3 Sacramento Kings players who are rated too low on NBA 2K25
By Mat Issa
Fall is almost upon us, and among other things (like the return of football), that means the release of the latest iteration of the 2K franchise, 2K25.
In anticipation of the game's arrival (September 6), 2K has released its player ratings for all the players that will be featured in the game. And per usual, it looks like the people who are in charge of dishing out player ratings for the game haven't been keeping up with their Sacramento Kings film, as a handful of players are not rated as high as they should be.
In honor of their negligence, here are three Kings players who are rated too low on 2K25.
De'Aaron Fox
2K25 Rating: 89
We've kind of already touched on this specific rating in a different post, but here is a quick refresher in case you needed a reminder (or you just didn't catch that piece).
Basically, it isn't so much the rating that 2K gave De'Aaron Fox that I'm concerned with. Rather, it's his hierarchy on the team based on his rating. At an 89 overall, Fox is second on the team in 2K, behind his All-Star running mate Domantas Sabonis.
The issue with that is that (statistically speaking) Fox is the better player between the two. Sabonis is the better offensive player, but his defensive limitations (at a possession where defense is the most important) make it harder to build around him. And unlike someone like Nikola Jokic, his offense isn't so amazing that you deal with his defensive shortcomings (plus, Jokic is just a flat-out better defender).
Meanwhile, Fox is nearly the same level of offensive player that Sabonis is, and he's a better guard defender than Sabonis is a big man defender (87th percentile Defensive Estimated Plus-Minus compared to Sabonis' 58th percentile Defensive Estimated Plus-Minus, per Dunks & Threes) – giving you much more flexibility from a team-building perspective.
The bottom line is that Fox should have a higher 2K rating than Sabonis.