It has been said for years that DeRozan's mid
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Allen did that despite being just 24 years of age and while he can score and rebound well, his true success is as an interior defender. As a strong shot blocker and anchor to a great defense, Allen deserves to be ranked closer to the game's top 10 in this category.
It has become a bit of a recurring theme in recent games but Mitchell Robinson seems to always find a way to be rated too high. That was the case with his NBA 2K24 rating, again in the following year, and now with the new game.
For the most part, Robinson is a good player who is still young and creeping toward being a consistent double-double threat. However, he's kind of plateaued or gotten worse in basically every category from blocking shots to shooting free throws.
These days, the NBA seems obsessed with shooting three-pointers and filling it up from as far away from the rim as possible. Ever the contrarian, DeMar DeRozan is one of those guys who went against the grain and made his living shooting from the mid-range.
It has been said for years that DeRozan's mid-range shot was as lethal as anyone's in the league and he scored from there more than basically anyone. While it's understandable that the likes of Kevin Durant and Chris Paul have the highest rating here, DeRozan doesn't even crack the top 20, which is absurd.
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