Ok so this post will show you have to get the:
1.HOW TO GET THE HIGHEST GRAPHICS POSSIBLE
2.THE MOST OUT OF YOUR CPU CORES
3.BETTER PERFORMANCE FOR ATI CROSSFIRE CARDS
FOR GRAPHIC CARD USERS PAY ATTENTION
You need a graphics card with at least 1024 gb video memory, if you have less i suggest you skip this part or you can try it.
this is my config settings
pay close attention to the maxtexturesize
I notice that the more I increased it the more the game looked better keep in mind if your card is not well cooled, It could overheat but if you have good temps or if you want to try it go right ahead
You will need to edit your config.cfg you can find this in your NBA 2K14 save folder, open with notepad.
PLEASE MAKE A BACKUP OF CONFIG.CFG THIS IS AT YOUR OWN RISK IF IT RUNS SLOW.
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VIDEOSETTING_ADAPTERINDEX = 0
VIDEOSETTING_WIDTH = 1920
VIDEOSETTING_HEIGHT = 1080
VIDEOSETTING_COLORDEPTH = 32
VIDEOSETTING_VSYNC = 1
VIDEOSETTING_REFRESHRATE = 60
VIDEOSETTING_WINDOWMODE = 0
VIDEOSETTING_MSAA = 4
VIDEOSETTING_MSAAQUALITY = 1
VIDEOSETTING_MAXTEXTURESIZE = 393216
VIDEOSETTING_DEPTHOFFIELD = 1
VIDEOSETTING_FLOORREFLECTION = 1
VIDEOSETTING_PLAYERLOD = 4
VIDEOSETTING_STADIUMLOD = 1
VIDEOSETTING_CROWDDETAIL = 2
VIDEOSETTING_SHADERDETAIL = 5
VIDEOSETTING_SIDELINECHARACTER = 0
VIDEOSETTING_ANISOTROPICQUALITY = 16
VIDEOSETTING_PARTICLEFFECT = 2
VIDEOSETTING_FORCE_HDR_ON_INTEL_GPU = 1
MAIN_LOGICAL_THREAD = 8
GPU_LOGICAL_THREAD = 5
STALL_CPU_ON_END_FRAME = 0
LIMIT_FLIP_QUEUE_LENGTH = 2
LIMIT_FLIP_QUEUE_LENGTH_SLEEP = 0
STICKYKEY = 498
TOGGLEKEY = 50
FILTERKEY = 114
ACCESSIBILITYKEY_SAVED = 1
LANGUAGE = 0
WINDOW_X = -723
WINDOW_Y = -25
CLOTH_LOGICAL_THREAD_0 = 4
CLOTH_LOGICAL_THREAD_1 = 4
CLOTH_LOGICAL_THREAD_2 = 4
CLOTH_LOGICAL_THREAD_3 = 4
CLOTH_LOGICAL_THREAD_4 = 4
CLOTH_LOGICAL_THREAD_5 = 4
CLOTH_LOGICAL_THREAD_6 = 4
CLOTH_LOGICAL_THREAD_7 = 4
CLOTH_LOGICAL_THREAD_8 = 4
CLOTH_LOGICAL_THREAD_9 = 4
CLOTH_LOGICAL_THREAD_10 = 4
CLOTH_LOGICAL_THREAD_11 = 4
CLOTH_LOGICAL_THREAD_12 = 4
CLOTH_LOGICAL_THREAD_13 = 4
CLOTH_LOGICAL_THREAD_14 = 4
NETWORK_PERFORM_BENCHMARKING = 1
NETWORK_OPT_UPSTREAM_BANDWIDTH = 892429
ONLINE_FORWARDED_PORT = 0
FOR ATI CROSSFIRE CARDS
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Get better performance up to 60fps in crossfire this will work with almost any game.
First off if u have amd processor thats multi core, dual or quad etc.
Download amd dual core optimizer for smoother gameplay.
make sure you update ur ati graphics drivers along with the amd profiles this is important.
if you have a creative x fi platinum sound card or extreme music sound card
download pax drivers google it. doin so will also boost ur performance
by about 40 to 60 percent in most cases.
no lets get back to crossfire: first thing go into catalyst control panel
and go to gaming 3d application settings
put texture filter to high quality turn of surface format optimization,
leave antialiasing method at multisampling because this is an hell of a performance hit.
turn opengl triplebuffering off i know it's helps sometimes
but i notice games are more stable and smoother without it lately.
leave tesselation on use application settings.
now the important part, click add on the upper left now search for the
Nba2k14.exe where ever you installed it on your computer and add it.
if anything pops up click yes it's ok to. now u should see nba2k14 in the list
you have to click on it in order to change settings. it will be highlighted when selected
now scroll down to where it says Crossfire Mode it will be in default mode change that and
click on use amd pre-defined profile you can type in the search
or click application profile to put list in alphabetical order to find what your looking for.
now look for nba2k12 click it and click save and then click yes.
right now i find it better using fifa13 profile but i get 60 while playing and 45-55 on time outs this is normal.
your game should run alot better now.
update: in your config file change and put -20 if it doesn't help performance change it back make a backup just in case
VIDEOSETTING_PLAYERLOD = -20
VIDEOSETTING_STADIUMLOD = -20
MORE OUT OF YOUR CPU CORES
GO INTO YOUR CONFIG.CFG FILE OPEN NIT IN NOTEPAD
THIS IS FOR QUAD CORE CPU's IF YOU HAVE MORE CORES PUT THE NUMBER Of CORES YOU HAVE JUST REPLACE THE 4'S THIS GAVE ME A HELL OF A BOOST IN PERFORMANCE AND I KIND OF ADDED MORE CLOTH LOGICAL THREAD JUST TO EXPERIMENT WITH IT I THINK THERES MORE MOVEMENT IN THE JERSEY'S BUT KINDA HARD TO TELL.
HOPE IT WORKS FOR YOU GUYS
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CLOTH_LOGICAL_THREAD_0 = 4
CLOTH_LOGICAL_THREAD_1 = 4
CLOTH_LOGICAL_THREAD_2 = 4
CLOTH_LOGICAL_THREAD_3 = 4
CLOTH_LOGICAL_THREAD_4 = 4
CLOTH_LOGICAL_THREAD_5 = 4
CLOTH_LOGICAL_THREAD_6 = 4
CLOTH_LOGICAL_THREAD_7 = 4
CLOTH_LOGICAL_THREAD_8 = 4
MAIN_LOGICAL_THREAD = 8 for this i multiplied my cores by 2 (4x2=8) each core has 2 threads so i have read
GPU_LOGICAL_THREAD = 5 My graphics card is GDDR5 so i put 5
i was able to max out my graphics and everythings still smooth
and i run in window mode that helps also in getting better performance
4 Cores put =4
6 Cores put = 6
Better graphics
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VIDEOSETTING_PLAYERLOD = 4
VIDEOSETTING_STADIUMLOD = 1
VIDEOSETTING_CROWDDETAIL = 2
VIDEOSETTING_SHADERDETAIL = 5
VIDEOSETTING_SIDELINECHARACTER = 0
VIDEOSETTING_PARTICLEFFECT = 2
also if you have a 1024mb graphics card you can raise your texture resolution.
texture resolution basically just eats up your memory on your graphics card if you have 1024mb of memory u can utilize the amounts not being used for nba 2k12 unlike Rage which uses alot more
VIDEOSETTING_MAXTEXTURESIZE = 4096 is default but you can raise it in increment by adding 512 to that number and see how far you can push it without any lags or you can add using 256 if 512 is too much
After saving config.cfg, right-click on it then PROPERTIES and check READ-ONLY on attributes.
It would make a great ramdisk. 
