There are reasons why NBA Live is no longer the king of basketball sims. Aside from the fact that the NBA 2K game franchise has taken over, earlier versions of NBA Live have devolved into an arcade game devoid of basketball science. Has NBA Live 09 bucked this depressing trend? I dive into the game’s PlayStation Portable version to find out.
Visually, almost nothing has changed since Live 08, save for EA’s strange decision to cut back on the court lighting. Playing a basketball game in Live 09 hearkens back to the seemingly-darker courts of the ABA days. There are also no noticeable tweaks to the player models. The heads still look bigger than they should be.
Gary Mercado October 26th, 2008 (Visited 1160 times)
For me, James is the most ‘Jordan-like’ of all this generation’s players. Not because he plays anything like MJ, but because he’s difficult to ‘grasp’.
Gary Mercado October 25th, 2008 (Visited 1328 times)
In Oh My God news today, Isiah Thomas was reportedly taken to the hospital for ODing on sleeping pills. Frankly, reports are still sketchy, with some reporting just an ambulance going there and some declaring it an all out collapse. It’s obvious however that things are not ok in Isiah land (and it hasn’t been for a long time I imagine).
Now being a Knicks fan I’ve written about Isiah manymany times, and usually in a less than positive note. I’ve even assumed, wrongly of course, that Knicks management would get their heads on eventually and kick him out and even bet my blogging on it. My attempts to stop till he got fired went pffft of course, when I realized I just liked doing this too much.
At any rate, this isn’t about myself. It’s about Isiah Thomas.
Gary Mercado October 21st, 2008 (Visited 905 times)
Not being in a rush. Whenever you try to force things it tends to go the opposite way. If there’s a behind the back pass that presents itself then do it but don’t go out there looking to do it.
Gary Mercado October 19th, 2008 (Visited 1220 times)
Ok it’s Amare’s turn:
He had an interesting story at the end about how when he was a kid he managed to dunk practicing alone, tried to brag about it, tried to show it off to his friends but couldn’t do it until after 4 days.
Gary Mercado October 18th, 2008 (Visited 1072 times)
Check out the sick sick sick move where, while running towards a defender, he twists left, bounces the ball between the legs from the back to the front and then bounces it back to his left again, leaving him free to drive it home with the defender looking stupid.
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