NBA 2K12 - All 15 Legends Announced

[cavsfan2]

Having Allen Iverson would have been far better than a freaking Scottie Pippen Challenge. We already have Scottie because of micheal!! Why do we need him again? 2K doesnt understand that ALOT of the people who buy NBA 2k are teenagers. Guess what? We never saw these guys play live, so we dont have any immersion and we dont care. I respect the history of the game, but if I have never seen someone play, I cant really enjoy playing his likeness. By just adding Allen Iverson it would have made alot of people happy and would have sold alot more copies and pleased alot more people than having a Jerry West/ Scottie Pippen Challenge. You all saw the vote of Facebook. Iverson was one of the most wanted players. 2k dropped the ball.

[VDusen04]

This is pretty much the coolest thing I've ever read about a basketball video game. The awesome part about this list is that it goes well beyond the featured "legends". The opponents as well as the legend's teammates are often legends in and of themselves. It's almost sensory overload. For instance, Wilt Chamberlain's opponent in the '72 game is the New York Knicks. That yields Walt Frazier, Jerry Lucas, Earl Monroe, Phil Jackson, Bill Bradley, Dave DeBusschere and Willis Reed. That's virtually a Hall of Fame team (even though Phil's HOF induction came via coaching).

From a personal standpoint, I'm quite thrilled to see the inclusion of the '98 Spurs and '89 Pistons. I expected the return of the Bad Boys, but the '98 Spurs were a big surprise. I'm anxious to use the Admiral alongside a young Tim Duncan, while hopefully utilizing a real Vinny Del Negro and pretending Sean Elliott was actually in good health that year.

Also, the inclusion the '94 Nuggets means there will be at least one new set of retro jerseys (as Mutombo can be seen wearing).

What I'm wondering is if the opponent's floor (not just the legend's team's home floor) will once again be represented. For instance, for the Jazz-Spurs challenge, will the Delta Center court art be present as well as the Alamodome's? I mean, I wouldn't expect the Alamodome itself, but having that gnarly court art would be pretty sweet.

Either way, this is purely awesome all the way around.

[neptuneniq]

if only ppl would understand how hard it is to get Charles and reggie in the game....




u guys act like 2k didnt try to get them in

[DutchMastah7]

Can't wait to get my hands on the Pistol. Also, 98 Lakers & Spurs FTW.

[Amino]

Charles and Reggie work for TNT, who 2k closely worked with in 2k11 and before. They have Kevin Harlan and Steve Kerr - TNT NBA commentators. I'm sure it wouldn't be that hard to get Charles Barkley and Reggie Miller.

[hidetoshi981]

no Reggie, no charles?? I am so disapointed

[VDusen04]

Quote: Originally Posted by yungsta404

One thing that was alittle bit bothering to me was how all the old school players have generic shoes. I know its really knit picky but i thought they would atleast add some old school chucks or something to the really old school players like bill russell..etc

I'm not really sure what they have in store exactly (regarding how many older shoes they'll offer) but I did read this in the Bill Russell description: "We also made adjustments to the uniforms for these older teams, not only making the shorts shorter, but making the jerseys fit tighter and fitting them in the older style shoes."

Hopefully that helps. I know of the screenshots that have been released, I believe I heard one of 2K's representatives state that the shoes were still being updated (i.e. all those generics aren't necessarily the final product for these guys).

[DutchMastah7]

Quote: Originally Posted by exposedaking

i was hoping for afro kobe, oh well atleast they got young kobe.

I'm not 100% certain, but I think he had the fro that year.