10 Best Basketball Video Games Of All Time

9. NBA Street Vol. 2

LeBron James, NBA 2K17
Electronic Arts

Remember when streetball was a big business? Mixtapes were passed around and admired, as they were full of incredible dribbles and dunks, while three on three tournaments blossomed on a global scale.

That is where NBA Street stepped in, allowing gamers to play as their favorite NBA players outside the organized, strict world of professional basketball. The gameplay was arcade, allowing players to dunk from the free throw line and fly over backboards without much effort, which was reminiscent of NBA Jam.

The reason why NBA Street Vol. 2 is above its predecessor is because you could court a team of three different Michael Jordans (1985, 1996, 2003). It also featured other basketball legends - unlike random, fake players of the former version - and street parks, like the legendary Rucker Park in New York.

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