NBA 2K11 Video: Portland Trailblazers vs. Chicago Bulls (11 Minutes of Gameplay)

[VDusen04]

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It's funny because the Fab Five's shorts weren't THAT bad, most were above/at the knee still.

Truth. So funny to look at in retrospect. They caught so much grief for those things too, as if longer shorts made them some kind of derelicts. The brashness and trash talking probably didn't help.

[ehh]

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The funniest thing that used to crack me up about their shorts, and you can see it in that pic on the cover of the book, is that they had two different versions of the same short.

Notice how the M on Jimmy King's shorts are basically in the middle of the shorts, halfway between the waistband and the trim at the bottom near the knee. Most others were like Webber's in the pic, with the M sitting just above the knee trim.

[VDusen04]

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The funniest thing that used to crack me up about their shorts, and you can see it in that pic on the cover of the book, is that they had two different versions of the same short.

Notice how the M on Jimmy King's shorts are basically in the middle of the shorts, halfway between the waistband and the trim at the bottom near the knee. Most others were like Webber's in the pic, with the M sitting just above the knee trim.

I don't have the passage off hand, but for some of those guys, the longer shorts had to be jimmied (no pun intended) together by the equipment manager. I don't mean he necessarily hand crafted them, but long shorts like that were not mass produced early on, so it took some extra work to get a version that worked for these guys. I never noticed that difference until you pointed it out though.

[StankonYa]

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Nice find.....but now i wish wouldn't had seen this, because now i feel like a kid on Dec 24th just waiting ................Oct 5 can't come soon enough.

[Presswithsafetyshade]

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With all the talk of the shorts (which is legit...both Mike and Scotty don't look as lean and athletic as they should) an equal problem IMO is Jordan having no elevation on either his jump shot or drives to the rack. Every mid-range shot he took in the video didn't come close to matching the bounce he got off the floor in his prime. Basically, the Jordan I saw in the video looked like washed up Wizards Mike. No explosion off the floor on his drives, and Del Curry like lift on his pull up. Kobe suffers the same flaw...there's a reason both Kobe and Mike score at will and rarely get a mid range shot contested, let alone blocked...elevation. This is damn near a joy breaker for me, because if Mike is in the game (and on the cover) his athleticism should be represented, and right now it's not even close.

[ehh]

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He had like five dunks in that vid! What more do you want lol?

[Jesus]

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He had like five dunks in that vid! What more do you want lol?

lmfao.... comedy... he probably should jump a lil higher on his jumper tho.

[jfsolo]

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If I was the Art Director, or who ever is in charge of making the decision, unless I was given a direct order from one of my bosses to fix it, I would give every team from every era long shorts. I wouldn't care how many customers were angry at me, or how anachronistic those teams would look, shorter shorts would be gone for all time. Even Johnny Stockton would be wearing knee length shorts.



No, just no.



Poor Lamar. In this instance Posey FTW.

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problem with the lamar pic is he has on short shorts, and a big jersey

[Presswithsafetyshade]

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He had like five dunks in that vid! What more do you want lol?

Nah, the dunks don't mean much...it's the drives when he's contested that lack the athleticism and explosiveness Jordan had.

[i c u cant stop me]

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OMGi LOVVVVVVVVVEEEE at the 7:23-7:25 how they showed the crowd after that made 3 pointer!! AWSOME 2K JUST AWSOME!

[ocat]

Surprised no one else picked this up, but @ 4:20 during the replays of the jordan dunk, the smaller square on the backboard is missing! I hope the art guys pick this up and fix it before release

[drewbs]

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If I was the Art Director, or who ever is in charge of making the decision, unless I was given a direct order from one of my bosses to fix it, I would give every team from every era long shorts. I wouldn't care how many customers were angry at me, or how anachronistic those teams would look, shorter shorts would be gone for all time. Even Johnny Stockton would be wearing knee length shorts.



No, just no.



Poor Lamar. In this instance Posey FTW.

No. Long shorts look horrible. Both in sports and in normal everyday life. Both Posey and Lamar Odom look like fools in those pictures. Short shorts look bad but so do long shorts. Someone earlier in the thread said it best with the '90s short length resting above the knee was best.

[Nephilim]

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No. Long shorts look horrible. Both in sports and in normal everyday life. Both Posey and Lamar Odom look like fools in those pictures. Short shorts look bad but so do long shorts. Someone earlier in the thread said it best with the '90s short length resting above the knee was best.

You like 'em tight huh? Personally, I feel terrible if my shorts are not over knee.

[portlandblazer]

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i hope that for the generic placeholders they at least give the players the correct position, skin color, ratings, sigs etc... and we can just go in and edit the name and face. maybe give them names that start with the same letters so they can be identified easy for editing, like for example if they couldnt secure alaa abdelnaby then they name him alex anderson or something.

also im praying that they give us some better hairstyles for the caps. the only real problem i had with last years cap mode was the lack of good hairstyle options. lets hope we get the high top fade that was so popular in the late 80s early 90s. and not that kid n play foot tall one that 2k used to have, it was good for one player, kenny walker and even then it looked way to high. kinda like "the patch" hairstyle, did anybody ever really use that thing?