the past, but it's because on 2K he likes playing with and against all time great teams. So he has Kareem as the GOAT center, Oscar Robertson as his favorite point guard, and argues that Elgin Baylor was as good or better than Bron...

He doesn't have actual context for how they played in their eras since he hasn't watched that. So for example playing with Wilt in 2k having him go up against prime Shaq isn't the same as Wilt from back then going up against the average centers of his era.