Denver Nuggets: Predicting player ratings for NBA 2K19

Paul Millsap

Projected Rating: 85

This is a fairly big drop from his starting rating last year. In 2K18, Millsap started out as an 87 overall, fresh off of signing a three year, $90 million contract in Denver. However, as the year went on and Millsap got injured, he got brought down to an 83, where he finished the year.

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I think that the people in charge of the ratings will look back further than his 32 game disaster of a 2017-18 season and see he is deserving of better.

In his years in Atlanta, Millsap was one of the best defensive players in the league. He had an average defensive rating of 100, and two seasons sub-100. He averaged 1.7 steals and 1.2 blocks per game with just 2.8 fouls. Millsap also managed to amass an impressive 18.1 defensive win shares in his four years on the Hawks, 5th most in the league in that time frame. He wasn’t too shabby on offense, either.

The Anchorman scored 17.4 points per game on 46.3% shooting and a usage rate of 24.5%. He averaged 3.3 assists per game as a big man who was not his team’s primary ball handler. And he massively improved his 3-point shooting.

During his seven seasons on the Jazz, he had a three-point attempt rate of just 2.2% and a three-point percentage of 27.4%. During his time on the Hawks, he improved his 3-point attempt rate to 22.4% while hitting them at a clip of 33.5%. Not bad for a guy who took 16 total three-pointers in 3 years of college.

While Millsap had a bad 2017-18 season, he will certainly bounce back if he remains healthy. And these ratings reflect a player when he is at full health, so it should certainly be higher than the 83 he ended the year with.