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The Friday Five: 5 Best Basketball Video Game Intros

Welcome to another edition of The Friday Five! This is a weekly feature appearing every Friday, in which I discuss a variety of topics related to basketball video games, the real NBA and other subjects of interest to our community, either by listing five items or counting them down in Top 5 format.

As video game technology has improved, we’ve come to expect high quality cinematic intros that immediately draw us into a game and make us want to spend hours playing it. Basketball games are no exception, with their intros ideally getting us pumped for some virtual hoops action by highlighting just how exciting the sport can be. This week, I present my picks for the five best basketball video game intros…at least so far.

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File Additions for NBA Live 08

NBA Live 08 Cover Art

Here are some new files for NBA Live 08, including more updates that will be featured in the new rosters (likely coming out around All-Star Weekend or the trade deadline, if all goes well). Once again, if you’re downloading all of these updates and have last year’s rosters installed you might be able to download the roster only version when it is released, but the full package will contain all the necessary files. In the meantime, enjoy the latest releases from our community!

Dc311
Aron Baynes Face Patch

TanyaMarkovA
TanyaMarkovA Court Pack # 4

Hiiipower
Los Angeles Clippers 2012/2013 Court Patch

S_Brat
Atlanta Hawks 2013 Team Update

vigan.1995
Christmas Jerseys Pack

File Additions for NBA 2K13

We’ve got some more new updates for NBA 2K13 heading your way today. Today’s additions from our modding community include a new jersey pack for the Trailblazers which includes a crowd fix, a couple of player faces, two dorna packs and an NBA TV scoreboard for the PC game, in addition to a Summer Circuit Mod for the Xbox 360 version. See below for all the download links!

Tha King
Portland Trailblazers Jersey with Crowd Fixed

LROBA
Kevin Durant Face
Monta Ellis Face

Barockafella
Summer Circuit Mod with Practice Jerseys

exrxixxx
NBA TV

daninoz
Philadelphia 76ers Dornas
Portland Trailblazers Dornas

January 30th Official Roster for NBA 2K13 Out Now

A new official roster for NBA 2K13 has been released today, containing lineups that have been updated through January 30th, 2013. It will come through automatically for the PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii U versions of the game, as long as your computer or console is connected to the Internet. PC users can also choose to make use of our manual update pack, which you can find here.

The new roster gives boosts to Kyrie Irving, Jrue Holiday, Alan Anderson, Terrence Ross and Tiago Splitter, while Dwight Howard, Steve Nash and Jerry Stackhouse’s ratings have taken a hit. The injury status of various players who are either out of action or returning, such as Rajon Rondo and Andrew Bogut, have also been updated. Alvin Gentry is still notably coaching the Phoenix Suns however, rather than new interim head coach Lindsey Hunter. Check out a video breakdown of the latest rosters here courtesy of Operation Sports and send any feedback on the rosters to the NBA 2K Insider on Twitter.

2013 BBVA Rising Stars Challenge Roster Pool Announced

The NBA has announced the roster pool for the 2013 BBVA Rising Stars Challenge, which will be taking place on February 15th 2013 in Houston, Texas. Once again, rookies and sophomores will be mixed together, with Charles Barkley and Shaquille O’Neal serving as general managers for the event and selecting players from the roster pool for their respective teams. For the first time, fans will also get to vote for the starters in the game.

This year’s participants are Harrison Barnes, Bradley Beal, Anthony Davis, Andre Drummond, Kenneth Faried, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, last year’s Rising Stars MVP Kyrie Irving, Brandon Knight, Kawhi Leonard, Damian Lillard, Chandler Parsons, Alexey Shved, Klay Thompson, Tristan Thompson, Nikola Vucevic, Dion Waiters, Kember Walker and Tyler Zeller.

Are you looking forward to the game? Have your say in the comments below, as well as here in the NBA & Basketball Talk section of the Forum.

File Additions for NBA 2K13

Today’s file additions for NBA 2K13 include player faces, some new dornas for the Spurs, an update to the Street Mod for the Xbox 360 version of the game, an updated retro roster and fictional jerseys for the New Orleans Pelicans. You can pick them all up at the links below. With the latest additions, we’ve reached 500 files for NBA 2K13 in our Downloads section. A huge thanks as always to everyone who continues to contribute their work, please keep it coming!

Kieran
Cartier Martin Face

daninoz
San Antonio Spurs Dornas

skoadam
URB 2009/2010 Roster (Updated to v2.0)

.aristotle
New Orleans Pelicans Fictional Jersey

Barockafella
NBA 2K13 STREET Mod (Updated to v2.0)

Brooqdes
Jeff Green Face

Nice Kicks hint at involvement with NBA 2K14

Nice Kicks, a Texas-based shoe store and online source of sneaker news, release dates and history, posted a Tweet mentioning a meeting with 2K Sports and encouraging fans to prepare for “something major” in NBA 2K14, with 2K’s Social Media Coordinator Chris “LD2k” Manning subsequently re-Tweeting them.

Stating the obvious, their involvement with NBA 2K14 will have something to do with shoes, perhaps in the form of in-game reviews or the ability to source and purchase shoes that appear in the game. We probably won’t find out what’s going on for a little while yet as the preview season is still a few months away, but feel free to speculate on what a partnership between Nice Kicks and 2K Sports might entail in the comments below, as well as take the discussion to the Forum.

NBA Stats Tracker V1.6.2.3 Beta by Leftos

A new version (v1.6.2.3 Beta) of Leftos’ detailed NBA Stats Tracker tool for NBA 2K12 is now available. Check it out at the link below!

Leftos
NBA Stats Tracker (Updated to v1.6.2.3 Beta)

NLSC Podcast – Episode #15

It’s that time of the week again: a new NLSC Podcast is coming your way, hosted by Leftos, Ben and myself. As always, we talk about the latest basketball video game and NBA news, before moving on to some other areas of interest and even getting a little nostalgic. If you’re looking for a quick overview of this week’s episode, here you go:

  • We open with some chatter that includes the weather and in the process, get a great idea for a new theme park…patent pending.
  • The conversation turns a little dark, so we move on to a recap of the week in news.
  • NBA 2K13 and NBA Jam: On Fire Edition received roster updates last week, the latter prompting a little more discussion than the former.
  • A couple of potentially interesting notes about NBA Live are touched upon very briefly.
  • The Hornets will officially become the Pelicans effective as of next season and we know what their logo will look like. Has it changed our minds about the new name?
  • The reserves for the 2013 All-Star game have been announced. We react and talk about a couple of noteworthy snubs.
  • Leftos has no interest in discussing the Bulls/Pistons game, but I do get to express some enthusiasm for Jimmy Butler’s recent play.
  • Changing things up, we talk about some of our favourite web series, including the returning Nostalgia Critic.
  • Mention of the Critic leads us to reminisce about a few things we’re nostalgic for.

Click Play to listen to the latest episode!

A fair warning, at times the language in this week’s podcast is coarser than usual and not what you’ll see in news posts and feature articles here on the NLSC. It’s something we can tone down (or simply bleep) if it becomes a problem for you, our listeners, so let us know your feelings on that as well as your thoughts on this week’s topics and the show overall, either in the comments below or here in the Forum.

File Additions for NBA 2K13

Tip off the week with some more great files from our NBA 2K13 modding community! Today we’ve got a new Pelicans logo for New Orleans along with a fictional court, new player faces and tattoos, custom Draft Classes, jersey packs, an NBL basketball and an ESPN scoreboard update for NBA 2K13 on PC, along with a Street mod for the Xbox 360 version of the game. You can download them all at the links below.

.aristotle
New Orleans Pelicans Fictional Court
New Orleans Pelicans Logo

IronMike
Andre Drummond Face

Tha King
San Antonio Spurs Face Pack & Enhanced Tattoos

exrxixxx
ESPN TV 2013

nbatak
Draft Class 2007

iamLillard
UJP Denver Nuggets Jersey
Denver Nuggets Fictional Court

egodynasty08
Egodynasty08 Draft Class 2013 & 2014 with Faces {Released 1/27/13} (Updated to v4.0)

Barockafella
NBA 2K13 STREET Mod

Gammah88
Official Spalding NBL Game Ball

File Additions for NBA 2K11

fdlk0501 has released three more court and arena updates for NBA 2K11, bringing the homes of the San Antonio Spurs, Dallas Mavericks and Cleveland Cavaliers up to date for the 2012/2013 season. If you’re still playing NBA 2K11 on PC, be sure to pick them up at the links below.

fdlk0501
AT&T Center
American Airlines Center
Quicken Loans Arena

File Additions for NBA Live 2000

If you’re still playing NBA Live 2000 and have missed out on some of the face updates that have been released over the past few years, Hentzman has very kindly re-uploaded several of xpoing’s packs of high quality faces for one of the most popular games in the NBA Live series. He has also released a new 2012/2013 alternate jersey patch for the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Check out the links below to download all of the latest additions and be sure to visit Hentzman’s thread here in the NLSC Forum for more NBA Live 2000 updates, including current 2012/2013 season rosters.

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File Additions for NBA 2K13

As each weekend rolls around, our talented modding community always seems to have whipped up some new and updated files for us to enjoy. Today we’ve got yet another update to Leftos’ ever-improving NBA 2K13 Roster Editor, a couple of new jersey update packs for the Hornets and Timberwolves, a roster update with fixed shoe assignments and a Spurs jersey pack that also included a crowd fix. Pick them all up at the links below.

Leftos
NBA 2K13 Roster Editor (Updated to v0.19.4)

iamLillard
UJP New Orleans Hornets Jersey
UJP Minnesota Timberwolves Jersey

Evo
Roster Update – Must Be The Shoes?

Tha King
San Antonio Spurs Jersey with Crowd Fixed

Da_Czar’s NBA 2K13 Play of the Day Series – Horns 1, Part 2

Da_Czar has released the next video in his NBA 2K13 Play of the Day series, which is part two of his look at the Horns 1 “super set” play. As always, the Play of the Day series is well worth checking out if you’d like to get the most out of playcalling in this year’s game, running plays like a pro and making use of real NBA strategy.

Check out the latest episode below or watch it here on YouTube if you can’t see the embedded video. If you’re new to playcalling and would like more help understanding play diagrams, be sure to check out this video from Czar’s Strategy Sessions series, which is also definitely worth checking out in its entirety. You can also read more of Czar’s thoughts and insights over on the Sim Citi blog.

File Additions for NBA 2K12

We’ve just got the one file addition for NBA 2K12 today, the latest version of Leftos’ detailed NBA Stats Tracker utility. The new release, v1.5.1.2 Beta, adds the ability to import player career stats from NBA 2K12 saves and erase previous team and player stats. Check it out at the link below!

Leftos
NBA Stats Tracker (Updated to v1.5.1.2 Beta)