Top five snubs of the NBA 2K18 All-Time rosters

With the NBA 2K18 launch just weeks away, the game has unveiled its All-Time rosters? Which players did 2K overlook while creating this new feature.

The NBA 2K franchise released its new All-Time rosters last week (courtesy of Dime Magazine), which provides a great opportunity to reflect on who got snubbed by the developers of 2K! Of course things usually aren’t that simple. Many notable players don’t appear in the game because securing the legal rights to create a retired player’s likeness can get tricky. Some beloved players like Reggie Miller and Charles Barkley aren’t in the game for just that reason. They feel like players should get a greater cut of the ridiculous profits that 2K generates every year.

For the purposes of this post, we can set guys like Barkley aside; if they allowed 2K to feature them in the game, we know that they would be included on the All-Time teams. Instead this piece will focus on players that should be on the rosters but are missing, somewhat inexplicably. Obviously there are no specific criteria of evaluation here.  At the most basic level though the guys included on these rosters must have deep connections to the franchise. That nature of that connection differs for every player. Some guys played on a team for a really long time, others might have had short, but immensely successful stints with a team. And some players are fan favorites or solid role players that achieved cult status with the fan base. In any case, worthy candidates should have some mix of all the things mentioned above.

So without further delay, here are the top five snubs of NBA 2K18’s All-Time rosters.