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NBA 2K20 Review: Doncic and Porzingis make the Mavs fun again

The Mavs are more fun than they've ever been in the NBA 2K franchise thanks to their young, star-studded duo.
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NBA 2K20 Review: Doncic and Porzingis make the Mavs fun again
NBA 2K20 Review: Doncic and Porzingis make the Mavs fun again

The Dallas Mavericks officially begin the 2019-2020 regular season in a little less than three weeks from now, meaning that the fan base will finally get to watch Luka Doncic and Kristaps Porzingis begin their push for the playoffs. Mavs training camp is underway as we speak (our guys Mike Fisher and Matt Galatzan give a review of Day 1 here), and preseason play is less than a week away. 

In the meantime, though, fans can continue to build an idea of what this team might look like in live action by playing with the Mavs in NBA 2K20.

As a big self-proclaimed fan of the 2K franchise, I can honestly say that this year's game is the most fun I've had playing with the Mavs in a long time. Doncic and Porzingis both having 87-overall ratings is a big reason why. For context, the Mavs highest rated player in last year's game was DeAndre Jordan, who was labeled with an 86-overall rating. That rating, as we found out through the 2018-2019 season, always seemed to be generous (Jordan now has an 81-overall rating in 2K20).

The chemistry that we're all hoping for and expect to see from Doncic and Porzingis this season already exists in the virtual 2K world. Both players' games mesh together perfectly, giving the Mavs a fighting chance against any other team in the game. Simply put, it's just easier to do cool things with Mavs this time around.

Is the rest of the roster not having a great game? That's okay, because Doncic and Porzingis are more than capable of shouldering the load in 2K20.

Overall, 2K remains king when it comes to high-quality graphics and gameplay, despite not always being perfect. Believe it or not, there was a time when NBA Live was the go-to basketball video game, but those days are long gone. Until EA Sports decides to put the same amount of resources into NBA Live that it does for FIFA, 2K will continue to basically hold a monopoly in this field.

We will soon find out if this year's Mavs team can live up to its playoffs aspirations. But until then, Mavs fans can grab a controller and continue to dream big.

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Dalton Trigg
DALTON TRIGG

Dalton Trigg is the Editor-In-Chief for Dallas Basketball, as well as the Executive Editor overseeing Inside The Rockets, Inside The Spurs, All Knicks, and The Magic Insider. He is the founder and host for the Mavs Step Back Podcast, which is a proud part of the Blue Wire podcast network. Trigg graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi’s College of Business and Economic Development with a bachelor’s degree in entrepreneurship in 2016. After spending a few years with multiple Dallas Mavericks-related blogs, including SB Nation’s Mavs Moneyball, Trigg joined DallasBasketball.com as a staff writer in 2018 and never looked back. At the start of 2022, he was promoted to the EIC title he holds now. Through the years, Trigg has conducted a handful of high-profile one-on-one interviews to add to his resume — in both writing and podcasting. Some of his biggest interviews have been with Mavs owner Mark Cuban, Mavs GM Nico Harrison, now-retired legend Dirk Nowitzki and many other current/former players and team staffers. Many of those interviews and other articles by Trigg have been aggregated by other well-known sports media websites, such as Yahoo Sports, CBS Sports, Bleacher Report and others. You can find Trigg on all major social media channels, but his most prevalent platform is on Twitter. Whether it’s posting links to his DBcom work, live-tweeting Mavs games or merely giving his opinions on things going on with Dallas and the rest of the NBA, the daily content never stops rolling. For any inquiries, please email Dalton@MavsStepBack.com.

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