When NBA players see their 2k rating... Athletes love to rave about their ratings on video games, even if it's just for bragging rights.More often than not, the ratings they're given are a lot lower than what they believe they deserve.

Injury-prone Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid is the most disgruntled of the lot.Having been asked where he felt his ranking would sit for the newest version of the game, Embiid said: "Well, it's kind of hard to rate me, because I felt like last year, when I was on the court, I was the best defender in the league, and then as a big man I can do everything – shoot threes, post up, handle the ball, be a playmaker – so I'll be honest, I should be at least 95."

Cleveland Cavaliers guard Kyrie Irving echoed Embiid's optimism, and figured he should have been closer to 95, but will have to content himself with the status of cover star on the game's packaging and a far less imposing rating of 90.

Not all players were as quick on the uptake as Embiid and Irving. Told he'd been assigned a score of 89, Portland Trailblazers star Damian Lillard noted it was an improvement on his 2017 rating. In fact, the game's creators had given him 90 last year.

Karl-Anthony Towns was one player who was actually pleased with the game's programmers. An improved rating of 91 led to an appreciative tweet from the Minnesota Timberwolves star, and also a mild ribbing for Embiid.

Boston Celtics star Isaiah Thomas received a comedown of similar magnitude to Embiid's, scoring 89 when he had jokingly predicted he was worth 96 or higher, but he took the bad news with a grain of salt. "I definitely thought it would be a little bit higher but it's all good," Thomas said.

After hearing about his 89 rating in NBA 2K18, the world's most popular basketball video game, DeMar DeRozan was relieved to know he can still improve.

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