basketball

NBA Street is probably the best basketball game out to date. It has all the teams in the league as of right now. The rosters are a little off since it came out in 2001, but all the best players are still there including Jason Kidd, Tim Duncan, Kobe Bryant, David Robinson, and Shaquille O' Neal. Even "His Airness" Micheal Jordan is a playable character. The game is about street basketball, so there are of course street legends.
They are:

1. Biggs- a 6'9" dude who is a master at dunks
2. Bonafide- a short, speedy dude who reminds me of Allen Iverson
3. Drake-the best 3-point shooter ever; he can make half court shots
4. DJ-a well-balanced player who can dunk and shoot the rock.
5. Takashi- a 7'8" Japanese guy who can block almost any shot.
6. Stretch- a tall guy who is the most well-rounded of the legends

There are 4 major gameplay modes in NBA Street:

1.City Circuit- You go all around the country playing b-ball to prove you are the best in the nation. You can get players for your custom team as well as legends, courts, and create-a-player points.
2.Hold the Court- You challenge a random group of NBA players as you try to break records of points and winning streaks in different courts. You get players, create-a-player points, create-a-player outfits, and cheats.
3.Street School- Joe "The Show" teaches you the basics of NBA Street. You get nothing from this.
4.Create-A-Player- You can make a player here. You choose how he/she looks and what they are good at.

There is a good variety of courts to play on ranging from courts in Canada to New York City. This game has arcade-style gameplay at its best with you trying to get a gamebreaker which is a shot with a cool special effect that minuses your opponents points by the number of points your shot is worth. Points go only as 1's or 2's in this game. Trust me, the commentary in this game is not as bad as some of the other reviewers say. It can get a little old, but it is a cool thing which further enhances the game.

Even if you don't really like the NBA, you can't go wrong with buying this game.

PS2 has finally put out a basketball game worth playing. Before I had to pull out the Dreamcast for the best NBA action on a console with the NBA2k1. If you're a fan of HangTime or NBA Jam, then this is the game for you. Allen Iverson type cross overs, N.Y.'s Rucker Park type street action, enough trash talk for all garbage playing street players and it carries all NBA teams with their top 5 best players (and no!..the Lakers aren't the best squad on the game). No fouls, no calls just lace'em up and bring on your "A" game. Take your best game along with Michael Jordan (MIKE IS BACK) into the "City Circuit" mode to beat the best NBA/Street teams and receive one of their players to add to your team or receive player points to create your own street super star. What trip me out the most was seeing the female POP group "3LW" on the court making my game look real weak. They also do all of the voice-overs for the female players and hi-light action. The only problem I have with the game is the announcer. He sounds like a brotha from deep country Mississippi who moved to NY and picked up some hip-hop slang. "BLING-BLING"............ they could've left that phrase out. Great game, sure to keep yours thumbs sore from hours of play.

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NBA Street is an awesome game, Joe "The Show" Jackson is the announcer in all games. You get to play in Pacific Boulevard in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, South Beach in Miami, Florida, Route 66 in Phoenix, Arizona, Beacon Hill in Boston, Massachuttsets (if you beat Biggs (Lewis Barker) in the circuit), Broad Street in Philadelphia, Pennslyvania (if you beat Bonafide (Carlito Vargas) in the circuit), The Loop in Chicago, Illinois, Fort Point in San Fransisco, California, Yakatomi Plaza in Los Angleles, California (if you beat Takashi Sato in the circuit), Rucker Park (if you beat Stretch or MJ in the circuit) and The Cage in New York City, The Yard in Detroit, Michigan (if you beat Drake Evans in the circuit), and Venice Beach in California (if you beat Donovan Jones in the circuit)!