Russell Westbrook on cover of NBA Live 16!

Me likey How bout you guys?

The teasers weren't lying. Good choice, and nice artwork.

Seems we have a glimpse of the game, too:

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Graphics seem better too

Very adorable footage and cute artwork, I certainly need a wallpaper with that!

Wow, NBA Live 16 might actually beat NBA 2K16 graphics-wise this year!
Very exciting!

Emotion, I hope they really express this in Live 16. That crossover looked much better than the one in 15

Those jerseys are tight af and I love it! Wish 2k would do their jerseys like that.

I'm definitely excited that Russ is going to be on the cover this year! It's much deserved, and I think he'll do a good job promoting it. The fact EA Sports came out with the info before E3 definitely gives me more confidence than I've had the last couple years. They seem to be proud of it already, and I hope it's a great game. I'm ready to see more info in the near future.

Sneaky good looking Kobe and Lebron in the background

Wish they would've done a shot of him doing his gun holstering celebration for the cover, but that probably would've caused some controversy

Yeah I think it's ok to have it in the game but it's a grey area to have it in there promotion video.

It's good that we are getting info like this early, nba live had such a huge cult following which many have moved over to 2k. EA has long way to go to win them back but I must admit I am looking forward to nba live 16 more than 2k this year.

I'm not really sure about that weak as dunk animation, the game play still looks meh, but he haven't seen anything. As for the graphics, 2K learn how to make russ

Jerseys are still loose.
Player models same as last year, which means no body scans & same stick legs as years past.
Graphics have been tweaked somewhat, but still that same faded look as last year.
And most importantly, the animations seem pretty similar to last year, I suspect (& fear) there won't be a large difference from 15 in terms of animation quality, unfortunately.

That's quite a large leap of presumptions off of three seconds of non-gameplay video, unless I missed something...

You can tell they're still using the same animation system as past years just by seeing a few, (especially the crossover), only more polished.

More behind the scenes: http://uproxx.com/sports/2015/06/russel ... ver-video/

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https://youtu.be/j_f5kM6GCkQ

"It's kind of weird to have somebody direct me to play basketball"

Isn't that what coaches are for?

A different kind of direction, but well played.

EA, if you want my sales, you have to sooner/later feature a Milwaukee Bucks Player on the cover.

EA, if you want my sales, you have to sooner/later feature a Milwaukee Bucks Player on the cover.

EA be like: Yes sir, we will change cover just because of you, we will lose all customers if we lose you.

EA, if you want my sales, you have to sooner/later feature a Milwaukee Bucks Player on the cover.

EA be like: Yes sir, we will change cover just because of you, we will lose all customers if we lose you.

How old are you? 5?

Greece may have the Greek kid on the cover next year but the Bucks just don't have a big enough of a global star to market on right now.

EA, if you want my sales, you have to sooner/later feature a Milwaukee Bucks Player on the cover.

:facepalm:EA be like: Yes sir, we will change cover just because of you, we will lose all bucks fans as our customers if we lose you just of that.

fixed. Cuz only that are Thunder fans will buy the game.

I'll tell this to EA Sports, either do the Bucks player next year or itt will be boycott city for me.