As the NBA shakes off the last vestiges of the offseason, many “top players” pieces and “win projections” stories have been released over the past few days. Many of these features highlight the Atlanta Hawks as one of the worst teams in the league, but a fascinating preview by The Score had a different take.
The story, by The Score’s Chris Walder, employed a full season simulation on NBA 2K19 to see how the season would shake out and some fascinating wrinkles emerged.
For one thing, Walder did not have the Warriors even making the NBA Finals, and he had the Thunder with the best record in the West.