NBA Live 09 FIBA, Be A Pro and Practice

[Morzikei]

I saw no thread relating to this, so I'd like some information about the PS2 version:

1. Lithuanian roster (others are ok but I need this one)
2. Is it now possible to practice with national team players? (couldn't do it in Live 08 on PC)
3. Does the FIBA World Championship resemble the real tournament - groups and classification games?
4. Is the Olympic tournament present?
5. Can you play Be A Pro games with national teams?
6. Can you create or somehow add players to national teams? (FIFA has that, does NBA Live?)


Also some questions for Be A Pro:

7. Does the player improve like in FIFA 08?
8. Can you create a player just for Be a Pro?
9. Can you sub yourself out or is it done automatically (hypothetically, I read about the goddamn bugs)?

And a final question:

10. What does the extended practice mode look like? Are there drills like in the next-gen version? If not, how is it different from last year's practice?

[Andrew]

1. Ilgauskas, Songaila, Kleiza, Siskauskas, Jasikevicius, D. Lavrinovic, Gustas, Jasaitis, Andriuskevicius, K. Lavrinovic, Kaukenas, Javtokas. The first five are in their starting lineup by default.

2. Not in individual practice, but you can in team practice

3. Yes.

4. No.

5. Yes.

6. No.

7. Yes.

8. Yes.

9. No.

10. No drills as such, but you can play 5 on 5 in the practice gym and you have a few different options to practice different aspects of the game and different game situations.

[Morzikei]

Thanks... I guess they added Andriuskevicius because they already had the audio files. Also the 9th answer didn't clear things up (unless it means you can't sub yourself out and cannot be subbed out... forty-eight minutes of running and gunning)

Can't think of anything else, but I guess this info is sufficient for me to still want to buy this game(even with Lithuania having 4 centers in their roster, which isn't a real mistake (in real life we have no goddamn point guards!))...

Oh, yeah, another question:

11. FIBA rules? No arc under the basket? 3pt line 6,25 m from basket? And two longshots: technicals for intentional fouls and kicking violations? (drives me crazy in Live 07, IDK if this rule is present in the NBA, but it sure is in Europe)

[Andrew]

Sorry about that. You can make substitutions but you can't sub out the player you're locked to, in contrast to the Xbox 360/PS3 version where you can.

They've updated the court but they don't include those technical foul calls (there are no kicking violations in the game anyway).

[Morzikei]

It's weird that two "player-lock" models were already created: FIFA 08 Be A Pro, where playing the whole game isn't really something, because with 3 subs per game there's a chance that you will never get subbed out in a season, and Madden NFL Superstar (or what's it called), where you have no control over the rotation and can choose whether to watch the game or ocntrol the whole team once you're benched. Guess they chose the model that required more intervention by the player(even with American Football being closer to Basketball than Association Football), seeing all the sub bugs.

[fjccommish]

Be a Pro in PS2 is worthless because you never sub out.

There is a way around it. Go to substitutions, change to a lineup that doesn't include your player (maybe 3 point shooter, maybe speed, try them all.) In that way it lets you remove the locked player.

PS2 version has the sub bug, no auto subs, hardly any fouls, terrible AI defense (you can pretty much stroll under the basket every time for an easy basket.)

I don't recommend Live 09 for PS2.

[ps3owner]

I tried the fifa tournament and chose the japanese team. too bad Yuta Tabuse was not on that team. I tried to change the minutes from 12 minutes to 10 minutes.

[Andrew]

You should be able to do that in the tournament settings.

[Morzikei]

I think the quarter length is differentiated in the FIBA tournament... Of course, the Dynasty thing may be solvable (PS2) - simply go into Dynasty settings once your game is up and change the time to your liking... and after the game change back. I'm not sure, however, had just two Denver games already.

This goes in practice, I guess - does the practice in PS2 Dynasty mode have an impact on player training or is it just for fun? Of course, even if it is impractical - it's fun, playing a non-competetive game or trying out rookies.

[Andrew]

It's just for the user. Player development in the PS2 version is the same as last year; hire staff, set training time and focus on the young players with potential, hope for the best.