Kevin Garnett Talks About New Features in NBA 2K9 (ESPN Videogames)

[blingballa333]

Head on over to ESPN Videogames to get the details.

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""It's a reverse fantasy league," Garnett explains. Seems KG, Derrick Rose, Monta Ellis and a few other NBA stars are going to draft online gamers to see whose team can accumulate the best 2K9 stats and the commercial Garnett is shooting shows some of his real-life best friends from what he calls his Official Block Family begging to be on his squad."

[Shakedowncapo]

Oh...Well, um. Ya know. Neat. Cool. Monta gonna be drafting all day.

[madjax]

If thats the big announcement it is really disapointing, atleast to me

[RubenDouglas]

so after so many ranked games, you accumulate statistics in which you are placed in the fantasy pool and these "pros" choose who they want to run on their team (based largely on the accumlated stats for reference) to go head to head against one another??

sounds like a top-tier elitest cheese fest where maybe 20 of the "top" guys compete on these teams.... with others fighting for their chance with accumulated stats that can impress others.

sounds sorta like a clan grouping so to speak.. they could just go that route and also include the nba players teams (as a gimmick). the vast majority cant partake in that aspect though. so maybe they have expanded plans in store

[blingballa333]

So much for a Gamespot "exclusive"....

this is kinda cool I guess but i dont play online much so I highly dont im gonna be on any of the guys draft boards.

Hopefully you can interact with your star that picked you, like KG could be the coach, yelling at his players through his headset...lol.

[lilvic]

Quote: Originally Posted by RubenDouglas

so after so many ranked games, you accumulate statistics in which you are placed in the fantasy pool and these "pros" choose who they want to run on their team to go head to head against one another?? sounds like a top-tier elitest cheese fest where maybe 20 of the "top" guys compete on these teams.... with others fighting for their chance with accumulated stats???

Why does everyone just assume that you could just cheese your way to victory in 2K9? Not one person has played it yet. Who knows, maybe 2K made it harder for people to cheese online.

[Starrtech]

But don't they have teammate rankings now? so ppl will sort of know how legit you play?

Meh, I don't care about online play so I'm not excited if that is truly the big shocking announcement.

[Tha_Kid]

The day there is no cheese in these NBA games is the day they perfect gameplay.