Superstar player ratings from NBA Live '05. Check 'em out. Kevin Garnett-97 Kobe Bryant-94 Shaquille O'Neal-92 Tracy McGrady-90 Tim Duncan-89 Paul Pierce-89 Vince Carter-88 Baron Davis-88 Ray Allen-86 Jason Kidd-85 Allen Iverson-85 Steve Francis-85 Stephon Marbury-85 Dirk Nowitzki-85 Jermaine O'Neal-84 Andre Kirilenko-83 LeFraud James-83 Shawn Marion-83 Pau Gasol-82 Peja Stojakovic-81 Ben Wallace-81 Michael Finley-81 Elton Brand-81 Carmelo Anthony-80 Yao Ming-80
Yao is worse than Ben Wallace and Michael Finley? And who the hell is LeFraud James? Who ever did this must be high on crack!!!
Live's ratings are skewed. They don't have strong enough position specific ratings. THe higher your rating, the more versatile you are. Look at garnett. 97. He's athletic and can play all 5 positions (or so they say). Then you go down to Duncan who's a 92. Less athletic, but seriously, we all know Duncan is at least on the same level as KG, if not better. Their ratings are also from 0-100 as opposed to ESPN's 50-100. ESPN does do position specific ratings which IMO is way better.
When does this game come out and how did you already get to see it? Thoght it was like Oct.5 or something?
http://www.operationsports.com/gamescreenshots.asp?game=nbalive2005xbox look through screenshots 9-21-04, has every single team's ratings.
What about Boki? And besides, these are "overall" ratings. I don't think they really mean all that much when you play the game.
the ratings don't matter...the attributes do. JJ can be rated 60, but if you set him up for open shots he can average 20 a game, but he won't be great man-to-man. Yao might be rated lower than Iverson, but Iverson will be easier to block while if you are good in the post, Yao will be much more valuable. I thought ya'll knew by now that ratings really don't matter in the game...it's how you use their strong attributes and how you try and stay away from their weak spots.
I know what Howard is capable of, but JJ (im not the biggest fan) proved his doubters that he is underrated, and a much more valuable piece to the team than others..
I don't know why you waste your time talking about NBA live when 2K5 is so much more superior....no comparison in the two....=)