During his first year in the NBA, Andrew Wiggins ran away with Rookie of the Year honors. In his sophomore campaign, the Minnesota Timberwolves swingman became just the seventh player ever to average more than 20.5 points per game in his age-20 NBA season, joining a star-studded list that features Shaquille O’Neal, LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Carmelo Anthony, Kyrie Irving and Anthony Davis. Evidently, all that buys you with the Powers That Be at 2K Sports is … a measly two points.
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Player ratings for “NBA 2K17,” the forthcoming update of 2K’s wildly successful annual basketball video game, began to leak out this week, which led to some young hoopers snickering and sniping about the numbers of their respective digital avatars, as has become customary among game-enthusiast athletes over the years.