NBA Live roster update details
December 5, 2007 by pastapadre
I have received the list of changes that have been made with the first NBA Live 08 roster update which was released today for the 360 and PS3. Only player movement was made in this update. No ratings were adjusted.
Unfortunately it looks like there will be no updates to the FIBA rosters despite earlier statements to the contrary. The next roster update will probably arrive sometime around All-Star Weekend.
Continue on to view the full list.
* Golden State re-signs Mickael Pietrus
* New Orleans signs Ryan Bowen
* New Orleans signs Julien Wright
* Wilson Chandler NYK
* Skinner to PHO
* Karolev off LAC
* Dickau to LAC
* Chandler to NYK
* DJ Mbenga to GS
* Antoine Walker to MIA
* Ricky Davis to MIA
* Doleac to MIN
* Buckner to MIN
* Juwan Howard to DAL
* NJ signs Eddie Gill
* Beno Udrih signed to SAC
* Mark Blount to MIA
* Turiaf to LAL
* Casey Jacobsen to MEM
* Tarence Kinsey to MEM
* Chris Quinn from FA to MIA
* Earl Barron from FA to MIA
* Roger Mason to WAS
* Jared Dudley to CHA
* Derek Anderson to CHA
* Jake Voskuhl to MIL
* Luke Jackson to FA
* Pavlovic to CLE
* Wayne Simien to FA
* Trenton Hassell to DAL
* Will Blalock to FA
* Brandon Bass to DAL
* Jackie Butler to FA
* Julius Hodge to FA
* Andre Owens to IND
* Travis Diener to IND
What the hell is this???? Honestly 2months and thats ALL WE GET!!! i cnt believe this really 2Months!!! Still No Scola No Navaroo No Penny Hardaway I mean what the heck has EA Sports been doing the last two months? If AloofBobcat is able to create every missing rookie and let you download it from his EA Locker why can’t EA??? A whole team working on this update and they made a few subtle changes and added like 4 New Players to the game. I don’t understand why they made us wait so long for this! I hope the next roster update aint coming next year!
this update is laughable
I mean for Christ’s sakes you have Navarro IN THE GAME!!!! Jacobsen wasn’t signed until AFTER Juan Carlos was anyway… this is amazing(ly) AWFUL
EA added
Charlotte- Jermareo Davidson, Jared Dudley
Memphis - Casey Jacobson
New Jersey - Eddie Gill
New Orleans Julian Wright
New York. - Wilson Chandler
Still missing alot of players
Atlanta - Mario West
Boston- Brandon Wallace
Chicago- JamesOn Curry, Aaron Gray, Thomas Gardner
Denver Jelani McCoy
Detroit - Cheikh Samb
Golden State - Kosta Perovic
Houston - Carl Landry, Luis Scola (Argentina)
Iindianapolis - Stephen Graham
Los Angeles Lakers - Coby Karl
Memphis - Juan Carlos Navarro (Spain)
Miami - Alexander Johnson, Joel Anthony, Anfernee Hardaway
Milwaukee - Ramon Sessions, Awvee Storey
Minnesota - Chris Richard
New Orleans - Adam Haluska
Orlando - Marcin Gortat
Philadelphia - Louis Amundson, Herbert Hill
Phoenix- D.J. Strawberry
Portland - Taurean Green
Sacramento - Darryl Watkins
San Antonio - Ian Mahinmi, Darius Washington
Toronto - Maceo Baston, Jamario Moon
Utah - Kyrylio Fesenko
Washington - Dominic McGuire
LOL @ EA. Seriously, why even bother with this? For a laugh I hired NBA Live 08 for PS3, and the Warriors lacking DJ Mbenga on their roster was pretty much the very least of its problems.
“Unfortunately it looks like there will be no updates to the FIBA rosters despite earlier statements to the contrary. The next roster update will probably arrive sometime around All-Star Weekend.”
“Unfortunately” indeed. I’d like to feign surprise at EA not honouring a former promise, but even that’s difficult given their track record. Outside of the surprisingly competent PC version of Madden, the company’s output has been strikingly bad the past several years (perhaps even half-decade).
I don’t blame the developers, as it’s clearly a time issue. These guys have to pump out a new title with enough new features to grab people’s attention and force them to “upgrade” in time for release every 12 months, and clearly that’s proven an impossibility for them, as even existing bugs in previous versions are carrying forward to next year’s release, which is completely unexcusable, and speaks volumes about the kind of time constraints these guys must be working with.
The update actually compares favorably to the one 2K put out. I can understand the disappointment though, especially after how good the Madden updates have been.
i dont believe this…i hope they added dikembe mutombo, rafer alston, and scola to the rockets…pasta are you sure that is the whole list? what about trevor ariza to lakers or glen davis on the celtics
jeff wrote:
that is the list that was sent to me, its possible there could be other changes made, I havent been able to search and verify.
lmao at them still leaving aaron mckie in the game
Ay, its better than the NBA 2k8 roster update.
i thought antoine walker was traded to minnesot
After the absence of the edit-a-player mode, now this…I was all hyped up for Live this year, you guys can go back to early september to see my posts here in the site. But EA keeps dashing our hopes…by the way, NBA 2K8 is a way better product.
I don’t think EA’s default rosters play any good anyway’s. The players aren’t smart enough on offense or defense and since they didn’t even bother to touch ratings I’m not sure how the roster update can help those to enjoy the game for dynasty mode without making the AI smarter.
It only takes 1-2 days to complete your own roster file and honestly IMO it’s the best direction to go in terms of game play because the default ratings are done so poorly.
Now if they did something similiar to what they did in NCAA 08 or Madden 08 then a roster file by EA for Livve would be worth the waite.
where is the 2k update at?
Seriously either 2K or EA have to really step up the roster updates on their NBA games. EA nor 2K is gonna give a shit about quality updates until the other does. Oha nd for those saying do it yourself. You can’t edit the rosters for online use and thats why a lot of us complain.
I was hoping Online Team Play would come along with this roster update.
Anthony wrote:
my understanding is that its still sitting with Microsoft/Sony and awaiting certification. Its a lot easier to get a roster update out than it is a patch like the OTP is.
Hey Pasta I dont think nba2k8 was missing as many players as live.. So I believe thats why the update wasn big. Antwoine Walker to Mia.. hmm last I checked he played for Min T`wolves, nice job EA.
Hey DAVID can u really get rosters from ea locker???
Hey Pasta,
If your gonna say live’s update is better then 2k’s then why don’t you just post both and compare them. The facts will speak over opinion in a case like this.
Dr Logic wrote:
Well point being not that Live’s was so much better, but that both companies tanked on the roster updates.
But just by browsing the response on OS and the 2K forums you can see how disappointed/upset people were with the 2K8 update also.
This was the breakdown that someone posted on OS of 2K8’s roster update:
- Glen Davis added to Celtics
- Carl Landry added to Rockets
- Jared Jordan & Derrick Byars added to Free Agents (Why just why)
- Wrong Jersey Numbers still remain
- Players that need to be waived still remain
-Players that need to be signed still remain
Players that really should been in there are that you EA missed are on the starting lineup and subs
Denver Jelani McCoy
Houston Luis Scola who is on the (Argentina)
Memphis Juan Carlos Navarro who is on the (Spain) team
Miami Anfernee Hardaway He is in the starting lineup
Toronto Jamario Moon, He is on the starting lineup
Minnesota - Chris Richard
All the others are on the DNP list that are still on the roster
Atlanta - Mario West
Boston- Brandon Wallace
Charlotte- Jermareo Davidson Fix his head
Chicago JamesOn Curry, Aaron Gray, Thomas Gardner DNP list
Detroit - Cheikh Samb
Golden State - Kosta Perovic
Houston - Carl Landry
Iindianapolis - Stephen Graham
Los Angeles Lakers - Coby Karl
Miami - Alexander Johnson, Joel Anthony
Milwaukee - Ramon Sessions, Awvee Storey
New Orleans - Adam Haluska
Orlando - Marcin Gortat
Philadelphia - Louis Amundson, Herbert Hill
Phoenix- D.J. Strawberry
Portland - Taurean Green
Sacramento - Darryl Watkins
San Antonio - Ian Mahinmi, Darius Washington
Toronto - Maceo Baston
Utah - Kyrylio Fesenko
Washington - Dominic McGuire
2K8’s update is so much more effective, they fixed alot of the lil gameplay issues, and some trades. Live can’t even get the right players on the court. ha
Hi, I’ve been doing the NBA Live 08 rosters for about a month now. I have a new release coming out tomorrow for Xbox 360 at around 11 P.M. eastern time. I have created over 40 players 9including all missing FA’s and 2nd round rookies), all updated transactions, player edits, team edits, and offensive playbook. Please send a friend invite to Bdiddy51719 on XBL, to grab them from my locker! here is the forum link BTW:
http://forums.operationsports......p?t=229355
Someone asked what EA has been doing the last couple months. That is simple: They were busy releasing bi weekly roster updates and patches to Madden 08, their true breadwinner. I’m far more irritated that FIBA teams have not been updated. That was a huge selling point for them before release and something they used to get consumers pumped. They’ve done nothing with it. Using playmakers roster changes and playbooks does make the game good. Having said that, in my opinion 2K is better as usual and I’m confident that I will no longer be buying both games. Live has disappointed me big time this year, specifically after all the promises that were made by EA. I’m not sure that EA has lived up to any of their initial hype and that is something I can’t ignore.
2K did nothing, and they did everything they needed like the major MIA trade nothing else was important and they fixed most of it. No one wants someone else’s roster that they created random guys that all look the same with unknown ratings you can’t go online with them anyway, you want to pick your own team go to quick pick play and stop complaining!
NO one plays the game,its the worst game of the year
i like how it takes 20 min. to load the game,,joke
aother great job from ea sports,,,lol
350 people play online ,,not a big buy
ey billy that gamer tag dosent exist on xbl
What’s up Billy? I tried to send a friend request and your name wasnt in the xbox live. i was really interested in using your rosters. my tag is gmac03
NBA 2k8 just go get it foreal. Live has been garbage for a good 3-5 years already!
I want to know why they don’t have updates for Playstation 2 and where is Mike Connelly Jr at? He isn’t on the game.
I’ve been trying to download updates for my PS2 for months and nothing. Is there any one that can help? dahmynit77@tmail.com
this roster update is one hell of a mess…damn EA, how many people you got working on this so called update! this is all we get!!
Can you download friends ea lockers in theb PS3 version of nba live 08? And how? Also, does anyone have a list of the players in the game who have a go-to-move, but no video to show it? Please help, this would make the game much funner!!!!!!!!
isnt shaq,going 2 phoenix???
when will the next roster update be availible this is redicalis im from Detroit and sure dont want nazi still on my team i thought yall would update atleast after the all-star game come on now 09 a be ready to come out by time yall update + its been some big roster changes so please update for us