- Enhanced play around the basket with various new post moves, more lay-ups and dunks, as well as more control in regards to shot positioning and shot selection. Also, more control on defense and in rebounding.
- New franchise mode. Managing an NBA franchise for up to 10 years as the General Manager, users can view scouting reports on upcoming rookies, as well as draft new rookies.
- Players are brought to life. Life-like bodies and heads make every NBA player a spitting image of their real-life counterpart, right down to cornrows, afros, tattoos, player accessories, and officially licensed shoes.
- Over 50 new dunks and post dunk celebrations.
- Incredibly fluid and realistic animations implementing hundreds of new motion capture animations and improved frame rate.
- New cut scenes focusing on emotional player-player and player-referee interaction.
- Simplified and more intuitive front end allowing players to get into a game quickly and easily.
- Pregame focus on cinematic moments featuring scripted sequences showing players getting themselves and their teammates hyped and ready to play.
- New emotional moments including auto replay with new Jam Cam and Swat Cam cameras featuring special effects like motion blur and letterboxing.
- See what's going on from the player's eyes with cutting edge facial animation.
- Cover athlete and Houston Rocket superstar Steve Francis assisted in game design and motion capture.
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