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From courtside of the virtual hardwood, it’s Episode #618 of the NLSC Podcast!

Another NBA trade deadline has come and gone, and it’s inspired us to reflect on some of the most notable midseason swaps. To that end, this week we’re reacting to Complex’s list of the Top 20 trade deadline deals in league history. Needless to say, we don’t necessarily agree with all of their rankings, and we also have a rather significant correction to make to their list! We also join the community in recalling some of the most memorable deals that our favourite teams have made – as well as moves that we wish they could’ve pulled off – along with some of the franchise mode trades that we can’t believe we got the CPU to agree to. It would seem that a few of us have some familiar trade targets!

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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 the trade confirmation pop-up in NBA Live 2000’s Franchise mode.

The evolution of basketball video games has resulted in the revamping or complete disappearance of features, both big and small. To that end, if you’re a veteran of the virtual hardwood, there’s bound to be at least one feature from an old favourite that you miss in newer titles. Of course, sometimes it doesn’t take long for a useful feature or gameplay mechanic to disappear. We’ve seen numerous short-lived features, some of which are unique to the games they appear in. They may not be popular or even absolutely necessary, but our desire to see them return makes them Wishlist staples.

I have a shortlist of such features, but one of the first that always comes to mind is the trade confirmation pop-up in the very first Franchise mode in NBA Live 2000. It was such a fantastic detail, yet it was gone the very next year, and has never returned in any games since. Not only that, but the concept doesn’t seem to have ever been picked up by NBA 2K, or the Season and Franchise modes in any other series for that matter. This may seem like a very esoteric feature to cover, but if you’ve played Franchise in NBA Live 2000, you’ll know why it matters. Let’s take a look back…way back…

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Following on from yesterday’s new release for NBA 2K14, the NBA 2K13 version of U R Basketball by skoadam and slimm44 has also been updated! As with the 2K14 release, the update for URB 2K13 includes accurate trade deadline and All-Star rosters, along with new art and other enhancements. Key features of the update are as follows:

• Trades updated through 18th February
• Updated rotations/minutes
• Updated team roles
• 2019 All-Stars updated
• Updated new contracts
• Updated faces (Chasedown, EC2K)
• Updated All-Star jerseys – finally great quality jerseys from Pep
• Added All-Star Arena
• Fixed accessories colors for All-Star teams

You can find U R Basketball 2K13 here in our Downloads section. For more previews, support, and information on future updates, be sure to check out the release topic here. As with URB 2K14, future releases will include further updates to the retro content.

An update is now available for the NBA 2K14 version of U R Basketball by skoadam and slimm44! The new release includes updated trade deadline and All-Star rosters, new artwork, and other enhancements. The key features of the update are as follows:

• Trades updated through 18th February
• Updated rotations/minutes
• Updated team roles
• 2019 All-Star rosters updated
• Updated new contracts
• Updated faces (Chasedown, EC2K)

Pick up U R Basketball 2K14 here in our Downloads section! Be sure to check out the release topic here for support, previews, and more information about future releases. Future versions will feature further updates to the retro content.