In the tornado of news and updates that is E3 2017, it would be understandable if you missed the patch to NBA Playgrounds on Steam that happened today.
Fortunately, we’ve got you covered. Here’s the highlights that you should know about the new players, new playgrounds, and updates.
Thirty-five new players are now available. The full list includes:
- Ben Wallace
- Bernard King
- Earl Monroe
- Elvin Hayes
- Isiah Thomas
- Joe Dumars
- John Havlicek
- Julius Erving
- Kevin McHale
- Manute Bol
- Muggsy Bogues
- Steve Nash
- Yao Ming
- Joakim Noah
- Joe Johnson
- Andre Iguodala
- Bismack Biyombo
- D’Angelo Russell
- Julius Randle
- Justise Winslow
- Kyle Korver
- Manu Ginobili
- Nick Young
- Robin Lopez
- Serge Ibaka
- Tyler Johnson
- Adrian Dantley
- Arvydas Sabonis
- Bob Cousy
- David Thompson
- Larry Nance
- Mark Price
- Detlef Schrempf
- Wes Unseld
- Lou Williams
In addition, you’ll be able to play with players on a second team that they played with during their NBA career.
- Lebron James (Miami Heat)
- Dwyane Wade (Miami Heat)
- James Harden (Oklahoma City)
- Kevin Durant (Oklahoma City)
- Derrick Rose (Chicago Bulls)
- Gary Payton (Seattle Sonics)
- Shawn Kemp (Seattle Sonics)
- Rajon Rondo (Boston Celtics)
- Alex English (Dallas Mavericks)
- Walt Frazier (Cleveland Cavaliers)
- Clyde Drexler (Houston Rockets)
- Alonzo Mourning (Charlotte Hornets)
- Jason Kidd (New Jersey Nets)
Five YouTubers are now also available as playgrounders:
- iMAV3RIQ
- iPodKingCarter
- QJB
- Troydan
- DenkOps
And if those weren’t enough new players, the Seattle SuperSonics are now available to play as well.
As for new playgrounds, you can now play in Madrid and Chicago. Tournaments are also now playable in Venice Beach, Seattle, Madrid, and Chicago.
There are new ball styles are unlockable in the tournaments.
This update also included some changes and fixes to existing content. Here are the highlights:
- They’ve added new dunk, crossover, and finger roll animations.
- If the time reaches zero while the ball is still in the air, the match won’t end until the shot is resolved (either by scoring or failing).
- They increased penalty for disconnecting from matches. This causes the offending user to lose more ELO points and the progressions grows faster.
- Actions from your teammates now count toward finishing the tournament challenges.
- They reduced the execution time for throws.
- They reduced the chances of receiving duplicate cards in packages.
- They fixed an issue with matchmaking where players were unable to join when a former online session wasn’t properly closed.
