When i first bought this game, i thought that i was betraying the live series, i thought that this game had no chance, but as you saw my header..."This game is the best 2005 basketball game." I thought wrong. This game is awesome, from the minute you see the introduction video, to the minute you create your player, to the minute you accomplish your goals in Association mode. This game is just flat-out awesome, NBA 2k6 is even better. The Live series, is just liked by biased people. They think "EA Sports" - best sports games, but not so in this case. 2ksports - best basketball game. And if EA Sports wasn't so cheap as to keep the NFL License to itself and not give at least a chance for 2ksports to beat it once again, 2ksports would be the premier sports developer company right now. Anyway... as i was saying, NBA 2k5 is the best game i bought in the year 2004. If there is one negative thing about the NBA 2k series, it is that the dunks are unbeliavably fake, but you'll get used to it and realize it is nowhere near vital.