NBA 2K13 Features 92 Dream Team (With Barkley, No Pippen) & 2012 Olympic Team

[theprocess]

So they get Barkley but loose Pippen. How exactly did Jay-Z help out on this?

What's the point of this...unless Barkley is yelling out "that's turrible" every time Croatia misses a shot, how am I supposed to defend without NBA CHAMPION Scottie Pippen.

[daytarious5]

do you think or know if we can edit these teams?

[Bigmac612]

If pippen cyberface is still on disc and assuming we can still hex edit...i think we will all be fine

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[Frizzz24]

@theprocess...hilarious and very relevant point. It's one thing if they weren't including Laettner. But this no Pippen stuff won't fly with the fans on any level. He was an instrumental part of that team. Guess we'll see.

[sactown_13]

While this may be great for some, I for one didnt use the legend teams at all in last years version except when a buddy came over and we just played quick games. This is a cool feature but Im still waiting on some more gameplay or mode features. Cant wait for the shoe insight to come out! (sarcasm)

[Frizzz24]

@sactown- I hope they add more varities of shoes this year like PONY...;-)

[iLLmatic]

My brother has worked in the media licensing business for the last 11 years, and here's how he told me this stuff USUALLY goes down:

The Bulls and the Olympic team rights are separate since the Bulls are a part of the NBA and the Olympic team(s) are organized and ran by the United States Olympic committee. The players are from the NBA but outside of that it has nothing to do with the NBA and/or its player association rules and regulations therefore making it a separate entity and the deals for such a team would be a completely different negotiation since the team itself is not connected to the NBA.

Therefore Pippen could sign off on an agreement to be on the NBA related content such as the Bulls classic teams yet he also has the right to say no to any other uses of his likeness on any non NBA related content. It appears that it's possible all the other players signed off for a particular price which included both NBA and Olympic related content, while Scottie may have wanted a separate side deal for him to be included on the '92 Dream Team.

I don't know if this is exactly what happened, but I do know that my brother told me this is how this stuff works when trying to negotiate deals with clients for use of their work and likeness on the same project that includes more than one companies/organizations being represented on the same project. In the licensing world its called "double dipping".

[MiMs277]