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cdj
03-23-2014, 10:19 PM
This past week marked the full legends roster reveal and availability in NBA Live 14's Ultimate Team with the mode featuring 51 former players in addition to the current real-life NBA roster.

Taking a look back at previous EA SPORTS basketball titles (NBA JAM and NBA JAM: On Fire Edition) shows that the company added many legends for NBA Live 14, but also that there were numerous that were not retained. Players may be dropped or not renewed for various reasons: cost, exclusivity with competitor NBA 2K (Ex: Michael Jordan), perceived lack of value for the player, et al.

Prior to the full legends reveal, the EA SPORTS NBA Twitter account asked what legends fans would like to see added (https://twitter.com/EASPORTSNBA/status/445567746441752576). Continue on to see the full list of legends included in NBA Live 14 and previous EA SPORTS NBA titles and let us know what legends you would like to see added in the future.




Legend
NBA Jam (2010)
NBA Jam: OFE (2011)
NBA Live 14 (2013)


Kenny Anderson
X

X




Nick Anderson

X


X




Nate Archibald



X



Elgin Baylor



X



Dave Bing



X



Larry Bird

X


X


X



Otis Birdsong



X



Muggsy Bogues


X




Manute Bol

X





Wilt Chamberlain



X



Bob Cousy



X



Brad Daugherty

X


X




Darryl Dawkins


X




Clyde Drexler

X


X


X



Alex English



X



Julius Erving

X


X


X



Patrick Ewing

X


X


X



Walt Frazier



X



George Gervin

X


X


X



Tim Hardaway

X





John Havlicek



X



Allen Iverson

X



X



Kevin Johnson

X


X




Larry Johnson

X


X




Magic Johnson

X


X


X



Shawn Kemp


X


X



Bernard King



X



Bill Laimbeer

X


X




Dan Majerle

X


X




Karl Malone

X


X


X



Moses Malone



X



Danny Manning

X


X




Pete Maravich



X



Jamal Mashburn


X




Kevin McHale

X


X


X



George Mikan



X



Earl Monroe



X



Alonzo Mourning


X


X



Chris Mullin

X


X


X



Dikembe Mutombo


X


X



Hakeem Olajuwon

X


X


X



Shaquille O'Neal


X


X



Robert Parish



X



Gary Payton


X


X



Chuck Person

X


X




Drazen Petrovic

X


X


X



Bob Pettit



X



Scottie Pippen

X


X




Marc Price

X


X


X



Willis Reed



X



Bryant Reeves

X


X




Glen Rice

X


X


X



Michael Ray Richardson



X



Mitch Richmond

X


X




Oscar Robertson



X



David Robinson

X


X


X



Dennis Rodman

X


X


X



Bill Russell



X



Dolph Schayes



X



Detlef Schrempf

X


X




Rony Seikaly

X


X




Scott Skiles

X


X




Kenny Smith

X


X




Rik Smits


X




John Starks

X


X




John Stockton

X


X


X



Isaiah Thomas

X


X


X



David Thompson



X



Wes Unseld



X



Bill Walton


X


X



Spud Webb

X


X




Jerry West



X



Dominique Wilkins

X


X


X



Lenny Wilkens



X



James Worthy

X


X


X




Roster information courtesy: Kotaku (http://kotaku.com/5638224/your-nba-jam-rosters-are-set), Giant Bomb (http://www.giantbomb.com/nba-jam-on-fire-edition/3030-34710/), and EA SPORTS (https://www.facebook.com/EASPORTSNBA/photos/a.291687220626.328319.231749955626/10153904800400627/?type=1&stream_ref=10).

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