NBA LIVE Mobile Courtside - July 20th

What's up everyone it's your boy Cornell, back again for another edition of the Courtside. This past week was filled with so much new content, new Legends, new Off-Season Movers and more! You sent us more of that amazing videos you are so good at creating. Lastly, it's my pleasure to introduce a new section to the Courtside called Postgame Interview where we have a quick question and answer session with some of developers working diligently on NBA LIVE Mobile. Let's jump right into it! 

• Two new Legends: Chris Webber and Steve Francis. Award Winners, Big Moments, New Off-Season Movers & more in Instant Replay 
• The Playmaker and Impact packs were really flames helped create some fresh pack pulls. Let's take a look in The Spotlight 
• We sat down with NBA LIVE Mobile Producer Justin Sheffield in Post-game Interview
• Thank you for sending all your questions. We'll answer some more in Overtime

The NBA LIVE Mobile community was caught off guard with two new Legends by the name of Chris Webber and Steve Francis. Here's most details on these two Legends and why you should grind to get them on your team. 

• First Legend:  Chris Webber nicknamed “C-Webb”  from the University of Michigan. He's the highest rated Center in the game for the Small Ball Lineup. Rated 90 OVR. Shooting: 81 and Defense 84.
• Second Legend: Steve “Franchise” Francis from the University of Maryland. He's one of the highest rated Point Guards for the Shooting Lineup in NBA LIVE Mobile. Rated 89 OVR. Speed: 92, and Shooting: 87. 

• Award Winners: We all know a few players who dominated the regular season of the NBA. At the end of every season some of them win MVP, DPOY, Sixth Man of The Year and Most Improved. You can obtain these players in NBA LIVE Mobile. They are some of the highest rated players in their respective lineups. 
• 2015 MVP 90 OVR Shooting Lineup Stephen Curry
• 2014 Finals MVP 89 OVR Defensive Lineup Kawhi Leonard
• 2015 Most Improved 88 OVR Two-Way Lineup Jimmy Butler
• 2013 Defensive Player of the Year 87 OVR Bigman Lineup Marc Gasol
• 2014 Sixth Man of the Year 86 OVR Small Ball Lineup Jamal Crawford 

Big Moments: Another Big Moment was relived but this time with Kyle Lowry of the Toronto Raptors. Lowry is best known, in recent memory, for the best playoff performances this past post season. The Big Moments Kyle Card holds it value and let's just say Drake isn't the only person turning the “6” upside down.

Off-Season Movers: The Off-Season is still going on and it's been beyond crazy already with the Kevin Durant going to the Golden State Warriors, but there's been other moves as well. 

• 79 OVR Al Jefferson: Headed to the Pacers
• 66 OVR Garrett Temple:  Headed to the Kings
• 70 OVR Andrew Nicholson: Headed to the Wizards
• 75 OVR Evan Turner: Headed to the Trail Blazers
• 77 OVR Luol Deng: Headed to the Lakers

The talent and creativity you've  shown over the last week is incredible! We are all  in awe of the entertaining pack openings, gameplay videos, lineup screenshots and collectibles you've earned for your team. So let's stop talking and get straight to the action!

OMG Legend Pull Noob Kill

ANTODABOSS HACKED MY GAME QJB

3PT Shooting Challenge TheSurfingGinger

LeBron James Posterizes The Pistons Cookieboy17

Welcome to the post-game interview. Join us as we interview a member of the team to hear about their involvement with NBA LIVE Mobile.

Standing  courtside with us is NBA LIVE Mobile Producer Justin Sheffield. 

CG: Sheff will you tell us a little about yourself and what you do on NBA LIVE Mobile?

JS: My name is Justin Sheffield and I’m the Producer for NBA LIVE Mobile. I’ve been making games for over 21 years now (!) – from NHL PowerPlay 96 to FIFA for a bunch of years to massive hits like EA SPORTS Active NFL Training Camp. Ha! After a stint at Microsoft I jumped in the minivan with my wife, our two kids, and our dog and we moved down here to EA Tiburon in Florida to work on NBA LIVE. After 3 great years on the console game I moved to NBA LIVE Mobile – and I’ve never been happier.

CG: That's whats up. So could you tell us what's your vision for the future of NBA LIVE Mobile?

 We’ve got an amazing team here (and until recently up in Charlottetown, PEI and Kitchener, Ontario) that’s super excited about this game. We’re always playing, always listening to all the players around the world who are playing with us, and we’re pumped to keep making the game better and better.

CG: We’ve seen real life basketball affect the NBA LIVE Mobile, can the community look forward to more of that?

JS: Being able to stay fresh – do things like last week’s Tim Duncan retirement event or KD’s off-season move – that’s what makes the game so unique and fun to be a part of. So keep letting us know when we hit (and when we miss) and we’ll keep cranking out new content and new features 365 days a year.

CG: Thanks for your time Sheff, We'll check back in with you soon and good luck the rest of the season!

Keep on sending in those questions because we're ready to answer them. Here's some of the hot questions that we came across on social media and forums:

NBA LIVE Mobile will not reset for the 2016-2017 season! Meaning you will keep all the players you've earned through the next season. 

Your coins and cash will also not reset either! 

You can earn Season Veterans by using the suggested lineups in season games and winning. If the suggested lineups don't appear during your first season it's okay they will appear during the second season. You put the collectibles you earn during the season inside the Season Veteran's Set. 

As you guys see there's so much stuff going on in NBA LIVE Mobile every week, but like i always say, you guys truly haven't see nothing yet! See you courtside next week!

Peace, 

Cornell
Community Manager, NBA LIVE Mobile