Because this is a streetball game and not an NBA simulation, however, tricky moves that would get you thrown out of a pro game are not only encouraged, but required.
Toronto Raptors guard Rafer Alston is in many ways emblematic of this conflict: as Skip to My Lou, he was a legend on the playground, but since “graduating” to the NBA, he’s bounced around the league, alternating between “mature” and “selfish” play, unable to shake the image of the streetballer as an aspiring solo artist.Īlston is, of course, playable in NBA Street V3, as are a host of other pro players from the present and past, all modeled in great detail and looking almost - but not quite - like their real-life counterparts. Streetball comes with its own questions of authenticity and authority: some basketball fans decry it as pointless showboating perpetrated by clowns who don’t know the first thing about team sport streetball’s fans will tell you it represents the true soul of the game, that it’s the basketball equivalent of freestyle rap or improv jazz. Walking by the park or flipping the dial past ESPN2 on any given day, you’re liable to see skinny kids dribbling circles around each other, letting off no-look passes, and throwing down sick dunks. Unlike some of the newer entries in EA Big’s Street library ( NFL Street, FIFA Street, etc.), NBA Street is rooted in a real-life phenomenon. Similarly, NBA Street V3 is about more than just playing basketball it’s about playing with the idea of authenticity, of what it means to be real. Somewhere along the way, they crossed over from being a prank to being the real thing. Their MTV Video Vanguard award was presented by none other than Chuck D, a rapper with no shortage of cred himself. Now, though, they’re among the grand old men of hip-hop, with legions of fans hanging on their every paean to Brooklyn or confab with the Dalai Lama. Why them, and not some other hip-hop outfit? The Beastie Boys started out as a trio of white boys who converted their obnoxious novelty punk band into an even more obnoxious novelty rap group. The biggest addition to the latest edition of the NBA Street series is the inclusion of the Beastie Boys as players.
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