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NBA Street
Strategy Guide
Version 0.2
8/7/01
Author: DreThug
E-Mail: DreThug@hotmail.com

Sections:
1: Introduction
2: Update History
3: Controls
4: Game Modes
5: City Circuit
6: Hold The Court
7: Street School
8: Create A Player
9: Street Tips
10: Offensive Strategy
11: Defensive Strategy
12: Blocking Strategy
13: Stealing Strategy
14: Gamebreaker Strategy
15: Secret Courts
16: Secret Players
17: Street Legends
18: Secret Cheats
19: Top 5 NBA Teams
20: Unstoppable Team
21: High Scores
22: Team Statistics
23: Personal Review
24: Dunks/Tricks
25: Frequently Asked Questions
26: Credits
27: Ways Of Contacting Me
28: Before You E-mail Me
29: Legal Information
30: Final Thoughts


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1: Introduction
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NBA Street is basically NBA Hoopz, SSX, and NBA 2K1 thrown together in to 
one game.  I decided that the internet needed a good strategy guide on the 
game so I decided to make one.  In this guide you will get all the basic 
information you need to know on the game plus my personal strategies and 
tips.  If you are thinking of buying NBA Street you should stop reading this 
guide right now and go out to the store and buy it.  If you have any 
questions, comments, or suggestions about this guide feel free to e-mail me 
at DreThug@hotmail.com.  Thanks and enjoy!

Your game's too big for the arena, too cool for the hardcourts.  Take your 
game to the streets and play against the city's legendary ballers with NBA 
Street.  Lace up the 'tops, crank up the beats and let it rool, ya'll.  Hit 
the blacktop in the first over-the-top, three-on-three arcade-action 
streetball video game for the Playstation 2 console.  Play basketball the 
way it was supposed to be played: in the streets, outside the lines, and 
over the top.  Schoolin' your opponent on the way to victory is the name of 
the game.  Receiving rewards for it is extra sweet.  Tour the country's 
toughest courts in two awesome game modes.  Team up with Michael Jordan in 
City Circuit mode and hoop it up against NBA Ballers and Sreet legends, or 
work your skills against mixed squads from the NBA in Hold the Court mode.  
You think you got game...then take it to STREET, playa.


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2: Update History
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August 7th 2001 (version 0.2) - Huge update.  Everything that I wanted to 
complete is now done.  The Create A Player is fully completed, I've add more 
Street Tips, I've added all the teams to the Team Statistics, I've finished 
all the last three levels in Hold The Court mode and I've added some new 
things!  The new things that I have added are the following:  I added a 
section with all the hidden players in the game.  I decided that it would be 
cool to have a High Scores section on this guide.  Right now it's just my 
High Scores typed out but feel free to send in yours to get fitted on the 
list.  Please don't make up scores because all that will do is mess up the 
rankings.  Another thing I've decided to do is make a section called "Top 5 
NBA Teams" where I have listed the my favorite 5 NBA teams in the game.  The 
last section I threw up here was an "Unstoppable Team" which is my 
unstoppable team.  Now I figure that you guys have your own unstoppable 
teams and a lot of people will argue back and forth saying that their team 
is better so I have decided to let people send in their teams to get posted. 
  So if you either want your rankings or your unstoppable team up here 
e-mail me at DreThug@hotmail.com.  Note, I will update these sections of the 
guide only when I decide to update another part of the guide.  This means 
that I will not just be updating the guide for the user-friendly interactive 
stuff.  Don't worry though, knowing me they'll be a new update every couple 
of days.  Oh yeah, on a sidenote I've also added a section called Ways Of 
Contacting Me.  This will give you all the ways that you can contact me.

August 1st 2001 (version 0.1) - I took a huge break from NCAA Football 2002 
to make this guide.  I got so addicted to writing this guide that I didn't 
hang out with my friends, watch tv, or do anything like that for four 
straight days.  I wanted to get everything completed in one update but then 
I thought that it would be better to post the guide up tonight and finish it 
off in the next few days.  As you scroll through the guide you'll see that 
the Create A Player is not done, the Street Tips are not done, and I left 
out the last three levels in Hold The Court.  Don't worry though, those and 
a lot more other things will be complete in the next couple days.  Hope you 
enjoy this!


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3: Controls
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The controls in NBA Street are very easy to get use to.  Here I have listed 
every control in the game.

Menu Navigation
D-Pad...............Change Selections (Up)
D-Pad...............Settings/Options (Side)
X...................Select/Advance To Next Screen
Triangle............Return To Previous Screen

General Gameplay
D-Pad...............Move player
Analog..............Move player
L1..................Turbo
L2..................Turbo
R1..................Turbo
R2..................Turbo
Start...............Pause Gamne
Select..............Change Camera Angles

Offense
X...................Pass
Circle..............Shoot/Dunk/Lay-up
Square..............Trick Move

Defense
X...................Switch Players
Circle..............Shot Block/Rebound
Triangle............Shot Block/Rebound
Square..............Steal
Turbo (2x)..........Dive (tap two turbos)

Advance Offense
Circle (2x).........Tip-Slam (tap circle twice)
Circle (Turbo)......Advance Dunk (tap two turbos)
Triangle............Call For Pick
Square (Turbo)......Advance Trick Move (tap two turbos)
Circle..............Gamebreaker Shot/Dunk (hold two turbos)

Advance Trick Moves
Off the Chain.......L1 + R1 + Square
Backtrack...........L2 + R2 + Square
Reel2Reel...........R1 + R2 + Square
Downshift...........L2 + R1 + Square
Slip 'n' Slide......L2 + R1 + R2 + Square

Advance Dunks
Hammerdown..........L1 + R1 + Circle
Backbreaker.........L2 + R2 + Circle
Groundshaker........R1 + R2 + Circle
Wake Up Call........L2 + R1 + Circle
Dinner's Served.....L1 + L2 + R1 + R2 + Circle


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4: Game Modes
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Here are all the modes of play in NBA Street with a description of each one.

City Circuit
Tour different places with Michael Jordan and compete to be the best team.  
Unlock hidden teams, get create a player points, and get new players by 
winning.  This is the ultimate test of skill in NBA Street.

Hold The Court
Think you are good at basketball?  Well, think again partner.  Hold the 
Court is a one or two player game where you compete to see how many 
victories you can get.  It's basically an exhibition mode where you can 
unlock new clothes and accessories for your created player.

Street School
New to the game?  Learn how to do all the basic moves by completing the 
street school mode of the game.  It's a good place for beginners to learn 
how to play the game.

Create Player
Create a player and see how he or she can help your team out in the game.

Rewards
Track your rewards you earned with your selected user.

Options
Make all the necessary changes that you need to do in the options mode.

High Scores
Check out the high scores in the game.  May be if you are lucky you can get 
your name up on this elite list.


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5: City Circuit
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The city circuit mode is the test of skill in NBA Street.  Play different 
teams with the help of Michael Jordan to be the best team in the world.  
Here I have listed how to beat each team and what you get if you win.  I 
decided to make a rating key for each team you have to beat.  This will tell 
you what kind of challenge you are in for when you are playing them.  
Goodluck.  Note I was playing City Circuit with the difficulty set on Mad 
Skill (the highest skill level).

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Rating Key
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1 Star (*)............Extremely easy should win on first turn
2 Stars (**)..........Easy, shouldn't take you more then two games to win.
3 Stars (***).........This might take 5 tries to win before completing.  Not 
hard but not easy.
4 Stars (****)........These are rare but they come up.  This might take some 
time so sit down and concentrate.
5 Stars (*****).......If you can beat these teams you know you are good.  
Have fun trying to win.


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                                 Note
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When I talk about development points in this section it was how many 
development points I got while playing.  So sometimes you may be able to 
choose from more or less development points then I have listed.  Just wanted 
to clear this up for people who were getting different numbers when it came 
to development points.
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                                 Note
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Here I'm going to walk you through the whole circuit mode.


First off:
Choose a team for the Circuit.

Then you get to enter the bracket.  You start off at Region #1.
Region: #1
Description: Region #1 has just the Vancouver Grizzlies and the Toronto 
Raptors in it.


Team: Vancouver Grizzlies
Venue: Pacific Blvd.
Difficulty: *
If you win:
3 New Players
1 NBA Player
9 Presenation Cheats

New Players:
Moby Jones
Zoe Payne
Tracey Maretti

Note: You do not get these 3 new players or the 9 presentation cheats when 
you win your first game.  I got them by winning the first game in the 
circuit because it was my 10th overall win.  I got the other wins by playing 
my friends in hold the court.

You can choose from these NBA Players:
Shareef Abdur-Rahim
Michael Dickerson
Mike Bibby
Grant Long
Stromile Swift
25 development points

Smartest Choice: 25 development points
Why: These guys are not necessary to have on your team.  If you choose the 
25 development points it will help you out in the long run.

How To Win:
This is not a hard team to beat.  You can beat this team using no strategy 
at all.  Don't even waste your time using Michael Jordan against these guys. 
  It's not even necessary to get your gamebreaker against them so if you are 
winning by a lot just dunk on the gamebreaker to get more points then taking 
a 2 pointer.  If you can't win this team on your first try, go back to 
practice mode.


After beating the Grizzlies you move onto the Raptors.


Team: Toronto Raptors
Venue: Pacific Blvd.
Difficulty: **
If you win:
1 NBA Player

You can choose from these NBA Players:
Vince Carter
Charles Oakley
Antonio Davis
Keon Clark
Morris Peterson
25 development points

Smartest Choice: 25 development points
Why: Vince Carter is a great player but if you already have Michael Jordan 
and another good shooter he's useless.  I went with the 25 development 
points for my created player because if I keep on getting points to create 
him, he will be better then Vince Carter in a short time.

How To Win:
The Raptors are your first good competition.  If you are just starting the 
circuit they will probably take you a good 2-3 times to finally beat them.  
They are good for one reason: Vince Carter.  If you can stop him then you 
will probably win.  I double teamed Carter the whole game so he couldn't get 
trick points.  If you don't double team him, he will get his team at least 2 
gamebreakers in the game.  I always tried stealing with my small players 
when the other two players got the ball.  It seemed like I stole the ball a 
lot when Carter didn't have it.  You shouldn't have too much difficulty with 
this team if you follow what I just told you.


After beating the Raptors you move onto Street Challenge #1.


Team: BIGGS
Venue: Beacon Hill
Difficulty: *
If you win:
A New Court - "Beacon Hill"
A New Character - "Biggs"
100 Create Player Development Points

Smartest Choice: N/A
Why: You don't get to choose anything because everything is just handed to 
you.

How To Win:
BIGGS is a really easy team to beat.  The only player who is actually good 
on the team is Biggs himself.  The white guy in the football jersey is 
really easy to steal from and can't dunk at all.  The other big guy is only 
good at dunking and isn't that good at defense.  I just played man on man 
coverage and got the job done by a large spread my first time.  You 
shouldn't have any trouble with this team.


After beating BIGGS you move onto Region #2.


Region: #2
Description: Region #2 has the Miami Heat, Orlando Magic, Charlotte Hornets, 
and Atlanta Hawks in it.


Team: Miami Heat
Venue: South Beach
Difficulty: *
If you win:
1 NBA Player

You can choose from these NBA Players:
Alonzo Mourning
Brian Grant
Eddie Jones
Anthony Mason
Tim Hardaway
25 development points

Smartest Choice: 25 development points
Why: Alonzo Mourning is the only standout player here to choose and he's not 
really needed because he is not even the best center in the league.  He's 
good for defense and dunks but that is about it.  The development points are 
a better thing to get to make your own standout player anyways.

How To Win:
The Heat are an easy team to beat.  I beat them my first time but it was a 
close game.  I only won by 3 points.  The people I used was Michael Jordan, 
Biggs, and Reggie Miller being that I am the Indiana Pacers.  With this 
combination of players, Biggs shut down Mourning's game and Miller and 
Jordan make the shots.  The Heat are easy but don't expect to win in blowout 
status.


After beating the Heat you move onto the Magic.


Team: Orlando Magic
Venue: South Beach
Difficulty: *
If you win:
1 NBA Player

You can choose from these NBA Players:
Tracy McGrady
Grant Hill
Darrell Armstrong
Mike Miller
Bo Outlaw
50 development points

Smartest Choice: 50 development points
Why: Tracy McGrady and Grant Hill are good players but they are not needed.  
Plus don't you want to create a better baller yourself?  Take your first 
opportunity to get 50 development points.

How To Win:
I think that the Magic must be one of the easiest teams so far.  I 
slaughtered them with Michael Jordan, Reggie Miller, and Biggs.  Because the 
Magic have no big players let Biggs dominate inside but offensively and 
defensively.  Also, gamebreakers are very easy to block when playing the 
Magic if you guard the guy with Biggs.  You should have no problem beating 
the Magic.


After beating the Magic you move onto the Hornets.


Team: Charlotte Hornets
Venue: South Beach
Difficulty: *
If you win:
1 NBA Player

You can choose from these NBA Players:
Jamal Mashburn
Baron Davis
P.J. Brown
David Wesley
Elden Campbell
50 development points

Smartest Choice: 50 development points
Why: Did you actually expect me to say a different choice?  The Hornets are 
a pretty bad team overall so it's just a lot smarter to get the 50 
development points.

How To Win:
Another walk in the park.  I think the Hornets may be the easiest team that 
I faced so far.  I used the same team of Michael Jordan, Biggs, and Reggie 
Miller.  I didn't really do anything special against this team except dunk a 
lot with all three players.  Rebounding is easy with Biggs downlow because 
just like the Magic, the Hornets don't use anyone big.


After beating the Hornets you move onto the Hawks.


Team: Atlanta Hawks
Venue: South Beach
Difficulty: *
If you win:
1 NBA Player

You can choose from these NBA Players:
Theo Ratliff
Toni Kukoc
Jason Terry
Alan Henderson
Brevin Knight
50 development points

Smartest Choice: 50 development points
Why: This is probably the worse choice of players you could pick from.  Take 
the 50 development points for sure.

How To Win:
The Hornets show some competition at the end but they still suck.  You 
should breeze through this team on your first try like all the other teams 
in this group.  I used the same players as I did before except this time it 
was a bit harder to rebound because you are faced with some big guys on the 
Hawks.  Other then have trouble rebounding, you should be fine.


After beating the Hawks you move onto Street Challenge #2.


Team: Bonafide
Venue: Broad Street
Difficulty: **
If you win:
A New Court - "Broad Street"
A New Character - "bonafide"
100 Create Player Development Points

Smartest Choice: N/A
Why: You don't get to choose anything because everything is just handed to 
you.

How To Win:
Bonafide is an easy team to beat if you know their weaknesses.  The first 
time I played them I was winning by 4 and I had 20 points and somehow they 
came back.  The 2nd time I was winning by a lot and they came back and tied 
it at 20 and then I shot a 2 pointer.  The player bonafide is a really good 
dribbler and stealer.  The two other big guys can block almost all the jump 
shots and Michael Jordan's and Reggie Miller's dunks.  If you want to dunk, 
dunk with Biggs.  Rebouding is a bit hard to do because Biggs is out 
numbered under the hoop but occasionally him or another player will get the 
rebound.  This team shouldn't be too hard to beat after a few turns.


After beating Bonafide you move onto Region #3.


Region: #3
Description: Region #3 has the Phoenix Suns, Denver Nuggets, Utah Jazz, 
Houston Rockets, Dallas Mavericks, and the San Antonio Spurs in it.


Team: Phoenix Suns
Venue: Route 66
Difficulty: *
If you win:
1 NBA Player

You can choose from these NBA Players:
Jason Kidd
Shawn Marion
Penny Hardaway
Clifford Robinson
Rodney Rogets
50 development points

Smartest Choice: 50 development points
Why: If you didn't have bonfire then may be I would suggest Penny Hardaway 
because he has some good dribbles.  But if you got this far, you do have 
bonfire who has better dribbles then him so what's the point?  50 
development points it is!

How To Win:
Easy easy easy...that's all I have to say about the Suns.  I expected a good 
game but I didn't get one.  The only good player on the team is Penny 
Hardaway because he has mad dribbles.  The Suns may get 2 or 3 gamebreakers 
in the game but who cares, they can't score other then that.  Jason Kidd is 
a bit dangerous from behind the arc but he's not a factor.  Easy win for 
everyone!


After beating the Suns you move onto the Nuggets.


Team: Denver Nuggets
Venue: Route 66
Difficulty: *
If you win:
1 NBA Player

You can choose from these NBA Players:
Antonio McDyess
Nick Van Exel
Raef Lafrentz
James Posey
Voshon Lenard
50 development points

Smartest Choice: 50 development points
Why: By now you should know to take the 50 development points.  No questions 
asked here.

How To Win:
The Nuggets are a good offensive team but are very weak on defense.  All 
your players can dominate shooting-wise.  The Nuggets are a high power 
offensive team that makes a lot of their shots also so the only way you get 
more points then them is by stealing from them.  Try stealing from the big 
man instead of Van Exel because Van Exel can hold onto the ball a lot 
better.  You should have no trouble beating this team on your first try.


After beating the Nuggets you move onto the Jazz.


Team: Utah Jazz
Venue: Route 66
Difficulty: **
If you win:
1 NBA Player
8 New Ball Cheats
A New Team - "Team 3LW"

Note: You do not get the 8 New Ball Cheats or Team 3LW when you win the Utah 
Jazz.  You get both of them when you record your 20th victory.  I got my 
20th victory when I was playing the Jazz.

You can choose from these NBA Players:
Karl Malone
John Stockton
Donyell Marshall
Bryon Russell
Deshawn Stevenson
50 development points

Smartest Choice: 50 development points
Why: This choice is actually up to you.  You got Malone and Stockton who are 
two great players to choose from.  Malone might be a good power forward for 
your team but I rather just take the 50 development points.  I'm not sure if 
you would but it's really a 70/30 percent thing to do.

How To Win:
The Jazz are a pretty easy team to beat.  I lost my first time playing them 
but then came back the second game to slaughter them.  Karl Malone is pretty 
hard to stop and John Stockton can hit threes.  The team I used to beat them 
was Michael Jordan, Biggs, and future, my created player.  He's basically 
the same as Reggie Miller except he is a little faster and has better 
dribbles.  I didn't shoot any threes when playing the Jazz because they can 
block the shots.  If you don't win the first time against the Jazz it's ok 
because they are actually one of the tougher easy teams.


After beating the Jazz you move onto the Rockets.


Team: Houston Rockets
Venue: Route 66
Difficulty: *
If you win:
1 NBA Player

You can choose from these NBA Players:
Steve Francis
Cuttino Mobely
Maurice Taylor
Hakeem Olajuwon
Shandon Anderson
25 development points

Smartest Choice: 25 development points
Why: I have no idea why there is only 25 development points to get instead 
of the 50.  Still, I decided to go with the 25 points instead of Steve 
Francis.  I think that you should too.

How To Win:
The Rockets are an easy team but somehow they stayed in the game.  I only 
won by 3 points but I didn't feel pressured at all.  Rebounding is very easy 
if you have Biggs.  Biggs can also block most of the shots by these small 
players.  The only think that the Rockets have going for them is steals.  
They can steal the ball from you a lot so beware.


After beating the Rockets you move onto the Mavericks.


Team: Dallas Mavericks
Venue: Route 66
Difficulty: **
If you win:
1 NBA Player

You can choose from these NBA Players:
Michael Finley
Dirt Nowitzki
Steve Nash
Juwan Howard
Shawn Bradley
50 development points

Smartest Choice: 50 development points
Why: The only person that I would choose on the list is Shawn Bradley 
because he is a monster.  If you need a tall guy then go with him.  Other 
then that, there are better players in the league then Michael Finley so I 
went with the 50 development points.

How To Win:
The Mavericks actually beat me the first time I played them because some how 
they blocked my gamebreaker shot to win the game.  The second game was close 
but I pulled it out at the end.  Luckily they don't use Shawn Bradley so 
rebounding is pretty easy for Biggs.  Michael Finely and Dirt Nowitzki are 
good players from all over the court and Steve Nash can hit multiple 3 
pointers.  Remember though, Steve Nash can't dunk so it's easy to dominate 
in the inside if he takes the ball in that area.  You might lose to the 
Mavericks a couple of times but they are still an easy team to beat.


After beating the Mavericks you move onto the Spurs.


Team: San Antonio Spurs
Venue: Route 66
Difficulty: ***
If you win:
1 NBA Player

You can choose from these NBA Players:
Tim Duncan
David Robinson
Derek Anderson
Antonio Daniels
Sean Elliott
25 development points

Smartest Choice: 25 development points/Tim Duncan
Why: It's only 25 development points and that can't do much to your created 
player now that he's probably getting up in status.  Tim Duncan is probably 
the best power forward in the league and he has great height so he's a good 
choice to pick up.  Don't overlook Derek Anderson if you want a good point 
guard.  I went with the 25 development points because i figured Biggs could 
take Tim Duncan's spot.  It's really up to you on this one.

How To Win:
Damn, the Spurs are pretty tough.  I beat them on my second try but on pure 
luck at the end.  I was winning 19-15 and they pulled a major comeback.  
Then I made this outrageous 2 point shot to win the game.  I shouldn't have 
won the game but I did but I figured that they deserve the ranking of 3 
stars.  Forget about your rebounding game because Tim Duncan and David 
Robinson are unstoppable.  Make sure you only dunk with your strong players 
with high dunk ratings because if you don't your other players will get 
blocked a lot.  The main reason I won the game was because of their 
gamebreakers.  They get mad points real fast so it's smart to let David 
Robinson or Tim Duncan keep the ball with the gamebreaker.  Don't guard them 
if they get the ball because they can't shoot 2s.  If Derrick Anderson gets 
the ball then you are screwed because he'll only try making the 2 pointer.  
So they had 2 gamebreakers and I held them to 2 dunks.  That's what decided 
the game for me.


After beating the Spurs you move onto Street Challenge #3.


Team: DRAKE
Venue: The Yard
Difficulty: *
If you win:
A New Court - "the yard"
A New Character - "drake"
100 Create Player Development Points

Smartest Choice: N/A
Why: You don't get to choose anything because everything is just handed to 
you.

How To Win:
DRAKE, the team, is a very easy team to beat.  The two girls are strong and 
can block shots but that's about it.  Also, the girls are very easy to steal 
from.  Eminem, I mean Drake, can shoot good 3 pointers and is very hard to 
steal from.  Did it occur to you that The Yard is in Detroit and this guy 
kind of looks like Eminem?  I think that EA Sports was trying to deliver a 
message here.  Anyways, this team is very easy I spanked them by 10 points 
my first time playing them.


After beating Drake you move onto Region #4.


Region: #4
Description: Region #4 has the New York Knicks, New Jersey Nets, Washington 
Wizards, Philadelphia 76ers, and the Boston Celtics in it.


Team: New York Knicks
Venue: The Cage
Difficulty: *
If you win:
1 NBA Player