Controversy is overshadowing the 2025 NBA Finals following Game 4, which leads us to ask: is the NBA rigged? This week, we join the community in discussing our thoughts on the matter, and to what extent the league may manipulate results, both today and in the past. We also discuss how talking heads - particularly Stephen A. Smith and Kendrick Perkins - are finding ways to draw attention away from the basketball that's being played.

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With only a few games left before the Larry O'Brien trophy is hoisted once more, we're inclined to share some thoughts on the year that was in the NBA! This week, we join the community in discussing our level of interest in the 2025 NBA Finals, and how we'd rate the 2025 season overall. We also touch on whether or not parity is a good thing for the league, and Mike Breen's approach to his most famous call.

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With the 2025 NBA season rapidly drawing to a close, how will we be spending our Summer (or Winter) on the virtual hardwood? This week, we join the community in discussing the basketball video games that we plan to play and mod in the coming months, if and how the offseason impacts our basketball gaming habits, and some of the other titles that will likely be in our rotations.

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What are some of the most memorable plays that we've seen in all of our years watching basketball? This week, we join the community in reminiscing about a few of our all-time favourite highlights. Given our favourite teams, players, and eras, some of our choices might just surprise you! We also discuss which game should be featured in the next NLSC Tournament, and take some suggestions from the community.

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Which teams have we enjoyed watching and indeed putting on the virtual hardwood throughout all our years of basketball fandom? This week, we join the community in naming our favourite teams from our favourite franchises, our favourite teams from franchises that aren't our chosen clubs, and our favourite bad teams; bad being a relative term in some cases!

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What are the best lineups that we can assemble using modern NBA players? This week, we fire up NBA 2K25 and run fantasy drafts in MyNBA Eras to craft teams that we believe would be both successful and a lot of fun to play with on the virtual hardwood. We also recap our recent sessions with NBA Live 2000 and NBA 2K13, reflecting on a couple of all-time great releases that still hold up superbly all these years later.

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This week, we have community member Ken (aka Stildo33) back on the show! We chat to Ken about his new business venture bringing competitive gaming to kids, his thoughts on NBA 2K25, roster modding techniques and his work on the retro season mods for NBA 2K19, memories of Ultimate Basketball for NES and other old school favourites, how he stays connected to basketball, and his takes on Payton Pritchard and this year's Boston Celtics.

Check out battlegamingtruck.com for more info on Ken's new business!

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We're taking a quick timeout from the virtual hardwood this week as we join the community in listing and discussing some of the other video games that are currently in our rotations. This includes reflecting on the aspects of those games that are keeping us hooked, while also noting some of the similarities to our basketball gaming habits. We also discuss self-imposed challenges and other new ways to play, and fondly recall shareware games and demos.

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Although we mostly play NBA and NCAA licensed basketball video games, there have been some classic releases that lack their high profile branding, as well as real teams and players. This week, we join the community in naming some of our all-time favourite unlicensed basketball video games, as well as a handful of titles that only licensed one or two real players, or otherwise didn't have anything to do with the NBA or NCAA.

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We recently played NBA 2K9 and NBA Live 09, with a view to starting a co-op season in one or both of them. In addition to recapping those sessions, this week we're comparing and contrasting the 2009 season releases from EA Sports and Visual Concepts, reflecting on how they were both improvements over their predecessors, and discussing the teams we'd potentially like to use in our season. The community also weighs in with their views on the comparison.

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