Nickname Night Jerseys in NBA Live 14

[Andrew]

Pushed through today:

[zz21]

EA... actually did something 2k cant?! anyways nice. cant wait for live 15 when i actually buy a ps4.

[Andrew]

It'll be interesting to see if 2K ends up doing it too, but in any event, it was a nice touch.

[ChrisCP3Paul]

I just saw this on Kotaku and then came on here to see what you guys had to say, but there seems to be a problem though I bolded it in the article.... I'm about to go pop in my copy of Live and see what's goin on

http://kotaku.com/nickname-jerseys-do-some-strange-things-to-nba-live-1499862185

Want to see something weird? Boot up NBA Live and make sure to install the latest roster update. Now select either the Miami Heat or Brooklyn Nets. Go out to the court, and LeBron James' player indicator now says "King James."P

This is part of the kit-bashed way NBA Live, to its credit, added the new "nickname jerseys" option in time for their real-world debut in the Miami-Brooklyn game on Friday night. There's nothing different about the jerseys except the names on the back, and in the player indicator underneath, are now "Dray Live," for Andray Blatche, for example, and "Rio" for Mario Chalmers. Unfortunately, Кириленко is not used for Andrei Kirilenko of the Nets.P

But the change is more comprehensive than a uniform option. The names show up no matter what threads you choose, and will show up in games you play against other teams, too. P

Announcers still call everyone by their proper last names of course, but it's still a little weird to see "J. SHUTTLESWORTH" where Ray Allen should be. And, as Pasta Padre notes, the nickname for Kevin Garnett, which I'd never heard before today, doesn't even fit on his shirt.

[Andrew]

I saw that too. My guess is that a future update will restore the player's actual names in the roster file.

[Phreak50]

How could he have never heard that Garnett nickname? smh...

But yeah, they need to just change this to an option now.

I'm still disgusted that this gets put in day 1, yet trades and starters are still behind, shoes are wrong and EA make shit up with starting someone like Solomon Hill for the Pacers, or Sebastian Telfair starting for some random team the other day.