NBA Live 97
Roster Changes (22 Feb 97)
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NBA Live '97 Roster Changes (Accurate as of 22 Feb 97)
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CONTENTS:
1. Introduction
2. How To Use This List
3. Roster Update 22 Feb 97
3a. Players To RELEASE
3b. Players To SIGN
3c. Players To CREATE
3d. Other Players On The Injured List
3e. Creating Jordan And Barkley
3f. Wrong Jersey Numbers
4. Rosters Quick List
5. Frequently Asked Questions
6. Disclaimer
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1. Introduction
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This is the third guide I've written for revising NBA Live '97 rosters, all of
which have been posted to rec.games.video.sony. I wrote the first when I got
the game, updating rosters to 2 Dec 96. I wrote another as of 9 Feb 97,
thinking that the trade deadline was 10 Feb 97 (d-ohh!). Since the deadline
was the 20th, I wrote this final update as of 22 Feb 97.
Note:
(1) The list is intended to update rosters for the PlayStation version of
NBA Live '97. I don't know whether or not it will work for other
formats (I would suspect that it does).
(2) This is not a FAQ for the game itself -- only for the rosters. If you
have questions about codes, strategy, or whatnot, you should look
elsewhere. If you have technical questions, you may wish to contact
EA's Customer Support staff at (415) 572-2787 (number from EA's web
page, located at http://www.easports.com/index.html).
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2. How to Use this List
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This list is designed to change the DEFAULT rosters (i.e., the ones you get
when you start the game without a memory card in place) to make them the
accurate as of 22 Feb 97. At the end, I put a "quick list" (last names only)
of *all* of the rosters, so you can check yours against it when you are done.
The teams are listed alphabetically by conference: Eastern, Central, Western,
Pacific. To save space, I use a three letter abbreviation for each team (the
first three letters of the city/state *except* NJN=Nets, NYK=Knicks,
SAS=Spurs, UTH=Utah, GSW=Warriors, LAC=Clippers, LAL=Lakers).
The list is structured so that you can RELEASE any traded or cut players,
putting them on the Free Agent (F/A) list, then SIGN players from the F/A list
to their new teams. Finally, you should CREATE the remaining players. There
is limited space on the F/A list, so you can't release everyone that needs to
be released at once. You need to do it in a couple of steps.
When a player has moved from one team to another this information is in SINGLE
parentheses next to his name. This helps if you want to use the TRADE option.
Released players without parenthetical information are not on any new team.
Signed players without parenthetical information were on the default F/A list.
Players with an asterisk (*) following their name are currently on the injured
list. I only included this information because it was available. Personally,
I wouldn't bother trying to simulate the actual NBA injured list because it is
just too much trouble to keep up.
SPECIAL NOTE FOR THOSE WITH PARTIALLY UPDATED ROSTERS. I decided not to
include a section for updating from 2 Dec 96 or 9 Feb 97 rosters since most
people have made changes from there anyway. Instead, in order to help those
gamers who have made some trades and/or have created some players already, I
list in DOUBLE parentheses players that *may* be on a particular team (and
need to be released) because you may have put them there at some point during
the season. IGNORE THE DOUBLE PARENTHESES STUFF IF YOU'RE WORKING FROM THE
DEFAULT ROSTERS. Of course, some of the other players listed to release will
already be gone if you've done some previous updating. Just release whomever
you can, then follow the regular procedures for signing and creating players
and you'll be set. If you are supposed to sign a player but he isn't on the
F/A list, he is probably already on your team (you made the update already) or
he is on another team and needs to be released.
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3a. Players to RELEASE
Team: Last, First (to Team)
((possible player to release -- see above))
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BOS: Burrough, Junior
MIA: Danilovic, Sasha (DAL)
((Farmer, Tony))
Muursepp, Martin (DAL)
((Scott, James))
Thomas, Kurt (DAL)
NJN: Askew, Vincent (DEN)
Bradley, Shawn (DAL)
Caldwell, Adrian (PHI)
O'Bannon, Ed (DAL)
Pack, Robert (DAL)
Reeves, Khalid (DAL)
NYK: ((Jent, Chris))
((Leckner, Eric))
ORL: ((Demps, Dell))
Koncak, John (GSW)
Royal, Donald (CHA)
((Rozier, Clifford)) (TOR)
Spencer, Felton (GSW)
PHI: none
WAS: ((Fish, Matt))
Henderson, Ronnie
ATL: ((Burton, Willie))
CHA: Burrell, Scott (GSW)
Goldwire, Anthony (DEN)
Hancock, Darrin (SAS)
Lohaus, Brad
CHI: Edwards, James
((Hamilton, Thomas))
Salley, John
CLE: Bragg, Marques
Rencher, Terrence
DET: Augmon, Stacey (POR)
Riley, Ron
Smith, Kenny (DEN)
IND: Allen, Jerome (DEN)
((Askew, Vincent)) (DEN)
Haskin, Scott
Johnson, Eddie (DEN)
Williams, Reggie (NJN)
MIL: Cummings, Terry (SEA)
((Hancock, Darrin)) (SAS)
((Norris, Moochie))
Respert, Shawn (TOR)
TOR: Earl, Acie (MIL)
((Hughes, Mark))
Tyler, B.J.
((Whiteside, Donald))
DAL: ((Cassell, Sam)) (NJN)
Davis, Terry
Dumas, Tony (PHO)
Gatling, Chris (NJN)
Jackson, Jim (NJN)
Kidd, Jason (PHO)
King, Jimmy
Mashburn, Jamal (MIA)
McCloud, George (LAL)
Meyer, Loren (PHO)
((Miller, Oliver)) (TOR)
Montross, Eric (NJN)
((Roberts, Fred))
DEN: ((Ham, Darvin)) (IND)
Jackson, Mark (IND)
((King, Rich))
McInnis, Jeff
Pierce, Ricky (CHA)
((Thompson, LaSalle)) (IND)
HOU: ((Bennett, Elmer))
MIN: none
SAS: Demps, Dell
((Hancock, Darrin))
((Kempton, Tim))
UTH: Thompson, Brooks (DEN)
VAN: Breaux, Tim
Manning, Rich
GSW: ((Harris, Anthony))
((Royal, Donald)) (CHA)
Rozier, Clifford (TOR)
Seikaly, Rony (ORL)
LAC: Harvey, Antonio
Williams, Brian
LAL: Ceballos, Cedric (PHO)
((Kleine, Joe)) (NJN)
Robinson, Rumeal
((Wilson, Trevor))
PHO: Bennett, Mario
((Boney, Dexter))
Brown, Chucky (MIL)
Cassell, Sam (NJN)
Conlon, Marty (BOS)
Finley, Michael (DAL)
Green, A.C. (DAL)
Horry, Robert (LAL)
Kleine, Joe (NJN)
((Robinson, Rumeal))
POR: Childress, Randolph (DET)
((Djordjevic, Aleksandar))
Jordan, Reggie (DET)
McKie, Aaron (DET)
((Nembhard, Ruben))
((Whatley, Ennis))
SAC: ((Daniels, Lloyd))
SEA: Ford, Sherell
((Harvey, Antonio))
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3b. Players to SIGN
Team: Last, First (from Team)
Asterisk (*) = Injured List
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BOS: Conlon, Marty (PHO)
MIA: Mashburn, Jamal (DAL)
NJN: Cassell, Sam (PHO)
Gatling, Chris (DAL)
Haley, Jack
Jackson, Jim (DAL)
Kleine, Joe (PHO)
Montross, Eric (DAL)
Williams, Reggie* (IND)
NYK: Brooks, Scott
ORL: Schayes, Danny
Seikaly, Rony (GSW)
PHI: Caldwell, Adrian (NJN)
Overton, Doug
WAS: none
ATL: James, Henry
CHA: Pierce, Ricky (DEN)
Royal, Donald (ORL)
Smith, Tony
CHI: none
CLE: none
DET: Childress, Randolph* (POR)
Jordan, Reggie* (POR)
McKie, Aaron (POR)
IND: Jackson, Mark (DEN)
Thompson, LaSalle
MIL: Brown, Chucky (PHO)
Earl, Acie (TOR)
Wood, David
TOR: Lewis, Martin*
Miller, Oliver
Respert, Shawn (MIL)
Rozier, Clifford (GSW)
Slater, Reggie
DAL: Bradley, Shawn (NJN)
Danilovic, Sasha (MIA)
Finley, Michael (PHO)
Green, A.C. (PHO)
Muursepp, Martin (MIA)
O'Bannon, Ed (NJN)
Pack, Robert (NJN)
Reeves, Khalid (NJN)
Roberts, Fred
Thomas, Kurt* (MIA)
DEN: Allen, Jerome (IND)
Askew, Vincent (NJN)
Goldwire, Anthony* (CHA)
Johnson, Eddie (IND)
Smith, Kenny* (DET)
Thompson, Brooks (UTH)
Zidek, George (CHA)
HOU: Bullard, Matt
MIN: none
SAS: Hancock, Darrin (CHA)
UTH: none
VAN: Leckner, Eric
GSW: Burrell, Scott (CHA)
Koncak, John* (ORL)
Peplowski, Mike*
Roe, Lou
Spencer, Felton (ORL)
LAC: Duckworth, Kevin*
LAL: Horry, Robert* (PHO)
McCloud, George (DAL)
Scott, Byron
PHO: Ceballos, Cedric (LAL)
Chapman, Rex*
Dumas, Tony* (DAL)
Kidd, Jason (DAL)
Meyer, Loren (DAL)
POR: Augmon, Stacey (DET)
SAC: none
SEA: Cummings, Terry (MIL)
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3c. Players to CREATE
Team: No. Last, First Posn. Ht. Wt. Exp. College
Asterisk (*) = Injured List
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BOS: 5 Hawkins, Michael SG 6-0 180 0 Xavier (Ohio)
42 Hamer, Steve C 7-0 240 0 Tennessee
43 Szabo, Brett C 6-11 230 0 Augustana (S.D.)
MIA: 8 Austin, Isaac F/C 6-10 260 4 Arizona St.
11 Crotty, John PG 6-1 185 5 Virginia
30 Strickland, Mark F/C 6-10 210 2 Temple
35 Anderson, Willie G/F 6-8 200 9 Georgia
NJN: 34 McDaniel, Xavier F 6-7 205 11 Wichita St.
NYK: none
ORL: none
PHI: 50 Bradtke, Mark* PF 6-10 265 0 Australia
WAS: 9 Nickerson, Gaylon SG 6-3 190 0 NW Oklahoma St.
30 Wallace, Ben* PF 6-9 240 0 Virginia Union
32 Jackson, Jaren SG 6-6 200 7 Georgetown
ATL: 28 Newbill, Ivano PF 6-10 245 2 Ga. Tech.
CHA: 31 Rose, Malik SF 6-7 250 0 Drexel
42 Chambers, Tom F/C 6-10 230 15 Utah
43 Strong, Carlos* SF 6-8 235 0 Georgia
CHI: none
CLE: 23 Thomas, Carl* G 6-4 185 2 E. Michigan
44 Scott, Shawnelle C 6-10 250 0 St. John's (N.Y.)
DET: 9 Green, Litterial SG 6-1 190 3 Georgia
IND: 55 Scott, Brent* PF 6-10 250 0 Rice
35 Ham, Darvin* SF 6-7 220 0 Texas Tech.
MIL: 40 Martin, Cuonzo SG 6-4 215 1 Purdue
TOR: 25 Long, John* SG 6-5 195 14 Detroit
35 Cureton, Earl* F/C 6-9 215 12 Detroit
DAL: 20 Strickland, Erick* SG 6-3 210 0 Nebraska
50 Dreiling, Greg C 7-1 265 10 Kansas
DEN: 1 Jennings, Keith* PG 5-7 160 3 E. Tennessee St.
HOU: 3 Livingston, Randy PG 6-4 209 0 Houston
12 Maloney, Matt SG 6-3 192 0 Pennsylvania
15 Davis, Emanual* PG 6-3 194 0 Delaware St.
32 Harrington, Othella PF 6-9 235 0 Georgetown
MIN: 10 Heal, Shane PG 6-0 180 0 Australia
11 Vrankovic, Stojan C 7-2 260 3 Croatia
22 Garrett, Dean C 6-10 225 0 Indiana
55 Praskevicius, Virginius PF 6-8 230 0 Lithuania
SAS: 15 Feick, Jamie PF 6-9 255 0 Michigan St.
21 Wilkins, Dominique SF 6-8 215 14 Georgia
UTH: 40 Anderson, Shandon SG 6-6 205 0 Georgia
43 Howard, Stephen PF 6-9 230 3 DePaul
VAN: 5 Robinson, Chris* SG 6-5 205 0 W. Kentucky
15 Williams, Aaron F/C 6-9 218 3 Xavier (Ohio)
GSW: 34 Mann, Marcus* SF 6-8 245 0 Miss. Valley St.
35 Owes, Ray PF 6-9 224 0 Arizona
LAC: none
LAL: none
PHO: 7 Llamas, Horacio C 6-11 285 0 Grand Canyon
43 Davis, Ben PF 6-9 240 0 Arizona
POR: 4 Brown, Marcus SG 6-3 185 0 Murray St.
SAC: 20 Grayer, Jeff G/F 6-5 215 8 Iowa St.
32 Salvadori, Kevin* C 7-0 231 0 N. Carolina
SEA: 23 Stewart, Larry F 6-8 230 5 Coppin St.
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3d. Other Players on the Injured List
(last names only, other than those marked with an asterisk above)
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BOS: Barros; Brickowski; Ellison; Radja
MIA: Grant; Majerle
NJN: Benoit; Dare
NYK: Jones
ORL: McCaskill
PHI: Hendrickson
WAS: Legler; Wallace
ATL: Corbin
CHA: Geiger
CHI: Brown
CLE: Ilgauskas
DET: none
IND: McKey; Workman
MIL: Lang
TOR: Tabak
DAL: none
DEN: Marciulionis
HOU: Drexler; Jones
MIN: Curley; Williams
SAS: Person; Robinson; Smith
UTH: Keefe
VAN: (Doug) Edwards; Lynch
GSW: Armstrong
LAC: Roberts
LAL: O'Neal
PHO: none
POR: none
SAC: Grant; Salvadori
SEA: Graham; Scheffler
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3e. Creating Jordan and Barkley
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I would suggest creating players for Jordan and Barkley, based upon the
"Roster Player"s in the game. Here is the data for them:
CHI: 23 Jordan, Michael SG 6-6 216 12 N. Carolina
HOU: 4 Barkley, Charles F 6-6 252 13 Auburn
Here are the ratings for the Roster Players:
[Jordan] [Barkley]
Overall: 91 83
Field Goals: 94 88
3PT Field Goals: 91 74
Free Throws: 89 75
Dunking: 92 90
Stealing: 95 70
Blocking: 80 71
Def. Awareness: 99 76
Agility: 96 86
Off. Rebounds: 79 91
Def. Rebounds: 84 93
Jumping: 97 89
Strength: 83 94
Ball Control: 94 80
Off. Awareness: 99 88
Speed: 93 83
Dribbling: 91 80
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3f. Wrong Jersey Numbers
(only teams with changes are listed)
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If you *really* want to be exact, you can fix the incorrect jersey numbers
given to some of the players. The only way to do this is to delete the player
and then recreate him with the proper jersey number. I do not recommend doing
this, as it takes up space from your create player slots and (AFAIK) the
announcer will no longer say the player's name. However, if it really bothers
you, here are some corrections I've noted:
NJN: Benoit should be #22, not #2
NYK: Brooks should be #4, not #1
PHI: Overton should be #9, not #11
Caldwell should be #45, not #50
ATL: James should be #42, not #21
CHA: Smith should be #34, not #14
CHI: Brown should be #1, not #0
Simpkins' first name is "Dickey," not "Dickie"
MIL: Perry should be #5, not #2
Wood should be #7, not #10
Gilliam should be #10, not #30
TOR: Rozier should be #7, not #44
Slater should be #24, not #50
Lewis should be #32, not #44
HOU: Mack should be #5, not #44
Moore should be #9, not #21
Willis should be #42, not #41
UTH: Morris should be #34, not #43
GSW: Roe should be #21, not #3
Peplowski should be #51, not #54
LAC: Schintzius should be #33, not #5
LAL: Fisher should be #2, not #4
Horry should be #5, not #25
PHO: Ceballos should be #1, not #23
Bryant should be #2, not #1
Chapman should be #3, not #7
Dumas should be #27, not #7
Kidd should be #32, not #5
POR: Wingfield should be #18, not #10
SEA: Cummings should be #34, not #32
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4. Rosters Quick List
(last names only)
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BOS: Barros, Brickowski, Brown, Conlon, Day, Ellison, Fox, Hamer, Hawkins,
Lister, Minor, Radja, Szabo, Walker, Wesley, Williams
MIA: Anderson, Askins, Austin, Brown, Crotty, Grant, Hardaway, Lenard,
Majerle, Mashburn, Mourning, Pickney, Strickland
NJN: Benoit, Cassell, Dare, Edwards, Gatling, Gill, Haley, Jackson, Kittles,
Kleine, Massenburg, McDaniel, Montross, J.Williams, R.Williams
NYK: Brooks, Childs, Ewing, Houston, Johnson, Jones, McCarty, Oakley, Starks,
Wallace, Ward, B.Williams, H.Williams
ORL: Anderson, Armstrong, Evans, Grant, Hardaway, McCaskill, Schayes, Scott,
Seikaly, Shaw, Strong, Wilkins, Vaughn
PHI: Bradtke, Cage, Caldwell, Coleman, Davis, Harris, Hendrickson, Iverson,
MacLean, Overton, Stackhouse, Walters, Weatherspoon, Williams
WAS: Amaya, Cheaney, Grant, Howard, Jackson, Legler, Muresan, Murray,
Nickerson, Strickland, Wallace, Webber, Whitney, Williams
ATL: Barry, Blaylock, Boyce, Corbin, Henderson, James, Laettner, Lauderdale,
Mutombo, Newbill, Norman, Recasner, Smith
CHA: Addison, Bogues, Chambers, Curry, Delk, Divac, Geiger, Mas
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