2 is the greatest basketball game ever created, but it’s not where the series ended. They also created one of the dopest video game soundtracks that features hip-hop legends like Pete Rock & CL Smooth to production from Just Blaze. “IT’S A PIZZA SLICE WITH NO CRUST!” – Bobbito Garcia Garcia would yell out nonsense phrases to backup the insanity of the streetball moves you just pulled off.
DJ Cucumber Slice to provide commentary for the game. They even recruited real-life streetball emcee Bobbito Garcia a.k.a. The Vancouver team’s fascination with streetball culture elevated the game well-above anything else out at the time. “The Cage,” or Rucker Park at 155th Street in Harlem was on full display in NBA Street Vol. The music, history, and respect for NYC courts like West Fourth Street Courts a.k.a. But EA’s Vancouver team was fixated on the culture of streetball. 2 was created by a bunch of Canadians who were more obsessed with hockey than basketball. They wanted players to see the sport as an exhilarating experience, a cultural lynchpin, and a modern-day myth. NBA Street didn’t want players to come away with the sterile, mechanical version of basketball that the 2K games rehash every year. And this is streetball rules, meaning no fouls, no goaltending, and the use of flashy, ridiculous basketball handling-moves (90 percent of which would probably be a “carry” in traditional NBA rules) were encouraged - they were the ethos of the game in fact. The rules were simple: 3-on-3 to 21 points, 1s and 2s only. While NBA Street lacked photorealistic graphics and technical power, it focused on something more timeless not showcasing basketball as a sport, but displaying it as an art form. 2 released nearly two decades ago, but still has more personality, better gameplay, and captures the spirit of basketball better than any of the recent 2K games. NBA Street wasn’t just any basketball game it was the franchise to end all basketball games.
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