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Too bad they don't show that. I would love to see it.
I bet I could beat TP at NBA Live.
Gaming with the NBA All-Stars
By John Gaudiosi
Posted: 35 minutes ago
NEW ORLEANS--EA Sports kicked off the NBA All-Star Weekend in style with its annual NBA All-Star Challenge, held at the Republic night club in the warehouse district. Eight NBA All-Stars were in attendance to play NBA Live 08 on Xbox 360 at center stage on huge plasma screens as a DJ provided play-by-play for the tournament.
LaMarcus Aldridge (Portland Trailblazers), Caron Butler (Washington Wizards), Kevin Durant (Seattle SuperSonics), Rudy Gay (Memphis Grizzlies), Gerald Green (Minnesota Timberwolves), Tony Parker (San Antonio Spurs), Brandon Roy (Portland Trailblazers) and Deron Williams (Utah Jazz) were the videogame combatants that took part in the compe ion. Also in attendance was Parker's wife, "Desperate Housewives" star Eva Langoria, NFL running back Reggie Bush of the Saints and his girlfriend, Kim Kardashian.
With an open bar and true Louisiana cuisine (the best food in the world) catered by K Paul, the crowd of several hundred VIPs got up close and personal with these NBA players and their virtual courts. Each player took control of his real team in NBA Live 08 and played abbreviated eight-minute-long games. When all was said and done, Parker, a former NBA Live cover athlete for the French version of the game, emerged victorious. Langoria sat on the arm of the sofa he played the game from for the last two rounds and was really into the virtual compe ion.
Parker's been a gamer since he was a little kid and he told me he's owned every gaming system since Nintendo, including that pricey Neo Geo system back in the day, which featured $200 cartridge ports of hit arcade games. Although he said he doesn't game as much now, at least as much as teammate Tim Duncan does, he still knows his way around a controller. That was evident as Parker sliced through the compe ion at the tournament.
More than any other league, the NBA really embraces videogames at its annual All-Star Weekend and EA Sports, 2K Sports, Midway Games and Sony--all companies that make NBA games--are present throughout the city with various events featuring videogames, NBA players and some of the best NBA videogame players in the country. There are actually two Finals this weekend featuring gamers who competed in the NBA Live Challenge eight-city tour and the NBA 2K8 East vs. West Challenge.
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Too bad they don't show that. I would love to see it.
I bet I could beat TP at NBA Live.
Good to see Tony taking it easy.
^ Badass sig!
wonder what the heck that thing is next to the game.
thats what I was trying to figure out
who is Eva Langoria?Also in attendance was Parker's wife, "Desperate Housewives" star Eva Langoria
Langoria sat on the arm of the sofa
let it be basketball or video games, this Spur rules
LOL
Don't forget that NBA players have lots of time when they play away!
NBA Live sucks. Horribly.
If the league wanted to be realistic the game would be 2k8.
Then it wouldn't have been the EA Sports All-Star Challenge, would it?
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