Favourite NBA Live Cover Player

by **[Q]** on Wed Jan 03, 2007 6:18 am

tim bug is the best. long live Live 98.

by **---** on Wed Jan 03, 2007 6:32 am

My favorite was NBA Live '97, Mitch looked good on the cover. Second favorite would be Tim Hardaway on '98 and '99 was plain... Weird?

EDIT: For some reason I don't remember the Live '96 cover at all

by **supaboy47** on Wed Jan 03, 2007 4:20 pm

i like the kevin garnett and mcgrady the best. i wonder why jordan neva made the cover shot

Bluesky · by **Andrew** on Wed Jan 03, 2007 4:39 pm

Technically he did, since his photo accompanied the "Jordan is back" strip on the NBA Live 2000 cover.

As to why he was never chosen as the main cover player before then, he wasn't in the game due to copyright issues, thus wasn't available to be used on the cover either; it wouldn't have made much sense to have a cover player who wasn't in the actual game anyway.

by **supaboy47** on Wed Jan 03, 2007 4:44 pm

Why was he never really in the game, why did he have to be Player 99?

by **[Q]** on Wed Jan 03, 2007 4:46 pm

it cost EA too much $$$. which is exactly why Barkley was never in til '98

Bluesky · by **Andrew** on Wed Jan 03, 2007 4:52 pm

He had exclusive rights to his image and thus legally could not appear in NBA Live unless EA Sports was willing to pay him likeness rights. I can't remember the exact figure but suffice to say it wasn't cheap. Charles Barkley and David Robinson are two noteable players who weren't included in the rosters of at least one NBA Live game while active players due to similar reasons. There have also been other games where certain players have not been allowed to be included for one legal roadblock or another.

by **Tuomas** on Thu Jan 04, 2007 7:41 am

I'll go for Franchise and 2002, it's strangely aggressive, makes you want to buy the game.
Hmmm maybe I should now that I have a console.

Bluesky · by **Andrew** on Thu Jan 04, 2007 10:32 am

Looking at the results so far, seems it's between KG and Vinsanity.

by **BIG GREEN** on Fri Jan 05, 2007 12:53 am

I had to go with wade...considering how well he lived up to it with a stellar season.

by **Jugs** on Fri Jan 05, 2007 1:54 am

I voted for Vince Carter because the man love between me and him will never be matched. (you guys come up with a better reason).

by **bigh0rt** on Fri Jan 05, 2007 6:18 am

Surprised the Starks/Horry and Shaq covers haven't gotten any love at all yet.

by **hammertime23** on Fri Jan 05, 2007 7:39 am

I'm surprised that Toine isn't getting any love, c'mon guys you all had to love 99.

by **Jugs** on Fri Jan 05, 2007 8:12 am

Live 99 was my first NBA live I ever played (Live 2001 was my first ever Live I purchased)

I remember me on keyboard vs older cousin on joystick.

Good times, good times.

Starks/Horry and Shaq arent getting any love because we were all born around that time so we dont remember the covers.

by **The X** on Fri Jan 05, 2007 9:46 pm

I like Carmelo's '05 one, but Mitch Richmond in '97 is without a doubt the best 8-)

by **Anthony15** on Sat Jan 06, 2007 6:26 am

05 Carmelo all da way! But 2000 doesn't look so bad either.

by **bigh0rt** on Sat Jan 06, 2007 7:15 am

Jugs wrote:Live 99 was my first NBA live I ever played (Live 2001 was my first ever Live I purchased)

I remember me on keyboard vs older cousin on joystick.

Good times, good times.

Starks/Horry and Shaq arent getting any love because we were all born around that time so we dont remember the covers.

Speak for yourself. :lol:

I owned Live 95 for Super Nintendo.

by **BigKaboom2** on Sat Jan 06, 2007 7:18 am

bigh0rt wrote:Speak for yourself. I owned Live 95 for Super Nintendo.

I've got it right next to me! Ah, the good old days of running down the sideline trying to pull up for a jumper only to float about ten feet in the air out of bounds while releasing the ball. (Y)

by **Oznogrd** on Sun Jan 07, 2007 5:25 am

I can top both of you. I own EA's NBA installment from '94 before live even existed...i think its called showtime/showdown...dell curry does not miss from beyond the arc in it. :lol:

by **The X** on Sun Jan 07, 2007 9:58 am

I owned Live '95 on my Sega Mega Drive 2 (Genesis for US readers)....it still remains my favourite Live....I would've played almost 1,000 games of it, including about 400 against my brother (from memory of the user records, I won 81% of them, but most games were close & classic)....

I've also played Showdown & Bulls vs Blazers on the Mega Drive....those earlier games were too slow & didn't match up to the speed of Live....the one thing positive I will say about Bulls vs Blazers, they had signature shots for the stars :drool:

I've naturally played the Bird vs Jordan games & all those ones on my Commodore 64....I think I played Dr. J vs Bird as well, but yeah, that's going back to my childhood....

by **JohnnyLi** on Tue Jan 09, 2007 11:19 am

I'm partial to Tim Duncan's 2000, since that was the first Live I bought, but Kidd's 2003 looks the best in my opinion.

06 looks good, and the logo for Garnett's cover looks good, but not his pose/expression.

by **Gedas** on Tue Jan 09, 2007 11:59 am

I have to say, probably 04 Vince Carter is the best cover for me. I dunno why.

Bluesky · by **Andrew** on Tue Jan 09, 2007 1:42 pm

KG remains ahead after one week, which is kind of funny considering the poor reception for NBA Live 2001 when it was released. It would seem that with all the gripes about that game, the choice of cover player isn't among them.

by **Ryan** on Tue Jan 09, 2007 4:12 pm

I like the Richmond cover. Seems like he never really got much love. As for older games I had - Bulls vs Lakers and Bulls vs. Blazers.

by **InsertScaryName** on Tue Jan 09, 2007 11:41 pm

i wonder why there are just lay-ups and dribbling pics of the players on the covers... i mean imagine a buzzer-beater or a shot from downtown... sounds much more attractive to me...

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