become available starting at 3 PM Pacific on Thursday, May 12. That’s two days from now. The roster update will give Curry the boost for a limited period of 30 hours.

This MVP award for Steph Curry marks his second consecutive win, making him the 11th player to do so. But if you’re curious, he’s only the third point guard to accomplish the feat. Under Armour has also provided a promotional video for the event to commemorate Curry’s success, which you can see embedded up top.

If you’re into collecting shoes, Under Amour will also be re-releasing the Curry One MVP, as well as a new color of the Curry Two MVP.

Are you excited to see Steph Curry’s success on the court translate to the game this week? Let us know in the comments or on social media, and as always, stay tuned to SGO for the latest NBA 2K16 news.

Steph Curry to Receive Temporary 99 OVR Rating in NBA 2K16

Steph Curry Breaks Real and Virtual Basketball

If you’ve followed NBA basketball at all in the last three years then you know that Steph Curry is essentially lights out from where ever he shoots the ball.

It’s a problem for real players facing him and recently it’s become a problem for developers trying to depict him in video games. 2K Sports might be have the most realistic basketball game on the market with their NBA2K series. They’ve managed to create digital players that react fairly realistically to most in-game situations.

That is, until they tried to account for Steph Curry.

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NBA2K gameplay director Mike Wang told Forbes, “To be completely honest, we are still looking for ways to better translate his game into NBA 2K. He’s a ‘rule breaker’ when it comes to jump shooting … he becomes a problem in the video game world where we’ve been trying to train our gamers [to know] that certain types of shots should be rewarded versus others.”

Earlier this month, ESPN asked 2K Sports to run simulations with Curry to see how the virtual compared to the real. Flesh and bone Curry won every time.

2K Curry averaged 28.5 ppg over a 50 game simulation versus this season’s curry who is averageing 29.8. Real Curry also had 13 more 30 point games and 5 more 20 point quarters than virtual Curry. The most telling stat was in made 3-pointers. Real Curry is on pace for 388 while 2K Curry “only” hit 293.

“We’re going to have to invest even more time in future iterations to really let Steph be Steph in future versions of NBA 2K,” said Wang.

Our suggestion? Perhaps institute a Madden-esque stat similar to Spectacular Catch and have it attached to Curry’s shooting accuracy.

Steph Curry Breaks Real and Virtual Basketball