NBA 2K11

If you aren’t subscribed to our YouTube channel…well, first of all, why not?!? Secondly, there’s a good chance that you’ll have missed Dee’s latest uploads, featuring highlights from NBA the Run and the PlayStation 2 version of NBA 2K11. If so, here’s your chance to catch up on those videos!

Dee had the opportunity to take part in the closed beta for NBA The Run this week, and he put together a reel of Anthony Edwards highlights from his session with the soon-to-be-released game. Be sure to tune into the next episode of the NLSC Podcast, as Dee will be providing his in-depth impressions of NBA The Run.

As we mentioned in Episode #628 of the NLSC Podcast, Dee and I recently revisited the PlayStation 2 version of NBA 2K11. The session produced a handful of exciting highlights – including one that made this week’s NLSC Top 10 Plays – and so Dee assembled a five-minute reel spotlighting the best moments.

Check out both of those videos below! Once again, we invite you to subscribe to the NLSC YouTube channel if you haven’t already. In addition to the Top 10, podcast, and gameplay highlight reels such as these, we also post game retrospectives and other video essays from time to time. As always, feel free to hit us up with suggestions for games that you’d like to see us play, as well as discuss in future episodes of the NLSC Podcast.

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It’s always great to see new mod releases for a classic like NBA 2K11, irrespective of platform. To that end, SodaBig has returned with an update to the Prime Roster for the Wii version of the game, and you can pick it up at the link below.

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NBA 2K11 Wii Prime Roster (Updated to V2.8.3)

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It’s been exciting to see Paxson-for-3 producing new retro season mods for NBA 2K11, with the latest release being a 2005 roster. Please note that the project is for the PC version of the game, and cannot be used with the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 releases. Paxson-for-3 has indicated that there will be further updates to the mod, but for now, it’s still quite a comprehensive retro roster.

In addition to rolling NBA 2K11 back to the 2005 season, the roster includes cyberfaces, portraits, jerseys, logos, and courts. Paxson-for-3 has paid close attention to detail when it comes to jersey numbers and player accessories, and will be making further updates to player ratings for more accuracy. He’s also on the lookout for additional art updates to enhance his retro roster mods, so if you can lend a hand there, please check out this topic for more details.

For now though, you can download the 2005 roster for NBA 2K11 here! I’d also recommend checking out Paxson-for-3’s 1992, 1997, 1998, and 2000 rosters for NBA 2K11. Congratulations to Paxson-for-3 on the latest release, and a big thanks once again for making the rosters freely available to everyone! It’s great to have a dedicated retro modding scene in our community, and we’d love to see more of it throughout 2026 and beyond.

Paxson-for-3 has been doing some outstanding work with retro mods for NBA 2K11 this year. To that end, he’s recently released his latest retro season roster for NBA 2K11 PC, this time taking the game back to the 1992 season. The mod is based on the 1992 roster that was originally released way back in 2011, and contains various fixes and enhancements.

More specifically, the lineups in Paxson-for-3’s mod are accurate as of the season’s opening night, November 1st 1991. All teams are wearing their appropriate 1992 season jerseys, while individual players all have accurate jersey numbers along with the rest of their bio data. The Free Agents pool has also been updated with players who were unsigned at the time, providing opportunities to make some fictional moves in an Association game if you wish.

You can pick up the 1992 season roster for NBA 2K11 here in the Forum! You’ll also find some previews of the project, and it’s the best place to get in touch with Paxson-for-3 if you have any feedback. Shout out once again to Paxson-for-3 and everyone else who continues to release these awesome mods for old favourites! If you haven’t already, be sure to check out his 1997, 1998, and 2000 season rosters for NBA 2K11 as well.

As you may know from previous bulletins, Paxson-for-3 has been making some excellent retro season rosters for NBA 2K11, including mods for the 1997 and 1998 seasons. Paxson-for-3’s latest roster for NBA 2K11 jumps ahead a couple of seasons, as it rolls the game back to the 2000 campaign.

The rosters in the mod are accurate as of Opening Night (November 1st, 1999). Additionally, all of the teams are using their correct jerseys for the 2000 season by default. As with previous projects, the 2000 season roster is based on the original 1997 mod for NBA 2K11.

Paxson-for-3 has indicated that he’s still searching for a couple of assets to make this project and others more complete, namely the Utah Jazz’s alternate jersey from the late 90s/early 2000s, and the Philadelphia 76ers’ court from that same era. If you’re able to lend a hand, please let him know.

Download the 2000 season roster for NBA 2K11 here in the Forum! You’ll also find some previews of the project, and it’s the best place to get in touch with Paxson-for-3 if you’re able to help out with the aforementioned art updates. Shout out as always to Paxson-for-3 and everyone else who continues to release these awesome mods for old favourites!

Today’s NBA 2K11 mod releases feature the latest update to SodaBig’s Prime roster for the Wii version of the game. Check it out at the link below!

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NBA 2K11 Wii Prime Roster (Updated to V2.8.2)

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We’ve had a handful of mod releases from SodaBig recently, and the latest is another update to the Prime Roster for the Wii version of NBA 2K11. Check it out at the link below!

SodaBig
NBA 2K11 Wii Prime Roster (Updated to v2.8)

Thanks to everyone who continues to contribute to our Downloads database! If you need help uploading files, be sure to check out this video tutorial. For more information about downloads, the modding community, and Mod Releases bulletins, please see this FAQ in our Wiki.

Today’s mod releases for NBA 2K11 feature a new update to SodaBig’s Prime Roster for the Wii version of the game. Pick it up at the link below!

SodaBig
NBA 2K11 Wii Prime Roster (Updated to v2.3)

Thanks to everyone who continues to contribute to our Downloads database! If you need help uploading files, be sure to check out this video tutorial. For more information about downloads, the modding community, and Mod Releases bulletins, please see this FAQ in our Wiki.

As you may have seen from a couple of previous bulletins, Paxson-for-3 has released 1997 and 1998 rosters for NBA 2K11 PC. He has continued to work on updates for both of those projects, and to that end, new versions of each are now available!

The 1997 roster now includes 57 additional faces, while 61 faces have been added to the 1998 roster for NBA 2K11. These updates come courtesy of clutchcity1994-1995, so shout out to him as well! A few updates and fixes have also been made to players in the 1997 mod.

For those who may be unaware, both rosters include season-accurate team branding. The appropriate jerseys have been assigned as the default home and away uniforms, so there’s no need to manually select them before games. In short, both mods are extremely detailed retro rosters, perfect for anyone who’d like to throw it back to a couple of iconic seasons in one of the best basketball video games of all-time.

Download the 1997 roster here, and pick up the 1998 mod here! Thanks go out once again to Paxson-for-3 for providing these classic season rosters for NBA 2K11. He’s indicated that he’s working on some other retro roster projects for the game, so be sure to stay tuned for further previews and releases!

We don’t get a lot of mod releases for the Wii versions of basketball games, but they certainly are welcome in our database, and we have one for NBA 2K11 today! SodaBig has uploaded another prime roster, which you can find at the link below.

SodaBig
NBA 2K11 Wii Prime Roster

Thanks to everyone who continues to contribute to our Downloads database! If you need help uploading files, be sure to check out this video tutorial. For more information about downloads, the modding community, and Mod Releases bulletins, please see this FAQ in our Wiki.

Paxson-for-3’s 1998 roster for NBA 2K11 has been updated, and the new version is now available to download!

As previously noted, the mod was in need of some additional logo updates. Thanks to Shamgod and clutchcity1994-1995, those logos have now been properly updated for the 1998 season. A few jersey assignments have also been fixed, with all of the teams now using the appropriate 1998 uniforms by default.

You can download the 1998 roster for NBA 2K11 from this topic in the Forum. That’s also where you’ll find some previews of the project, as well as details on any future releases. In case you missed it, Paxson-for-3 has also released a 1997 roster; more information on that here.

Once again, shout out to Paxson-for-3 for spearheading these awesome retro roster projects, as well as Shamgod and clutchcity1994-1995 for their contributions to the latest version of the 1998 season mod! As I’ve said in previous bulletins, it’s great to see the classics still receiving love through some excellent mod releases. While we’ll always be committed to housing mods and providing other resources for new releases, we’re all about promoting retro gaming and modding as well. To that end, a reminder that we welcome discussion and mod releases for all basketball video games, new and old. In the meantime, be sure to check out these awesome rosters for NBA 2K11!

Just a couple of weeks after releasing a new 1997 season mod for NBA 2K11 PC, Paxson-for-3 has followed up that project with a 1998 roster!

Like the 1997 mod, the 1998 rosters are accurate as of the season’s opening night (in this case October 31st, 1997), and all teams have their correct jerseys. The project is based on a previous 1997 mod that was released years ago, thus players also have era-appropriate faces.

Presently, a few teams that changed their logos ahead of the 1998 campaign are still using their 1997 season branding. Paxson-for-3 has appealed for help in updating those logos, so if you have the knowhow, he’s definitely keen to hear from you!

In the meantime, you can pick up the 1998 roster for NBA 2K11 here in the Forum, where you’ll also find some previews of the project. That’s also probably the best place to get in touch with Paxson-for-3 if you’re willing and able to help out with the missing 1998 season logo updates. As always, shout out to everyone who continues to release these passion projects for classic basketball video games! Once again, I’ve been mulling the possibility of retro rosters for old favourites, so I’m delighted to see that others have been similarly inspired to indulge their nostalgia. Keep up the fantastic work!

At the beginning of this month, I posted a Monday Tip-Off mulling over the possibility of creating a 1996, 1997, or 1998 mod for one of my favourite games. As it turns out, Paxson-for-3 was doing more than just considering such possibilities, as he has released a new 1997 roster for NBA 2K11!

The rosters are accurate as of opening night, and all of the teams have their 1997 season jerseys. Faces are also included, with the players who were still active in 2011 featuring their appropriate throwback likenesses. Accessories and other roster details are impressively accurate, as the mod does a fantastic job of winding back the clock to 1997 in NBA 2K11.

Download the roster and check out some previews of the project here in the NLSC Forum! Paxson-for-3 did some excellent work with retro mods for NBA Live back in the day, and it’s awesome to see him return with a new project for one of the best NBA 2K releases. While we obviously support our modding community’s efforts to work on NBA 2K25 and future releases, we’re also advocates for the retro gaming and modding scene, so it’s great to see classic games still receiving mods. We welcome releases for basketball games new and old, so always, please feel free to make use of our file hosting facilities. In the meantime, enjoy this amazing mod for an outstanding game!

This is Wayback Wednesday, your midweek blast from the past! From retrospectives of basketball games and their interesting features, to republished articles and looking at NBA history through the lens of the virtual hardwood, Wednesdays at the NLSC are for going back in time. This week, I’m taking a look back at long-gone players that were unexpectedly present in NBA 2K11.

Even in the early days of basketball gaming, it wasn’t unusual for players who were no longer in the league to make it into the active rosters of a title. Usually, this was due to the roster cut-off date, and the timing and circumstances of their departure. However, they were often still on a team’s roster. When games began including a Free Agents Pool, it was generally empty by default. By the early 2000s though, it had become far more common to see a selection of players in the Free Agents Pool who were unsigned when the game’s rosters were finalised; a trend that continues today.

We’ve never been told the exact circumstances that allow players to appear as free agents, but we can make some educated guesses. Extrapolating from the names we’ve seen in the Free Agents Pool over the years, it appears that they must have been under contract at the end of the previous season, signed to a guaranteed contract during a game’s development (but released before the rosters were finalised), or retired with time left on their deal. That accounts for most free agents in games over the years, but there are exceptions. Notably, the selection of Free Agents in NBA 2K11 includes a few players who were long-gone by that point. Let’s take a look back…way back…

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From courtside of the virtual hardwood, it’s Episode #430 of the NLSC Podcast!

During a session of NBA Jam: On Fire Edition, we made the exciting discovery that the servers appear to be reactivated! We’re hoping it isn’t temporary, and note a few other games we’d like to see receive online support again. A vague Tweet from EA has invited those of us hoping for NBA Live’s return to speculate once more. This leads us to discuss our concerns about influencers giving a new NBA Live game a fair chance, if and when it comes out. A clip from the archives prompts us to reflect on The Jordan Challenge in NBA 2K11, and the attention to detail that was paid to Michael Jordan’s return to video games. We also answer a question about whether games have become too realistic, and open up the mailbag to talk about our favourite highlights, real and virtual.

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