

If you're looking to improve your team via a trade, you can do so. In addition to monitoring players' happiness and overall team chemistry, you'll need to keep an eye on their fatigue levels to make sure they don't get too worn out over the course of the season.

Assistant coaches can research rumors and schedule team events, assistants work with players to improve their skills, trainers help players heal faster, and scouts can evaluate talent year-round in preparation for the draft. Over the course of a season, you can use your staff in a number of ways. After hiring an assistant coach, an assistant, a trainer, and a scout, it's off to training camp where you set your team's training priorities. The freestyle challenge lets you take on friends in the slam-dunk contest or three-point shoot-out.ĭynasty mode places you in the role of general manager for the team of your choice. The dunk contest is easily the highlight of the weekend mode due to its depth and the large number of great-looking dunks you can perform. The NBA all-star weekend includes the rookie challenges, three-point shoot-out, slam-dunk contest, and, of course, the all-star game. You can choose from quick play, season, dynasty mode, playoffs, all-star weekend, freestyle challenge, one-on-one, practice, and slam-dunk school. The slam-dunk contest is one of the game's highlights.Īll of the game modes from Live 06 return.

Live 07 seems as though it were rushed out the door, and it's an all-around disappointing game. There aren't any noteworthy new features the visuals are the same as last year, and the gameplay is riddled with bugs and glitches. Unfortunately, it's not a very good choice. If you're in the market for an NBA game on the PC, NBA Live 07 is your only choice.
