1/16 Roster Highlights
By: 2K Insider | Friday January 16 2009
New Animations - In recognition of his recent play, Andre Iguodala has a new dunk package. It's nice to see A.I. return to playing at a high level.

Latest News - Delonte West will miss 2 to 3 weeks due to a fractured wrist, suffered in a hard fall trying to block a Derrick Rose drive. Delonte also hit his head hard on the court, requiring stitches to close the gash. Daniel Gibson figures to get the biggest boost in playing time while West recovers. Steve Blake separated his shoulder and will miss about 7 to 10 days, so Sergio Rodriguez gets the start. This also opens the door for rookie Jerryd Bayless to get some court time. The Rockets are without two of their "Big 3" as both Ron Artest and Tracy McGrady watch from the bench. Artest's troublesome ankle will keep him out a total of 7 to 10 days while McGrady was shut down for 2 weeks to allow his surgically repaired knee to rest. The Wizards suffered another loss to injury as center Etan Thomas tore his MCL and is out for a while. He joins Brendan Haywood, DeShawn Stevenson and Gilbert Arenas on the sideline. Marco Belinelli was starting until he sprained his ankle and will be out at least 10 days. MRI results showed that D.J. Augustin has a strained abdomen and groin, which will cause him to miss 10 days or more. Carlos Boozer had arthroscopic knee surgery and will miss an additional month. The good news for the Jazz is that Paul Millsap has played well and Boozer didn't require microfracture surgery. Yi Jianlian broke a finger in his shooting hand and will be out 4 to 6 weeks. It's especially unfortunate for him because he was playing well up until that point. Al Horford injured his knee a week ago, but his return doesn't sound too far away. On the flip side, both Kirk Hinrich and Luol Deng returned to the Bulls' lineup earlier this week. Rip Hamilton had missed 8 games with an injured groin, but he's back playing regular minutes. His shot has been off all season, as he continues to adjust to life without Chauncey.

Biggest Movers - Randy Foye is flourishing under Kevin McHale, who moved him to his natural position of shooting guard. His confidence is the highest it's been since joining the NBA and it shows. Foye's success mirrors that of the T'Wolves as they are 5-1 through the first 6 games of January. Another player who is playing well this month is Andrea Bargnani. Since Jermaine O'Neal was sidelined on New Year's Eve with a bum knee, Bargs has been playing the best basketball of his NBA career. Over the stretch of 9 games, he has averaged 22.3 points and 7.1 rebounds. Funny how the Bargnani trade rumors have magically disappeared. Von Wafer is another player who has seized his opportunity due to injury. Now starting in Tracy McGrady's place, Von has provided a much needed scoring punch as well as 3pt shooting. He has finally found a home in Houston after stints with the Lakers, Clippers, Nuggets and Blazers. Another developing shooting guard who has shown he belongs in the NBA is Nick Young. With DeShawn Stevenson sidelined with a bad back, Young has displayed his scoring prowess in his last 4 games, averaging 25.8 points on 0.717 FG%. That's lights out shooting for anyone, much less a 2nd year guard. Andre Iguodala is his old self again after a poor start to the season. New coach, Tony DiLeo, has moved Iggy back to his small forward spot and has responded with numbers we're used to from him. With Elton Brand still out with a bad shoulder, A.I. has been a force all over the court. Mehmet Okur's numbers are up compared to last season's downturn. On the year, he is back up to 17.8 ppg, 8.5 rpg and 0.499 FG%.

Insider do you change access. for players on these updates? please respond. Thank you

I must be tripping. Hibbert needs what updated?

Hey 2K insider could you and your staff update the coaches profile tendencies so that teams reflect and play like the teams are currently playing in the league. For example Phoenix don't really fast break as much anymore this year, but in there coach profile its set high? All of the teams need to be evaluated and updated. Just about all of the teams inside scoring tendencies need to be lowered and a few teams midrange shooting tendencies need a boost. Also everyteams game tempo, zone usage, run plays, attack the basket coach tendencies need a update. I know that you probably didn't implement this in this roster update, me and others are hoping you can implement this in the next one. Also def pressure and help defense is too high for alot of teams making it easy to pass and score in the paint, in the NBA teams give shooters more space so that they won't get beat off the dribble or score easy inside. Please evaluate some NBA temas shot charts and teams stats and tendencies and implement this into the coaches team profiles, thanks 2Kinsider.

let me first start by saying, great job on the updates insider..... my only complaint is tony parker's freethrow rating is still way to low at 71 even though he's shooting 80% from the line....i know you will agree... and 2nd roger mason is still lower in 3pt rating than jason richardson??? why is that??? even still, thank you for hearin our voices... great job you made a hugh stride on this update, but for future reference.... keep on eye on the mason issue and parker's freethrow rating! thanks

2k Are these the rosters that was announced today for the All Stars? Thanks