The best basketball game, no doubt about it!
The first good point was KG on the cover, who was playing very well last season. When I first played the game, I have had no idea how to control it, because I haven't played 2K sports before. In that moment I've tought that the Live 09 is much better. But I was wrong. The NBA2K9 is better almost in everything, exept the graphics. The games are more exciting, the introduction of the games is perfect. The ratings of the player is great too ( in the Live 09 the ratings were too low). The daily roster refreshing works well, the game mods are good too. The new gamemode is the NBA Blacktop, where you can play three point-shootout, slam dunk contest, the game of 21, or 1 on 1. The two season mode works well either, the application and the season.
All in all, if you like basketball or sports games, I guarantee you, that this is the best choice!