Nba Live 09 Cover Athlete And Pictures!!!!

[myfishjustdied]

Josh Smith got the cover this year.... I think it looks pretty cool.


http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb56/cyclone2426/Josh-Smith-Cover-2.png

[stewen12]

It is sweet. Do you if anything is different from 08

[StroShow4]

josh smith? seriously? that's kind of............ random. are you sure that's not a photoshop?

[myfishjustdied]

josh smith? seriously? that's kind of............ random. are you sure that's not a photoshop?

im positive

[final.wrath]

josh smith? seriously? that's kind of............ random. are you sure that's not a photoshop?

it looks very photoshopped

[Skywalker]

lol thats fake

[TruthKGRay3412]

*waits for hotlantadude to say something dumb*

[StroShow4]

it looks very photoshopped

it's from someone's photobucket so it very well could be.

[plat1numX]

live usually gets stars....

[myfishjustdied]

it's from someone's photobucket so it very well could be.

EA SPORTS photoshopped it

[June1026]

Melo, Wade, TMac, Arenas... Josh Smith?

Smith is a stud, but he's not really well known, so I don't see it being good choice for the cover, I thought EA could've got anyone they want? they should've went for Lebron or Dwight, it doesn't really matter though, 2k > Live.

[Apples]

His arm looks abnormally long lol

[L.Kizzle]

Who?

[206kid]

Is this the first time a player has made the NBA live cover, that didn't make the all-star team?

[StroShow4]

i would be willing to bet 100$ that this isn't the real cover. i want a link.

[206kid]

That's so fake, lol his damn arm is huge

[bigkingsfan]

It's fake because they're not going to promote a new game when the current season and game is still active.. EA is all about the $$$

[The Italian]

Yeah I really doubt that is the real thing. It looks fake, and they have never, at least to my knowledge, promoted the game while the playoffs were still going on.

[gyu]

Real or fake, the point is Live sucks now and has been sucking for quite some time.

[MrEncinas]

Reak or fake, the point is Live sucks now and has been sucking for quite some time.
:cheers:

[Vancouver-Grizz]

i can't be 100 percent sure but my friend works for EAsports out here in Vancouver and I remember he mentioned to me that they had Pau Gasol her doing most of the motions. Pau even gave my friend a signed jersey but again, they could of just used his moions though.

[Hotlantadude81]

Josh Smith and NBA Live would be a perfect match.

[bigkingsfan]

i can't be 100 percent sure but my friend works for EAsports out here in Vancouver and I remember he mentioned to me that they had Pau Gasol her doing most of the motions. Pau even gave my friend a signed jersey but again, they could of just used his moions though.
If they captured Gasol motion it's likely a WNBA game.

[rjli]

Pretty sure EA won't put a picture with a basketball lager than EA's logo right next to the logo on the cover

So fake

[StroShow4]

If they captured Gasol motion it's likely a WNBA game.

:oldlol:

[jason816]

Real or fake, the point is Live sucks now and has been sucking for quite some time.

you got that right.

2K sports will once again prove they have the best basketball game.

[shaoyut]

i want lebron to take it

[June1026]

If they captured Gasol motion it's likely a WNBA game.

LOL

seriously though, to Vancouver Grizz, they always pick an European player to be on the cover for games sold in Europe.

Edit: I remember they had a Nate Robinson cover for Live 07, where Tmac was the main cover, they always have more than just one player I think, well for Live anyways, they spend so much money on advertising and facial graphics.... you play the game, and it feels like crap.

[Qwyjibo]

If they want someone on the cover to reflect the quality of the game, Joey Graham would be a fine choice.

[Mamba]

i don't think its photoshopped for the sheer fact that i have never seen smoove do a between the legs dunk in that jersey, infact ever? it would seem like a photoshoot photo.

[bigkingsfan]

i don't think its photoshopped for the sheer fact that i have never seen smoove do a between the legs dunk in that jersey, infact ever? it would seem like a photoshoot photo.
It's Josh Smith here, what makes you think it's an under the leg dunk? I'd bet on Jmoove dribbling down the court out of control and getting ready to turn it over.

[Mamba]

It's Josh Smith here, what makes you think it's an under the leg dunk? I'd bet on Jmoove dribbling down the court out of control and getting ready to turn it over.
ye because everyone looks in the same direction midair with there leg up and a hand underneath there leg, when they are dribbling.

[BigJake]

Melo, Wade, TMac, Arenas... Josh Smith?

Smith is a stud, but he's not really well known, so I don't see it being good choice for the cover, I thought EA could've got anyone they want? they should've went for Lebron or Dwight, it doesn't really matter though, 2k > Live.

You gotta be sh*tting me....LIVE > 2K ....2k may have the graphics but the gameplay is straight boo boo, as well as the controls, the only great thing about 2K is, if you have a big man down low, he has a 85% chance of swatting any and everything near the basket, dunks included. But for the best gameplay and most accurate conception of NBA Basketball...it's gotta be LIVE

[Babalu]

hey guys that is for sure a photoshop. Believe me, i work for EA sports. Only here for ISH i will show you guys the real cover were using once the finals are over. This one is sure to get sales just based on the cover alone. We wanted to put a player on the cover whos skill level is equivilent to the quality of game we put out. without further ado, our nba live 2009 cover:

http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/8837/kwamelivecopyho9.jpg

[statman32]

im positive
Its fake GENIUS!

Heres a link to the thread where it started.

http://www.operationsports.com/forums/nba-live/243937-nba-live-09-custom-covers-thread-2.html

:oldlol:

[DieHardBullsFan]

Josh Smith got the cover this year.... I think it looks pretty cool.


http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb56/cyclone2426/Josh-Smith-Cover-2.png


Josh Smith :confusedshrug:

is that true?


I bet any kind of money the "casual fan" dont know who Josh Smith is.....so why put him on the cover of Live ??

I like Josh as a player...but hes not someone that you want to put on a cover of a video game.....

here are some names I would put on the cover:

Roy (he should of been on the over this year!)
Daren Williams
Kobe (I think hes never been on a cover)
Lebron
Nash
Iggy

[statman32]

hey guys that is for sure a photoshop. Believe me, i work for EA sports. Only here for ISH i will show you guys the real cover were using once the finals are over. This one is sure to get sales just based on the cover alone. We wanted to put a player on the cover whos skill level is equivilent to the quality of game we put out. without further ado, our nba live 2009 cover:

http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/8837/kwamelivecopyho9.jpg
Yep. Thats the legit cover. I'm positive. :oldlol:

[DieHardBullsFan]

Is this the first time a player has made the NBA live cover, that didn't make the all-star team?

Mello made the cover in 04 but did not make it to the All-star game

[catquickspider]

If they captured Gasol motion it's likely a WNBA game.

:roll: :roll: :lol :lol

[Solid Snake]

Who cares, this is THE worst baskteball franchise in history. Any true hooper will tell you this Live series is a complete laughing stock in the industry. Just like they renamed the Fight Night series, Live should just do away with the "Live" monicker and just rebuild from 100% complete scratch. It's obvious those programmers have no clue how to even program something that begins to resemble a simulation of the human game on Earth known as Baskteball.

[wang4three]

it looks very photoshopped
When the final comes out, it will be photoshopped regardless.

[Kebab Stall]

That's so fake, lol his damn arm is huge
His arm doesn't look huge at all. What picture are you looking at?

[new noise]

hey guys that is for sure a photoshop. Believe me, i work for EA sports. Only here for ISH i will show you guys the real cover were using once the finals are over. This one is sure to get sales just based on the cover alone. We wanted to put a player on the cover whos skill level is equivilent to the quality of game we put out. without further ado, our nba live 2009 cover:

http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/8837/kwamelivecopyho9.jpg

:oldlol: Nice. It seems right that the ball apparently just goes flat in Kwame's hands.

[biisak]

[QUOTE=BigJake

[Mamba]

Its fake GENIUS!

Heres a link to the thread where it started.

http://www.operationsports.com/forums/nba-live/243937-nba-live-09-custom-covers-thread-2.html

:oldlol:
i'm still confused as to why people kept posting after this link lmao?!

[3zazer1]

thats not the real cover because lebron is leading in the nba live cover athletes votes,and josh smith isn't in them so that cover is fake

[3zazer1]

hey guys that is for sure a photoshop. Believe me, i work for EA sports. Only here for ISH i will show you guys the real cover were using once the finals are over. This one is sure to get sales just based on the cover alone. We wanted to put a player on the cover whos skill level is equivilent to the quality of game we put out. without further ado, our nba live 2009 cover:

http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/8837/kwamelivecopyho9.jpg

thats real fake!!

[BigJake]

[QUOTE=biisak]Fixed...

If there

[Babalu]

thats real fake!!

Its as real as the one the TS posted.

[myfishjustdied]

thats not the real cover because lebron is leading in the nba live cover athletes votes,and josh smith isn't in them so that cover is fake

wow where have you been for the past 3 years? Haven't you heard that LeBron doens't want to be on nba video game covers?

[3zazer1]

so that means Deron Williams or others(perferibly nash,stonominer or tp)will be on nba live 08.but the odds(out of 100)
smith:40% chance that he will be the cover athlete
brown:.1% chance

[highwhey]

If they captured Gasol motion it's likely a WNBA game.
:oldlol:

nice one

[myfishjustdied]

Just kidding guys heres the real cover


http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb56/cyclone2426/Brandon-Roy-Cover-2-1.jpg

[plat1numX]

check this thread out, they are all custom, they have the same joshs mith one, jackass http://www.operationsports.com/forums/nba-live/243937-nba-live-09-custom-covers-thread-2.html

[myfishjustdied]

check this thread out, they are all custom, they have the same joshs mith one, jackass http://www.operationsports.com/forums/nba-live/243937-nba-live-09-custom-covers-thread-2.html

you aren't making any sense. Brandon Roy is on Live 09 this year. tHAT is the cover

[myfishjustdied]

My Uncle works for EA Sports and he gave me a little sneak preview of some of the athlete they are working on for tha cover of nba live 09...

http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb56/cyclone2426/game%20covers/D-Wills-Cover-1.jpg

[KojiPro]

Here is the cover athlete unveiling trailer for NBA Live 09....turns out everyone was wrong. EA Will officially announce tomorrow, and a company called GameCinemaHD has the exclusive until then. Don't use Internet Explorer when watching, it won't work...use Firefox or Safari. Enjoy!

http://taoagency.com/gchd/episode/8/GCHD_Episode8_SD.mov

[Maniak]

My Uncle works for EA Sports and he gave me a little sneak preview of some of the athlete they are working on for tha cover of nba live 09...

http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb56/cyclone2426/game%20covers/D-Wills-Cover-1.jpg

fake, head is gimped

and old thread is old

[TheAnswer]

Who cares about NBA Live 09?
It's gonna suck
Get 2K9
The last NBA Live worth playing was 05..rest were all pathetic

[MrEncinas]

Here: http://kotaku.com/5019234/and-the-nba-live-09-cover-athlete-is It's Tony Parker.

[joeKool]

bah i mightve put cp3 on it.

[MrEncinas]

bah i mightve put cp3 on it.
He was on last year's NBA 2K8, so that may have kept them from doing that.

[Ian]

Bleh. It's Tony Parker.

Weak. As annoying as it would've been, they should've went with Paul Pierce or KG.

[brdman1980]

Bleh. It's Tony Parker.

Weak. As annoying as it would've been, they should've went with Paul Pierce or KG.

Couldn't be KG, he's on NBA 2K9. I could see it being Paul Pierce, but come on..give TP some credit..the dude is an NBA Finals MVP, has 3 rings, is the leader of the Spurs, (just ask anyone from San Antonio who watches the Spurs every game, without Tony, we've got Jacque Vaughn as our starter, sometimes Barry...that's not enough to win a title...as Tony goes, the Spurs go)and the fastest player in the NBA. He's a beast..he deserves it.

[brdman1980]

Bleh. It's Tony Parker.

Weak. As annoying as it would've been, they should've went with Paul Pierce or KG.

Couldn't be KG, he's on NBA 2K9. I could see it being Paul Pierce, but come on..give TP some credit..the dude is an NBA Finals MVP, has 3 rings, is the leader of the Spurs, (just ask anyone from San Antonio who watches the Spurs every game, without Tony, we've got Jacque Vaughn as our starter, sometimes Barry...that's not enough to win a title...as Tony goes, the Spurs go)and the fastest player in the NBA, and he's only 26. He's a beast..he deserves it.

[Low End Theory]

I would have loved to see Deron Williams on the cover. If he was on the cover I might actually have a reason for buying it.

[BigJake]

http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb56/cyclone2426/game%20covers/VC-Cover-5.jpg

[RoseCity07]

It will be on gamespot if it's official.

[RoseCity07]

http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2008/168/reviews/948804_20080617_screen004.jpg

Live still sucks

[TornadoGTS]

Hey guys, im glad your trying to play off my covers as the real thing, but those old ones dont look real compared to my new ones. And to clear some of the "photoshopped" issues mentioned, both the J-Smoove and the D-Wills one, both covers were made on Photoshop i.e. i put the pic in the template, but nothing was changed to the pic itself. So i dont know where the whole, "his arm looks big" or "his head looks gimped" comes from. Anyway, if your promote mine as real, use one of these.....

http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb56/cyclone2426/Ray-Allen-Cover-2.jpg

http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb56/cyclone2426/Caron-Butler-Cover-2.jpg

http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb56/cyclone2426/LBJ9-Cover.jpg

http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb56/cyclone2426/Andre-Igoudala-PS3-Cover.png

http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb56/cyclone2426/Vince-Carter-Wii-Cover.jpg

[04mzwach]

It's Kevin Garnett...enough of this child's play!

[TornadoGTS]

It's Kevin Garnett...enough of this child's play!

r u serious? Garnett is on 2K9 and Parker is on Live. You talking is child's play?

[StroShow4]

where the hell are deshawn's tats? that is deshawn in the screenshot, right?

[Spudjjay]

http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb56/cyclone2426/Ray-Allen-Cover-2.jpg

Thank God thats fake.

[StroShow4]

Thank God thats fake.

jesus christ, you are just relentless. :oldlol:


i hate to tell you, but if it wasn't for that man paul pierce would still have zero rings.

[TornadoGTS]

Thank God thats fake.

Is that a good thing or a bad thing? I mean you look like a Celtics fan by your avatar

[Spudjjay]

Is that a good thing or a bad thing? I mean you look like a Celtics fan by your avatar

I pray to God every night that Ray Allen doesn't represent the Celtics in any shape or form.

[Spudjjay]

jesus christ, you are just relentless. :oldlol:


i hate to tell you, but if it wasn't for that man paul pierce would still have zero rings.

The 2008 Finals MVP was....

[StroShow4]

I pray to God every night that Ray Allen doesn't represent the Celtics in any shape or form.

http://i31.tinypic.com/k1cqpi.jpg

[StroShow4]

The 2008 Finals MVP was....

that doesn't mean he didn't need help.

[NeighborhoodKid]

http://i.testfreaks.com/images/products/600x400/190/nba-live-2001.405438.jpg

there's garnett for you

-and without Ray Allen the C's would not have been NBA champions

[Spudjjay]

http://i31.tinypic.com/k1cqpi.jpg

:oldlol:

Is that Cam? So... thats where he's been...

And to the question, no.

[TornadoGTS]

Is this better?

http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb56/cyclone2426/Paul-Pierce-Cover-3.jpg

[Spudjjay]

http://i.testfreaks.com/images/products/600x400/190/nba-live-2001.405438.jpg

there's garnett for you

-and without Ray Allen the C's would not have been NBA champions

No, without KG and Pierce we wouldn't of won anything. We would of managed without Ray.

[NeighborhoodKid]

No, without KG and Pierce we wouldn't of won anything. We would of managed without Ray.

hahahahaha i'm sure

[iggy>]

hey guys that is for sure a photoshop. Believe me, i work for EA sports. Only here for ISH i will show you guys the real cover were using once the finals are over. This one is sure to get sales just based on the cover alone. We wanted to put a player on the cover whos skill level is equivilent to the quality of game we put out. without further ado, our nba live 2009 cover:

http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/8837/kwamelivecopyho9.jpg
-dies-

[Spudjjay]

Is this better?

http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb56/cyclone2426/Paul-Pierce-Cover-3.jpg

http://www.ihasawebsite.com/Shirt/eek_400_356.gif

:applause:

Wow best one yet IMO...

[StroShow4]

someone put the stro show on there. :pimp:

[TornadoGTS]

http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/8837/kwamelivecopyho9.jpg

I'm sorry, but this is no where close to being good. The cut is way off, its all jaggedy, and the bars are jaggedy. It looks like he took one of mine and tried to cut out the NBA Live bar and just pasted Kwame over whoever i had there.

[TornadoGTS]

http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb56/cyclone2426/Deshawn-Stevenson-Cover.jpg

[Admiral]

Here: http://kotaku.com/5019234/and-the-nba-live-09-cover-athlete-is It's Tony Parker.


+1 here's another link...

http://xbox360.ign.com/objects/142/14241215.html

[20 Dimes A Game]

^^^^^

It's legit.

[Kungfro]

i can't be 100 percent sure but my friend works for EAsports out here in Vancouver and I remember he mentioned to me that they had Pau Gasol her doing most of the motions. Pau even gave my friend a signed jersey but again, they could of just used his moions though.

My sister works at EA in Vancouver doing motion capture. Have you ever taken a tour of the place? It's insane.