MyTeam is one of the fastest growing gamemodes in NBA 2K. Basically, you open packs and get players. These players can them be used to create a team of all the best players you have. The players also have variable overalls just like all players, and have varying tiers based off overall. 55-69 is bronze 70-75 is Silver, 76-80 is gold, 80-83 is emerald, 84-86 is Sapphire, 87-89 is ruby, 90-94 is amethyst, 95-98 is diamond, and 99 is Pink Diamond. There are many good cards for each varing tier, but gold is usually the starting point after just one game. Here are some of the best cards for each tier, kind of like "Budget Ballers".
If you believe that every man is born with an inherent right to life, liberty and the pursuit of buckets, you can’t go wrong with the offensive-minded Walker for gold tier point guards. Eric Bledsoe is marginally more well-rounded on defense, but remember: You’re playing a basketball video game. Go with the human heat check.
Gold C.J. McCollum is a popular starter shooting guard for players starting MyTeam because Gold C.J. McCollum is a runaway knife-tornado of offense. A guard who can make plays and score at each level is exciting, especially if you spent a couple days pinballing through the lane with Markel freaking Brown. But go with Middleton here. I know I said that whole thing about buckets earlier, but it’s not worth it here. McCollum’s lateral quickness is an untenable 50— three points higher than Jared Sullinger. Think about that and cry for as long as you need.Gold C.J. McCollum is a popular starter shooting guard for players starting MyTeam because Gold C.J. McCollum is a runaway knife-tornado of offense. A guard who can make plays and score at each level is exciting, especially if you spent a couple days pinballing through the lane with Markel freaking Brown. But go with Middleton here. I know I said that whole thing about buckets earlier, but it’s not worth it here. McCollum’s lateral quickness is an untenable 50— three points higher than Jared Sullinger. Think about that and cry for as long as you need.
Everyone else is trash, literally everyone
An annoyingly versatile big. Millsap will get trash-compacted down low occasionally by bigger opponents, but he’s a frustratingly quick 'tweener to chase and switch onto if your power forward has the traditional frontcourt physique of a Berenstain Bear.
Strong defense. Excellent facial hair. Can score from the mid-range. More tools than other centers at the gold tier.
Emerald Russell Westbrook is the best emerald, period. He’s like a Ferrari—a Ferrari that occasionally launches itself off a bridge, explodes, and then drives out of the smoking wreckage somehow intact. I start Emerald Russ over Sapphire Stephen Curry, because Emerald Russ consistently out-shoots the awful, restrictor plate of a three-point rating 2K had to put on him to keep him street-legal, and he makes Sapphire Curry feel like a Volkswagen Beetle with a Chia pet on the dash.
The emerald shooting guard strata goes
1. Klay
2. James Harden
Thats It
The debate here is Kawhi Leonard or KD, and if you’re a beginner or fan of longer-fingered defense, take Kawhi. He’ll anchor your defense and give you room to experiment with wilder, no-defense-playing guards.
Better Shooter alternative: Carmelo Anthony (81).
Emerald Millsap is the Cadillac of Millaps—smooth, vintage, can run over curbs without the driver noticing. Unfortunately, 2K appears to have released Emerald Millsaps in single-batch barrels, making them a hard pull and prohibitively expensive when they crop up on the market.
Possibly the best center card right now. I start Emerald KAT over Ruby Shaquille O’Neal (89), which is the highest rated/rarest card I own. By some sheer, dumb luck, Shaq was the first player card I pulled in 2K17, and I could not plug him into my lineup fast enough. But then two minutes passed in my first Domination game, and Shaq already was confetti—he was getting destroyed by the 76ers' young bigs in transition and basically having heart palpitations. After that, I plugged in KAT, and voila—the whole thing was humming, because 2K loves Karl-Anthony Towns like a son, and they reflect that love by making him play like the 6-11, 250-pound point-forward he pretty much is.
Steph is the most accessible and readily usable point guard of the Sapphire tier, which isn’t long on ball handlers as it currently stands. He’s great coming off the bench when Russell Westbrook blows a fuse or needs his tires changed.
Sapphire Allen Iverson is the truth and the light of the Handles collection—one of two themed packs 2K has rolled out so far in MyTeam. A.I comes out the box with three gold badges (ankle breaker, flashy passer, pick and roll maestro) and five additional empty badge slots for you to tinker with. The only downside is rarity. A.I. ain’t cheap (60,000+ MT in auction right now) and pulling him in the wild is a Bigfoot-level experience.
A reward card for completing the Orlando Magic collection, Sapphire Grant Hill can play three positions and cause some nightmare mismatches. And he ain't cheap to unlock.
Josh Smith has become a running punchline of sorts, but the dude used to—and still does—ball out on the odd occasion he decides to put his athleticism and skill set to work in the post instead of jacking up threes from the concourse. And Sapphire Josh Smith is Good Josh Smith—a monster on the defensive boards and a joy to throw lobs to in the transition game. If you have the means, I highly recommend picking one up.
He is a fast, tall player that gets boards, there isn't much else you need
Your reward for completing the entire Handles collection is Ruby-level Jason Williams, an ungodly playmaker who comes pre-stocked with two Hall of Fame-level badges in ankle breaker and flashy passer. He’s middling on defense, but he’s the most singular scoring point guard card I’ve encountered.
He Breaks ankles, he shoots, he is a god.
With 90 overall ratings on offense and defense, the Human Highlight Show is the most balanced, attainable card on the MyTeam market. And you will really enjoy yamming on folks with his 99 flashy dunk tendency.
Probably the best reward card in the game right now. Ruby Antoine Walker can do pretty much everything well on both ends of the floor, and he comes with three gold badges (difficult shots, tireless score, hustle rebounder) right from the jump.
Karl Anthony Towns is a a monsters, we established this. With most his stats upgraded, he is only getting better.