I've tried three times to load the game and every time it freezes at the Wade/Kobe/Rose/Howard screen. I wish I could play it but this patch seems to have ruined everything. I love this game when I play it but if you check the Bugs thread I've had such awful luck getting it to play at all. Earlier I had to reformat my hard drive or something like that to get the game to play. I might have to do it again, but it's a real pain in the *** since everything else works perfectly fine.
This time I got the File Load - Completed Screen and the background kept floating but the game froze. I could go to the PS menu but it just sat there forever.
Fifth time it froze at the screen with those four players again. I swear I've never owned a buggier game than this. Which SUCKS because the actual game is awesome. System doesn't freeze, just the game. Though sometimes qutting after it freezes causes the whole system to turn off.