Earlier this month, NBA 2K announced that NBA 2K18 would feature an all-time team for each NBA franchise, leading to lots of fun debate over who should make the final roster.
On Thursday, they released a trailer about the new feature:
As you’d expect, they don’t devote a lot of time to the Wizards in the trailer, but you can definitely pick out a few players who are on the team during the video.
Here, you can see Earl Monroe guarding Jason Kidd:
After Kidd shakes Monroe off, if you pay close attention the guy on the low block appears to be wearing #41, which would of course be Wes Unseld. Later on in the trailer, you get a better glimpse at Unseld and a really good look at Bernard King:
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UPDATE: NBA 2K has released the full rosters for each team. Here’s what the Wizards roster looks like:
John Wall – 90 (Starter)
Earl Monroe – 87 (Starter)
Bernard King – 86 (Starter)
Elvin Hayes – 95 (Starter)
Wes Unseld – 94 (Starter)
Bradley Beal – 87
Chris Webber – 87
Rod Strickland – 86
Larry Hughes - 86
Rex Chapman – 85
Richard Hamilton – 84
Gheorghe Muresan – 84
Manute Bol – 82
Marcin Gortat – 82
Otto Porter – 81
It’s sad that we won’t get to see any of the Big 3 from the 2000’s in this one, which appears to be due to licensing, rather than thinking they weren’t good enough to make the cut. Still, playing a two-big lineup with Gheorghe Muresan and Manute Bol will be fun, and reuniting Rod Strickland and Chris Webber will be fun as we