While the 2020 NBA Draft may have been delayed by multiple months like the rest of the NBA season, NBA 2K isn’t content with letting the original date pass by unnoticed. On Wednesday evening, the game’s MyTEAM Twitter account noted the original date of the 2020 NBA Draft would come on Thursday and, in lieu of a draft, “something special” was in the works.
The account tagged LaMelo Ball at the end of the tweet then attached a screenshot of Ball in the game.
The game’s MyTEAM mode typically does not add drafted rookies into that year’s game, instead opting to include them in the following year’s game. In the past, individual users would create detailed draft classes to use in career modes but the game itself has never included the same-season draft class.
A mix of things may have led to including Ball in this year’s game. Obviously, the coronavirus situation has likely forced the game to get creative in adding fresh content during the months since real-life games have taken place. From a business standpoint, Ball is a very popular player and adding him to the game would naturally lead to more interest.
