NBA 2K12 - NBA's Greatest Mode

[jeebs9]

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Not sure if it has been mentioned yet, but noticed this nice tidbit in the linked article:

"The historic games feature the entire team rosters, accurate stadiums, and are presented to look like TV broadcasts from their respective era."

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/118/1185906p1.html

WHAT!! whole rosters 2k is not playing

[SouthBeach]

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Well judging from that video, the Rockets are in...and it looks like 2k has really defined the individual player models/ jerseys this year. I really hope that the Suns make it in this years game, along with Penny and Shaq on the Magic. Now THAT would get me really hyped

Hopefully that means Hakeem is in it! (depending on the year)

[neptuneniq]

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WHAT!! whole rosters 2k is not playing

Jason Caffey on the Bulls?

yesssss lol

[Shakedowncapo]

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If we're gonna see Tim Hardaway in the game...They better put the killer crossover in as his signature gather(only if they added the ability to dribble after the move)

[neptuneniq]

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If we're gonna see Tim Hardaway in the game...They better put the killer crossover in as his signature gather.

i think Warriors is going to be the most used team

gonna be dope running a fast break with run tmc

[ifriedrice]

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The folks at 2K Sports want to go even further when it comes to re-creating moments in the NBA's Greatest mode by mimicking broadcasts from the '80s and even '60s. This means different camera angles, replay styles or even black and white video in order to bring people into the historical aspects of these games.

This is awesome. It will truly visually enhance the classic games to look at them in a traditional presentation of their time. I wished for this in the 2K11 or 2K12 wishlist thread, I think. If not, I at least thought about it a lot. Ha ha.

[Jasong7777]

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The best just got better.

[thekida]

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i searched the web based on the matchups i saw in the vids and came up w/ these possiblities...

91' lakers vs portland game 6
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZnLgYfhhKw

88' celtics vs hawks game 7
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KSYaI-32qc

98' bulls vs rockets (trash talk game)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGX_HXlTV-Q


not sure what game the lakers vs the hawks is...

@Co.23 - I'm right there with ya on the 01' 76ers. All Game 1 of the nba finals is on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2meq3b5iYw

[Vast]

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Ok, I've been holding back my excitement because I was wondering what would happen to the other teams in 2k11 like Atlanta and Cleveland. Then I saw this video and now I cannot contain my self.

I saw old school Hawks for sure, Randy Wittman was in a clip, pretty sure that was Kevin Duckworth on the Blazers also. Classic Rockets in there too Kenny Smith an Otis Thorpe trailing Mike.

Anyway, really stoked about this game now. You guys see anything else exciting?

Good eye to the first guy that noticed the other teams in the clip.

I saw the Hawks (dominique), The blazers (Drexler), and the Rockets and if you pause it right before jordan takes off from the freethrow line, you can see #34 THE DREAM!!! and vernon maxwell, Otis thorpe and i believe Kenny smith.

[Co.23]

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Really, Iverson did a lot for the 2k franchise, they have to put him in the game

[woogie98]

Ha Ha finally! more legends maybe even they will bring back:
Clyde Drexler
Allen Iverson
Pistol Pete

[VDusen04]

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Not sure if it has been mentioned yet, but noticed this nice tidbit in the linked article:

"The historic games feature the entire team rosters, accurate stadiums, and are presented to look like TV broadcasts from their respective era."

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/118/1185906p1.html

It'd be the coolest thing ever if I were proven wrong, but I interpret that comment as basically saying, "It's not just the legends, but the teams they were playing on from particular years as well." Because you know how sometimes games like NBA Street just has the legends and that's it? I think this article is saying that's not the case. Having totally full classic rosters through and through with no players missing seems really unlikely but again, it'd be cool if I were wrong.

[sportjames23]

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Yeah, probably too good to be true, but I have seen some players that haven't been in 2K games for a while (A.C. Green, Kenny Smith, Vernon Maxwell, etc.), so who knows?

[VDusen04]

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fixed with embed
<iframe width="560" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/DnanXZt2IDY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Just wanted to say, this is awesome. Dr. J's shoes, striped socks, The Spectrum. . .incredible. And the cool news is two-fold. One, it's awesome to see the '94 Rockets represented (Hakeem Olajuwon, Kenny Smith, Vernon Maxwell and Otis Thorpe all spotted, as others have mentioned). And second, it's cool to see 2K didn't just leave the 2K11 classic rosters as they were. For instance, I saw a real Kevin Duckworth this time around.

[Jakeness23]

I'm going to take a guess here for some of the other legends, and since it talks about 60's, gotta go way back for some.

- Shaq (since he just retired)
- Sir Charles Barkley
- Hakeem
- Drexler
- Dominique
- Pistol Pete Maravich (hoping for this one, dude was the man)
- Jerry West
-Wilt the Stilt Chamberlain
- Bill Russell/ John Havlicek