


If you've got a few minutes to spare, you can keep an eye on the race for league MVP or check up on the latest league happenings. Trading is governed by percentages, so reasonable offers won't be rejected, while detailed stat tracking and ability to play continuous seasons give the game all the prerequisites. The same identical mode returns once again this year complete with the same overly simplified draft system. It may have taken a while, but last year's NBA Live finally managed to include a franchise mode. NBA Live 2003 jettisons to the top of the list of roundball games available for the 'Cube, but it fails to supplant Sega's latest effort due to some glaring balancing issues. This year EA has given in and decided to release both games for Nintendo's latest console. With no NHL or NBA products available from the industry's premier sports game publisher, GameCube owners had to spend their cash elsewhere. While EA jumped on the Xbox bandwagon last year to supply practically its entire sports catalog to the console, GameCube owners were left out in the cold.
