20th Anniversary of NBA Live: NBA Live 2001 Retrospective

Continuing our 20th Anniversary of NBA Live content, it's a retrospective of NBA Live 2001!

After firmly holding the title of the best NBA game on the market through the 90s, consistently improving from year to year, NBA Live 2001 was one of the first missteps for the NBA Live series. To be clear, I definitely don’t see it as an all-around terrible game, and there are games in the series that are a lot rougher around the edges, but NBA Live 2001 did have some significant problems. Before spending some time with the game in preparation for this retrospective, I would’ve summed it up as “fun, but flawed”. Would I still make that assessment after playing it again? Well, let’s take a look at what’s good, and what’s not so good, in NBA Live 2001.

Check it out here: 20th Anniversary of NBA Live: NBA Live 2001 Retrospective