Retro content means more exciting opportunities for virtual hardwood photography! This week's Monday Tip-Off reflects on capturing historical screenshots, and some of the challenges that they involve.
01.12.2025 12:38 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0@thenlsc.bsky.social
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Retro content means more exciting opportunities for virtual hardwood photography! This week's Monday Tip-Off reflects on capturing historical screenshots, and some of the challenges that they involve.
01.12.2025 12:38 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0ICYMI, NLSC Podcast 607 named the best players to show budding basketball fans to get them hooked on hoops! Tune in on... 🎙️
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New show out soon!
A utility that aids in modding audio in NBA 2K16 has been added to our Downloads database!
30.11.2025 12:17 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Reverse one controversial trade, and you can greatly confuse a game's simulation logic!
ICYMI, this week's Wayback Wednesday dove into how Dominique Wilkins can break Season mode in NBA Live 95 for SNES.
It's time for the November 29th 2025 edition of the NLSC Top 10 Plays of the Week, curated as always by Derek! Big swats, dazzling dribbling moves, vicious dunks, and a turkey with a trick shot can be seen in this week's countdown.
29.11.2025 12:38 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0A new NLSC Top 10 Plays will be out soon, but before it drops, catch up on last week's countdown!
Remember to hit up Derek (Dee4threeG on X, Dee4Three in our Forum) with your best virtual hardwood moments. All games are welcome, current and classic!
A series of Legends Challenges in NBA Live 19 Ultimate Team featured some fun coincidences...or possibly clever Easter eggs. This week's Friday Five discusses the stories that they (perhaps) unintentionally represent.
28.11.2025 12:43 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Happy Thanksgiving, Basketball Gamers! 🦃
Just for a change, in NBA Jam: On Fire Edition, the turkeys do the stuffing.
"I can appreciate games trying new things and expanding their scope, but ill-fitting and mandatory RPG or management mechanics just end up taking time away from the core gameplay that I enjoy."
ICYMI, Fun When Optional, A Chore When Mandatory: www.nba-live.com/mto-fun-when...
1996 in the NBA, as portrayed by NBA Live 2004 PC.
Incidentally, the mod is still available here: forums.nba-live.com/downloads.ph...
A 2026 season Orlando Magic court update and a translation for a useful modding utility can be found in today's NBA 2K14 Mod Releases!
27.11.2025 03:08 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0In real life, the Dominique Wilkins-Danny Manning trade was a controversial move. In NBA Live 95 for Super Nintendo, it's the glue that holds the sim engine together! This week's Wayback Wednesday is a video diving into Nique's ability to break the game.
26.11.2025 05:39 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0A s-Nique peek at this week's Wayback Wednesday, which will be another video feature.
Can you spot the oddity that will play a key role in this week's retro topic?
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Episode #607 of the NLSC Podcast is out now! This week, @andrewnlsc.bsky.social and Derek join the community in naming the past and present players they'd show a budding basketball fan to get them hooked on hoops.
25.11.2025 14:10 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0Extracurricular activities in basketball video games can help with progress, and add to the immersion. However, as this week's Monday Tip-Off discusses, what's fun when optional can easily become a chore when mandatory.
24.11.2025 12:17 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0🎮 A Virtual Hardwood Tribute to Rodney Rogers 🏀
The late Rodney Rogers leads the All-Time Wake Forest Demon Deacons against the All-Time Louisville Cardinals in NBA 2K17 for PlayStation 4.
🎥 Full Highlights: youtu.be/RRiY9F76MHo
NLSC Screenshot of the Week: Derrick Rose in NBA Live 14.
On this day in 2013, it was confirmed that Rose suffered a torn MCL the night before in a game against the Blazers, ruling him out for the rest of the 2014 season.
It's the weekend, so share your Virtual Hardwood Photos!
Some creative watermarking in the OG NLSC roster updates for NBA Live 96 PC.
23.11.2025 03:16 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0"Although it was probably for the best, it would've been fun to see MJ and Chuck together, and to play with that lineup in video games."
ICYMI, 5 Comebacks That Would’ve Been Fun To Play With (Part 4): www.nba-live.com/tff-5-comeba...
V4.0 of johnz1's NBA Jam: 2020s On Fire Edition mod is now available for the PS3 version of NBA Jam: On Fire Edition! Updates include the Orlando Magic's new branding, Class of 2025 rookies, new headshots, and other enhancements.
23.11.2025 02:37 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Hoop heads,
If you wanted to make someone fall in love with basketball, what past and present basketball player would you introduce to them first? 🏀
Example: Past Michael Jordan, Present Steph Curry
Andrew and Derek will discuss their answers and yours on the next NLSC Podcast!
Vale, Rodney Rogers.
23.11.2025 01:04 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0It's time for the November 22nd 2025 edition of the NLSC Top 10 Plays of the Week, curated as always by Derek! An incredible finish, ferocious dunks, and other crafty plays make up another must-see virtual hardwood countdown.
22.11.2025 13:19 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0The NBA's Biggest What Ifs are just as fascinating when it comes to their impact on the virtual hardwood. This week's Friday Five is Part 4 in a series about potential and rumoured comebacks that would've been fun to play with in video games.
21.11.2025 03:23 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0"The 16-bit versions of NBA Live 96 weren't the best representation of a legendary season, but with some effort, they can get a little closer."
ICYMI, attempting to accurately update NBA Live 96 SNES for 1996: nba-live.com/ww-can-you-u...
Patch 3.0 is out now for the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S version of NBA 2K26. The PC update will be out November 28th, in time for the tip-off of Season 3 in MyCAREER and MyTEAM.
20.11.2025 05:11 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0The brief 1995 lockout forced 16-bit NBA Live 96 to launch with outdated lineups, but fortunately, the game did introduce roster editing. This week's Wayback Wednesday attempts to properly update the SNES version of NBA Live 96 for the 1996 season.
19.11.2025 12:22 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Also tune in on...
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