Hall of Shame: 11 Athletes Who Don't Belong In NBA 2K12's Legends Showcase
By Ebenezer Samuel | Dec 7, 2011 | 9:57 am | Permalink
Michael Jordan. Magic Johnson. Larry Bird. Heck, even Shaq.
They are unquestioned, absolute legends, guys who are destined to go down in hoops history. And when NBA 2K12 decided to round up the finest legends for their recently released “Legends Showcase” DLC, hoops gamers around the world got excited.
But somehow, Visual Concepts forgot what a “legend” actually was. And no, that’s not a good thing. Instead of shopping for truly unforgettable players, NBA 2K12 tosses in a bunch of lesser lights from its NBA’s Greatest modes (think the backups from Jordan’s Bulls teams) and pawns them off as great, minimizing the greatness of a DLC that could have been, well, legendary.
Sure the cel-shaded court in the middle of Times Square looks great, and there’s nothing like streetball to bring back the good old days before lockouts and expansion teams, but Sleepy Floyd? Legend? Really? Guy couldn’t hold Jordan’s jock!
And Floyd, who averaged all of 12.8 points and 5.4 assists per game during his career, is hardly the only not-so-legendary legend in the DLC; there are dozens.
Not that we want to waste all your time remembering the dregs of the NBA. But we will give you our 15 most unlegendary legends in the supposedly legendary Legends Showcase.
jdomp December 7th, 2011 at 05:32 PM
Penny and Oak are both legends gay boys.
D December 7th, 2011 at 06:38 PM
How dare you say Penny is not legendary. He influenced half of the player in today's league, you fuck boy.
P4L December 7th, 2011 at 08:55 PM
What is he your daddy? Get the hell out of here. Penny Hardaway aint inspire nothing, but the NBA owners to stop giving huge contracts to injury prone point guards. All the big guards in the league were inspired by Magic Johnson, who inspired Penny. Penny had a spark when he started, but ended up garbage.
D December 7th, 2011 at 06:46 PM
That’s legendary in NBA 2K12: Croation Edition Vlade is Serbian you fuck boy. And it's Croatian not Croation. Ebenezer? what kinda name is that?
Bubba December 7th, 2011 at 07:19 PM
Penny?! U kiddin' me? He's more legendary than, say, Tim Duncan who's accomplished so much more.
WHAAT!?!? December 7th, 2011 at 08:24 PM
I'M STRAIGHT VEXXED THAT YOU WOULD SAY THAT SHAQ CARRIED THAT MAGIC TEAM TO THE FINALS THERE WERE SO MANY GAMES WHERE PENNY WOULD HAVE TO DROP 40+ WHILE SHAQ WAS OUT WITH ILLNESS AND INJURY AND YOUR SAYING HE IS NOT A LEGEND BULLSHIT PENNY OUTPLAYED JORDAN IN A MAJORITY OF THEIR MATCH UPS HE WAS A BEAST AT THE POINT GAURD POSITION SO GTFO WITH YOUR BULLSHIT LIST IM NEVER READING ANOTHER NBA RELATED ARTICLE FROM COMPLEX YALL DONT KNOW SHIT.
Brett December 7th, 2011 at 08:45 PM
You forgot to put Shawn Bradley was in Space Jam, that makes him a legend in itself
Breezy December 7th, 2011 at 09:29 PM
fuck outta here dude who wrote this is a clown Penny Hardaway is a legend
JAke December 7th, 2011 at 09:45 PM
Penny Hardaway!?!?!?! One of the best and most exciting guards of all time when he was healthy? This writer is a scrub that just wants attention. Charles Oak? One of the strongest and toughest players of all time... also the most respected. Divac... the best passing center of all time. D-Scott... arguably the best 3 point shooter of all time. Vernon was the toughest guard of all time. Do research on what players who played with and against him said about him.
ali December 7th, 2011 at 11:16 PM
Vlade is Serbian not Croatian. they kinda had a big ass bloody civil war over that
morleyboy December 8th, 2011 at 12:01 AM
this cunt who wrote this article doesnt know bball...