Comments on: NBA Jam Revisited – Western Conference Edition

By: psteel

psteel — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:49:45 +0000

Here is the true test http://www.westcoastshow.com/?p=2444

By: Sean

Sean — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:08:11 +0000

Shaq was in TE. But my favorite team was Penny and D. Scott. A little weak inside, but Scott would light it up from 3 and Penny did everything else

By: kneejerkNBA

kneejerkNBA — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 01:37:10 +0000

My buddy at college used to destroy me using the Tisdale/Richmond combo. It used to make me furious. Come to think of it, I’m still furious. WAYMAN FUCKING TISDALE!

By: George

George — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:04:00 +0000

hahaha okafor and brevin knight hit it right on the head. thats definitely an nba jam lineup if i’ve ever seen one

By: Dinosty

Dinosty — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:35:25 +0000

Who would be the NBA Jam rosters for the Grizzlies, Raptors, Bobcats, etc?

My vote:

Grizzlies would have been Bryant Reeves and Mike Bibby. Raptors, Damon Stoudamire and Big O? Bobcats Okafor and Brevin Knight.

By: George

George — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:23:09 +0000

way to give spoilers for the 2nd eastern conference part of this post, justin!

By: Justin

Justin — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:24:09 +0000

Worth noting:

Jordan was not in the game (you can tell whether or not someone who claims they played the game is lying based on whether or not they say “oh, I was always the Bulls with MJ”).

Barkley was in the Arcade version and some earlier runs of the SNES/Sega version DID include him but he was taken out later on. So, if you remember playing as Barkley at home, you’re not going crazy, just very fortunate.

Shaq was only in the Arcade version.

The worst team was easily the Bucks, with Brad Lohaus and Blue Edwards. The Heat tried to challenge them with Rony Seikaly and Harold Miner but never could quite get over the hump.

The Nets had the All-Unrealized Potential 1-2 Punch with Derrick Coleman and Kenny Anderson (Petrovic, who was in the Arcade version, was unstoppably good).

The Cavs, with Mark Price and Brad Daugherty were secretly the best team in the game that I would always use, whether or not I was Player 2.

Abdul-Rauf and Van Exel did replace Ellis and Worthy, respectively, in later versions (Sega CD, I believe).

Detlef appeared in the Arcade version with Indy and then on SNES/Sega with the Sonics, making him, Dominique (Hawks, then Celtics) and Chuck Person (Minny and then San Antonio) the only guys to JAM in multiple uniforms.

By: smokadeth

smokadeth — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:05:40 +0000

Played Jam with my cousin in our younger days, we would draw up plays on yellow legal pads and then execute them. Simple stuff, like pick and rolls and some creative ones I can’t easily remember. Did anyone else draw up plays? I will be a coach one day, I think.

By: Chunky

Chunky — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 07:26:32 +0000

LJ and Zo were the best combo – both could dunk and both could shoot the 3.

You could also catch the ball out of midair when the opponents shot it, and absolutely destroy the computer by scores of like 224-8.

By: George

George — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:08:31 +0000

ichiban:

barkley only appeared in the arcade version. when the game dropped for home consumption, so did he

b-hoff:

the east is biding their time… biding their time…