Was excited by the prospect upon announcement, of Stockton, and he’s basically exactly as I expected: an adaptation of last year’s PD Rewards version…
And, on the balance, he’s actually better. Some key changes:
55 to 84 Vert
31 to 69 Strength
And then some very very marginal 1 or 2 point nerfs in a bunch of Ratings.
Same Defense Tendencies, including high Steal/Intercept and extremely low 25 Foul Tendency. Which I think is really low for a guard.
His HoF badging is almost exactly what I had hoped for:
Giant Slayer
Dimer
Floor General
Needle Threader
Pass Fake Maestro
Clamps
Interceptor
Pick Pocket
Pick Dodger
But should be a really, really good PG in the current meta, and with current alternate options/competition.
Also excited from a NMS angle, in that I think if one can get him for a “good” price during his pack run, then Stockton will have enduring value and one need not stress out about divesting from him.
With last year’s Anniversary cards…were they not always at least worth as much as their initial pricing, at the point when their set was complete-able (prior to a reissue)?
Barring we don’t get someone like GP or Magic for a while, i think this PD Stockton could be my starting pg for a very long time. He has all of the qualities i look for in a pg especially since i run a more traditional style of offense.
With small guys being valuable this year and position locks in place, i can see him doing a lot of damage out there on the court.
Absofuckinglutely. I’m actually…jazzed for this release.
Love that a small and quick guy who doesn’t have atypical dunking can be such a force in the game.
And if it’s safe to presume that GO Ray Allen is very highly desirable, then I can buy and keep and play without being nervous about devaluation. I hope.
Yup feel like an idiot wasting all that time grinding dom. Even Laettner looks better than Kemp. Stockton ran circles around my whole team. I must have this card.
I almost want to sell him. I haven’t used him game except for one TTOffiline game and he was fun. But if he’s actually selling for 300k… that’s a game changer. When i did use him i felt like I had so many options at my disposal. It was a bit overwhelming tbh. I also don’t know his release that well but it seems smoother this year than last year.
But let’s say that one buys Stockton at what is a “good” price during the run of his packs. Do you think he goes down post-packs, and do you not think that he’ll still be very valuable when its possible to lock for GO Ray Allen?
Cards that cost money (aka available from packs) are always gonna be better than any sort of free or reward cards. 2k wants to encourage a pay to win style of play rather than people grinding free shit