I'm not as big of a basketball like you, but for all the hate NBA Live gets NBA Live 08, 09 and 10 didn't seem bad to me. Yeah, NBA 2k played a bit better but to me they seemed pretty close. All the sites make it sound like NBA 2k and NBA Live are a Grand Canyon apart, when it didn't seem so (at least to me).Yeah, they're all good. I'm more of a 2k sports fan but EA's sports games are solid. NBA Live is the worst but i'd play that if i didn't have NBA 2k to play.