The Last Dance: 1997-98 NBA 2K25 Kobe Era Roster

[jd@os]

Big thank you to pjt8405 for creating this season as a Play Now roster. After getting Pete’s blessing, I am going to use this roster as a base to apply attention to detail edits in the same way I did with the previous Jordan Era roster. https://forums.operationsports.com/f...oster-ps5.html

Edited Accessories
Multiple Google and Getty Images of every player were looked at and the accessories they wore most were assigned. Players accurately resemble their appearance from the 1997-98 season.

Edited Shoes
Multiple Google and Getty Images of every player were looked at and the shoes they wore most were assigned. In the 1997-98 season, most teams wore white shoes for home and away games with a few exceptions--that is reflected in this roster.

If you want to start this roster in the playoffs, teams that switched from white to black shoes in the postseason (ex: Chicago Bulls) all have players wearing a white shoe that has a matching black counterpart (Dennis Rodman is an exception); this gives you a quick and easy switch between the white and black versions of a shoe.

Edited Notable Missing Players
Face and body edits for Charles Barkley and Reggie Miller.

Since the attention to detail is time consuming, I plan on releasing a WIP roster with accurate edits to 10 teams, then upload a finished roster after that.


Version 1 WIP Roster available as of 1/18/2025 under the Kobe Era and includes 10 teams
(teams with an * completed after the Version 2 WIP roster was posted)

Roster name: 1997-98 Season
Online ID: theg81

76ers
Bulls
Hawks*
Heat* (Smith #3, #14)
Hornets* (Reid wears #34 instead of #7)
Jazz (Morris' away shoes will be edited later)
Knicks*
Lakers
Magic*
Pacers
Pistons
Rockets
Spurs
SuperSonics
Timberwolves*
Trail Blazers

Big thank you to
pjt8405 (his base, plus his additions of And1 and FILA)
MJWizards (his signature fixes for Hakeem and Kobe)
AIRJ23 (his body dimensions for Jordan and Kobe)
Clutch0z (looking forward to his Kobe Era roster)

[jd@os]

Bulls and Pacers done.

[jd@os]

Jazz and Rockets done.

[NoMoneyNoProblemz]

I wanted to say a big Thank you for all the work that has gone into this file. Pete, you have breathed new life into this game with your play now rosters and the detail, man you know your stuff.

Even down to Grant Hill in his Fila shoes, small things like that really make the difference. To have accurate courts and jerseys just adds to the depth and makes it easy for people like me who don't have much time to enjoy the game.

You also saved me a bunch of money as I was thinking of getting a gaming PC just so I could relive these era's authentically. But with time I get to play I just can't justify it (or really afford it) I'm over in the U.K, and didn't get to see much NBA back then.

You deserve a bigger platform, more power to you and thanks again.

[Teleo]

I see that this is a play now roster but in saying that - has this roster been tested at all in MyNBA franchise?

[pjt8405]

Before final release the Spurs and Raptors will need to be updated. That was my fault as I put an extra space in both teams file names for the arenas so they are currently black courts right now in this version and will be fixed in the final release. So sorry for missing those.

Regarding MYNBA, I loaded it in just fine when testing but did not run multiple seasons.

[jd@os]

Lakers and Spurs done.

[jd@os]

VDusen’s Pistons are done.