All Added and Removed Players in NBA 2K25

With NBA 2K25, the usual check-in with rosters has begun, and it’s always a little complicated to figure out who was added and removed because it’s not just about the base “modern” roster. We also have to take into account who exists in the Eras rosters.

So, for example, someone like Kemba Walker is now unavailable in the “base” modern roster, but you can find him in the Steph Era roster and the all-time Hornets team. The same is going to be true for some other retired and/or recently retired players, so we’ll likely be updating this list in the days head.

That said, we have some names for this list so let’s jump into it.

Players Removed

One of the biggest ones is the entire ’65 Celtics rosters is not in the game. Since Bill Russell passed away, it’s likely that his estate would have to re-file paperwork to appear in things like video games, and they have probably had bigger things to worry about than getting to that paperwork. I would think the rest of the ’65 Celtics roster was left out because it just would feel wrong without having Russell at center.

Beyond that, a lot of players that fell out of the game are recently retired players or those who went overseas.

• Blake Griffin
• John Wall
• Andre Iguodala
• Serge Ibaka
• Meyers Leonard
• Will Barton
• Noah Vonleh
• Dewayne Dedmon
• Rodney McGruder
• JaMychal Green
• Nerlens Noel
• Trey Alexander
• D.J. Augustin
• Will Barton
• Leandro Bolmaro
• Tony Bradley Jr.
• Jarrell Brantley
• Jalen Bridges
• Sterling Brown
• Deonte Burton
• Facundo Campazzo
• Vernon Carey Jr.
• Michael Carter-Williams
• Willie Cauley-Stein
• Kennedy Chandler
• Chance Comanche
• Xavier Cooks
• Isaiah Crawford
• Jarrett Culver
• Nate Darling
• Terence Davis
• Darius Days
• Dewayne Dedmon
• Matthew Dellavedova
• Gorgui Dieng
• Tyler Dorsey
• Devon Dotson
• Derrick Favors
• Bryn Forbes
• Michael Foster Jr.
• Rudy Gay
• JaMychal Green
• Jordan Hall
• Montrezl Harrell
• Udonis Haslem
• Juan Hernangomez
• Willy Hernangomez
• George Hill — removed in first roster update
• Trevor Hudgins
• Frank Jackson
• Alize Johnson
• Stanley Johnson
• Mfiondu Kabengele
• Trevor Keels
• Louis King
• Anthony Lamb
• Romeo Langford
• Meyers Leonard
• Tyrese Martin
• Mac McClung
• Chima Moneke
• Raul Neto
• Nerlens Noel
• Kendrick Nunn
• KZ Okpala
• Theo Pinson
• Jontay Porter
• Davon Reed
• Austin Rivers
• Isaiah Roby
• Terrence Ross
• Jordan Schakel
• Jay Scrubb
• Chris Silva
• Marko Simonovic
• Xavier Sneed
• Edmond Sumner
• Isaiah Todd
• Noah Vonleh
• Joe Wieskamp
• Donovan Williams
• McKinley Wright IV
• Gabe York

Players Added Or Still Available

The retired players that still appear to be in the game are:

• Ricky Rubio
• Gordon Hayward
• Joe Harris
• Mike Muscala
• Otto Porter Jr.
• There is also a bunch of players who are now overseas still in the free agency pool:
  • Beverley
  • Vezenkov
  • Fournier
  • Ntilikina
  • Samanic
  • Maledon
  • Poku
  • Korkmaz
  • Petrusev
  • Tubelis
  • Jack White

Frank Kaminsky and Goran Dragic were added back into the game with the first roster update.