Best Archetypes in NBA 2K19

NBA2K has given us basketball fans enjoyment for two decades now, and in NBA 2K19 they will be celebrating their 20 year anniversary in style. With the anniversary edition released, we've put together an article showcasing what will be the top builds for your MyCareer pro player leading up to the official release worldwide on the 11th of September.

In this article, we'll look at and discuss what we believe will be the most enjoyable and overpowered builds for each position to start off your MyCareer with a bang.

Point Guard: Shot Creating Playmaker

Player Creation: Height - 6'2, Weight - 188 Pounds, Wingspan - 78 inches

Kyrie Irving at the 2018 USA Basketball Men's National Team Minicamp

Point Guard is without a doubt the most chosen position by MyCareer lovers, being able to run the offense and get the ball in your players' hands as much as possible gives which is, in my opinion, the most enjoyable gameplay.

This build will give you the opportunity to everything well and some things great once you fully max out your attribute caps. The key stats to look for in a fun point guard is the pace, shot, ball handling and passing statistics.

Here you will have great speed with the speed with ball stat being able to reach 88, the 3pt shot will be above average at 83 while you'll get a killer mid range game at a max of 93. Pass vision and accuracy will both be able to reach 80 while ball control will get up to a huge 91 allowing for you to break ankles and sink shots all with this rounded creation.

Shooting Guard: Pure Shot Creator

Player Creation: Height - 6'3, Weight - 185 Pounds, Wingspan - 77.3 inches

"Shot creating is not the ability to find an open shot, it's the skill and willingness to make daylight where not existed." - is the description that NBA2K has given a pure shot creator this year and it could not be more correct.

Everyone has always idolized great shot creators in the NBA, Kobe Bryant is without a doubt one of the greatest, but now you can surpass him as being one of the GOATs.

Just as in NBA2k18 a pure shot creator is going to be as overpowered as ever, the high acceleration allows for potentially the fastest first step on any archetype you'll receive allowing you to quickly find space against any defender whether it's to drive to the hoop or step back for a fade.

The ease to find space where the is none makes this build a nightmare for opposition defenders and unlike the playmaker, you'll be able to knock down shots from everywhere with relatively high mid range and 3pt shooting.

Small Forward: Playmaking Slasher

Player Creation: Height - 6'10, Weight - 230 Pounds, Wingspan - 84.5 inches

With Small Forwards leading the way with some of the best players in the NBA at the present time with the likes of LeBron James and Kevin Durant leading the way, it isn't hard to see why people would choose to rock the position themselves.

Choosing this build makes it easy to run a team and posterize defenders all at once. Being able to unlock all contact dunks and also big man dunks due to having 86 dunking makes this build one of the most fun to play with.

While this is not a build for the 3pt shot at only 66 you'll have 81 speed, 80 passing and 80 ball control along with the all-important hall of fame one-man fast break badge letting you dominate the fast break with ease. The driving dunk and layup both being at 86 is no doubt the best part of this build and will allow for some great highlight plays whenever you need it.

Power Forward: Rebounding Athletic-Finisher

Player Creation: Height - 6'11, Weight - 255 Pounds, Wingspan - 91.5 inches

A Power Forward build is one you don't see to regularly these days in MyCareer, but this build has the capabilities to be one of the best archetypes in NBA2k19.

While you won't be able to get too much long range shooting with this build your defending and inside game will be incredible. The larger wingspan will increase your defense and rebounding stats greatly while having a smaller one would have increased your shot, but the main draw to this build is no doubt the dunking and the speed it brings for a big man.

You will be able to have a maxed out vertical while also nearly reaching the top for layups and dunks allowing you to obtain all of the dunk packages while also bringing you four Hall of Fame badges. These are; Relentless Finisher, Posterizer, Putback King and Lob City Finisher. The badges that come along with this amazing build just tops off the fun you'll be able to have slamming it down on anyone who dares get in your way.

Centre: Slashing Rebounder

Player Creation: Height - 7'3, Weight - 265 Pounds, Wingspan - 98 inches

Oklahoma City Thunder v Philadelphia 76ers

The center position is constantly growing as the fans most enjoyable position to use, there's no feeling quite like it when you swat back another players dunk or scoring a great putback dunk.

With this build, you'll be able to dominate on both ends of the floor, your rebounding, and defensive stats will be second to only a glass cleaner but unlike them, you'll be fast and have great layup and dunk stats. The max height is crucial for most centers if they want to be able to dominate the inside game and with this build, you'll be able to do that with ease as it has the long wingspan and also an above average post scoring stats compared to other non-post-scoring builds while also having an ok mid-range game.

The Slashing Rebounder will be hard to stop for any defender as it's size and strength mixed with great inside game stats is almost impossible to guard so it without a doubt is extremely fun to run around dominating with this archetype.

Edited by Yash Matange