Miami Heat center Hassan Whiteside is very concerned about his player rating in the NBA 2K video game series. During his breakout season with the Heat in 2014-15, he openly lobbied 2K Sports about the situation, frantically racking up real double-doubles in an effort to enhance his virtual number.
This summer he further tried to get his NBA 2K rating up - by wearing a T-shirt that said "Trying to get my NBA 2K rating up."
Mission accomplished. His rating is up to 81 for NBA 2K16, due out Sept. 25.
Thanks @NBA2K @Ronnie2K for making me 1 of 50 players to have a 80+ rating #2k16 #NBA2K16 pic.twitter.com/Pj9VMXZzOC
— Hassan Whiteside (@youngwhiteside) August 22, 2015
Whatever works as motivation for Whiteside. The former second-round pick has this coming season left on his contract at $981,000. He's going to want to get that rating up even higher, because that would correlate with a very large payday.
