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Agree completely about the player models. That McRoberts one is so bad that it's almost jarring to see him close up, kind of like the Varejao model.

Yeah, it's almost cartoonish looking. The one scene with Parker going to the freethrow line, his arms look like teenage girls arms. The upper arms are the same or even smaller than the forearms. Parker is pretty lean, but he definitely doesn't have the physique of a teenage girl.

The skinny arms are perfect on Durant (although he has narrow shoulders, not wide like the body type in 2K), but that's why his physique is unique and easily recognizable. 2K has the Durant arms for all of the players (even the bigger players have the skinny arms relative to the body, i.e., D. Howard, Pek, Big Baby, etc.).

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Live seems to have the player models down this year, but I haven't seen anything too promising from an animations perspective. Time will tell, and unfortunately my love for the NBA will force my hand on buying one of the two.

Same here.

I used to absolutely hate Live body models (hunch backs and all), but it looks like they improved it a ton this year. Better proportion (although a bit too bulky) and muscle definition. Players movement (this is where 2K excel, IMO) is still too stiff, unfortunately.