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Re: NBA 2K15 Will Have Ernie Johnson and Shaq, Not Inside the NBA
I honestly can't believe how many people hate Shaq on Inside The NBA. I think he's hilarious.
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Re: NBA 2K15 Will Have Ernie Johnson and Shaq, Not Inside the NBA
EJ will be a solid addition, whether for the halftime or as a third commentator.
Shaq is going to get old quick. Please don't let him do the halftime alone. If this mean Shaqtin a fool for cheezers and bad playing, that would be highly amusing.
They should have gotten Webber as a third commentator and EJ do the halftime show.
Re: NBA 2K15 Will Have Ernie Johnson and Shaq, Not Inside the NBA
Originally posted by Junior Moe
I would welcome a 2nd commentary team because I know that 2K would do it right. The way to differentiate game importance, I would have a different more muted presentation package. The commentatators would be the same, but everything else would be different. There would be no courtside shots of them talking; no fancy starting 5 lineups; no celebrities and no hyped up crowd. A game between cellar dwellers like the 76ers and Jazz in January would not feel like the matchup between the Cavs and Thunder. For meh matchups games i would suggest something like the old 2k9 ish presentation. Screen wipes and all. For the marquee national interest games I would go with the TNTish package. I hope that makes sense.
Changing the presentation so dramatically would show 'favoritism' towards certain teams.
2K would not be able to do that without permission from the league.
There are 30 teams in the NBA.
It would be a disservice to the ENTIRE league (and a disservice to large groups of gamers from certain cities) if 2K treated certain teams like a 'red-headed stepchild', as far as presentation goes.
Regardless if the squad is still rebuilding, or winning back-to-back championships.... the NBA would never go for that.
Yesterday's 'cellar dwellers'... could be tomorrow's 'champions'.
So the NBA Owners would get p!ssed if their 'brands' were not represented equally.
Re: NBA 2K15 Will Have Ernie Johnson and Shaq, Not Inside the NBA
Originally posted by RogerBlack
Changing the presentation so dramatically would show 'favoritism' towards certain teams.
2K would not be able to do that without permission from the league.
There are 30 teams in the NBA.
It would be a disservice to the ENTIRE league (and a disservice to large groups of gamers from certain cities) if 2K treated certain teams like a 'red-headed stepchild', as far as presentation goes.
Regardless if the squad is still rebuilding, or winning back-to-back championships.... the NBA would never go for that.
Yesterday's 'cellar dwellers'... could be tomorrow's 'champions'.
So the NBA Owners would get p!ssed if their 'brands' were not represented equally.
It would be just for the purpose of Association mode. The regular play-now, head to head games would feature all of the presentation bells and whistles anyway. That's not what I was implying, sorry for the confusion. It would give the big games a big game feel. 2K kinda does it now. On the XB1/PS4 there is a different starting 5 graphic that shows the players and their stats before big games and during the playoffs. I'm just suggesting taking that a bit further to differentiate marquee matchups from the regular ho hum games.
Re: NBA 2K15 Will Have Ernie Johnson and Shaq, Not Inside the NBA
Man Shaq is as corny as they come. Dude thinks he's so funny, and I just be SMH. Having Barkley and Kenny... with Ernie would've been more than enough. I think it will still be good, because 2k always deliver with presentation, but yea... I'm not a fan of Shaq on Inside the NBA as well.
Re: NBA 2K15 Will Have Ernie Johnson and Shaq, Not Inside the NBA
No way, get rid of Clark Kellogg.his commentary is always so bad and grating.
I'd like the crowd to be louder and chant some different things especially during the playoffs.also if they would have intros for the starting lineups would be good
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Since we probably won't have Chuck and Kenny or any other national broadcasters (that I know of) I personally (since I'm a Charlotte fan) would love to get rid of Kellogg for Steve Martin and Dell Curry. Martin is an interesting character and really gets into the games and Curry provides good insight from a former pro.
But I mean c'mon, I've only ever seen Kellogg during the NCAA Tournament, he's better suited for College Hoops (which we'll probably never see again) than NBA 2K. Having Marv Albert just for big games during the regular season and the playoffs. The other team (in my hypothetical case, Steve and Dell) would call the other games. That would be cool. Hearing that, "Yes!" and "What a spectacular move by..." during the playoffs or on Christmas Day would be freaking awesome.
Re: NBA 2K15 Will Have Ernie Johnson and Shaq, Not Inside the NBA
It is only worth watching if they manage to make the presentation non-repetitive or else people would just skip over it. I know many already skip over with the interview at Half of 2k14.
Re: NBA 2K15 Will Have Ernie Johnson and Shaq, Not Inside the NBA
From all the TNT more interesting/fun-to-listen-to broadcasters, they chose Shaq? I'm probably in the minority here, but Shaq is boring as hell. Doesn't matter what he says, it's just bad. I don't know how he still works for the media, to me he's terrible.
Re: NBA 2K15 Will Have Ernie Johnson and Shaq, Not Inside the NBA
Originally posted by Cripterion
Yeah, 2 team commentary would nice, FIFA has it for English commentaries and it's quite refreshing.
Then when both get repetitive, I put it in spanish or french. That way, the only repetitive thing I hear is the sound they make when a goal is scored. The commentary? Sounds new to me every time lol
Re: NBA 2K15 Will Have Ernie Johnson and Shaq, Not Inside the NBA
Originally posted by youvalss
From all the TNT more interesting/fun-to-listen-to broadcasters, they chose Shaq? I'm probably in the minority here, but Shaq is boring as hell. Doesn't matter what he says, it's just bad. I don't know how he still works for the media, to me he's terrible.
I have never been a fan of Shaq since he started on Inside The NBA. I wish they would just get Marv to be the commentator for these games he isn't doing it for EA anymore and hes so far and above the guys currently in NBA2K but its just a pipe dream.
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