What if the 2014-15 Kentucky Wildcats played a series against the current version of the Philadelphia 76ers?
That question has been a topic of heated debate the last few weeks. Former Kentucky players Eric Bledsoe and DeMarcus Cousins have stated publicly that they believe the Wildcats would defeat the Sixers.
Obviously, the question can never truly be answered but it’s fun to discuss.
The NBA 2K15 game has attempted to help with the debate. Kentucky fans won’t like the results of 2K15’s “research.”
Here is more from SBNation.com:
While these teams won’t ever play in real life, we are lucky to have access to the next best thing to real life: NBA 2K15. Thanks to 2K, even the unanswerable is answerable, and we put Kentucky in the NBA to simulate a seven- game playoff series against the Sixers.
There are obviously some roadblocks to this analysis, the most obvious one being that we would have to create Kentucky, since the Wildcats aren’t in the game. But thanks to a UK/2K enthusiast, the roster was already updated, meaning all we had to do was come up with ratings.
There’s going to be some subjectivity anytime you rate someone, so if you think our ratings are off, so be it. We came up with ratings by comparing NBA draft projections for the Wildcats players to the ratings of others drafted in those spots. These were the results.
So, according to NBA 2K15 simulation, the 76ers would defeat the Wildcats 4-1 in 5 games. Kentucky would average 77.6 points per game while the Sixers would put up 97.6.
The simulation took it a step further to determine that 2014-15 Kentucky would be the worst team in the history of the NBA if they played a full season.
What do you think Big Blue Nation, agree or disagree?
