This NBA season has to be one of, the not the most entertaining and active in terms of blockbuster deals made near the trade deadline. Scores of players, both marquee and role playing, have switched teams as the tough Western Conference and uneven Eastern Conference teams prepare for the playoff push.
All these deals, like Shaq to the Suns and Gasol to the Lakers, have almost overnight rendered the rosters in basketball video games outdated. Who has the time to manually go through and make every roster update? Not us!
To resolve the issue in one title, 2K Sports has made a free roster update available for the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 versions of NBA 2K8, available for download via Xbox Live Marketplace and the Playstation Network, respectively. EA has yet to announce plans for an NBA 08 roster update.
While the list of player moves included in the update below may seem comprehensive, some more recent signings were not accounted for. Two we picked up on are Gordon Giricek being picked up by the Suns, and Brent Barry resigning to rejoin the team 30 days later after being traded to, and cut by, the Seattle Supersonics.
Atlanta Hawks
Mike Bibby (traded from Sacramento Kings)
Boston Celtics
Brandon Wallace (waived)
Charlotte Bobcats
Earl Boykins (signed)
Nazr Mohammed (traded from Detroit Pistons)
Chicago Bulls
Larry Hughes (traded from Cleveland Cavaliers)
Drew Gooden (traded from Cleveland Cavaliers)
Shannon Brown (traded from Cleveland Cavaliers)
Cedric Simmons (traded from Cleveland Cavaliers)
Viktor Khryapa (waived)
Cleveland Cavaliers
Ben Wallace (traded from Chicago Bulls)
Joe Smith (traded from Chicago Bulls)
Wally Szczerbiak (traded from Seattle Supersonics)
Delonte West (traded from Seattle Supersonics)
Anderson Varejao (signed)
Dallas Mavericks
Jason Kidd (traded from New Jersey Nets)
Malik Allen (traded from New Jersey Nets)
Antoine Wright (traded from New Jersey Nets)
Nick Fazekas (waived)
Denver Nuggets
Bobby Jones (waived)
Detroit Pistons
Ronald “Flip” Murray (waived)
Juan Dixon (traded from Toronto Raptors)
Walter Herrmann (traded from Charlotte Bobcats)
Ronald Dupree (waived)
Golden State Warriors
Chris Webber (signed)
Troy Hudson (waived)
Houston Rockets
Gerald Green (traded from Minnesota Timberwolves)
Bobby Jackson (traded from New Orleans Hornets)
Los Angeles Clippers
Ruben Patterson (waived)
Los Angeles Lakers
Pau Gasol (traded from Memphis Grizzlies)
DJ Mbenga (signed)
Trevor Ariza (traded from Orlando Magic)
Memphis Grizzlies
Kwame Brown (traded from Los Angeles Lakers)
Javaris Crittenton (traded from Los Angeles Lakers)
Aaron McKie (traded from Los Angeles Lakers)
Jason Collins (traded from New Jersey Nets)
Damon Stoudamire (waived)
Miami Heat
Shawn Marion (traded from Phoenix Suns)
Marcus Banks (traded from Phoenix Suns)
Penny Hardaway (waived)
Minnesota Timberwolves
Kirk Snyder (traded from Houston Rockets)
New Jersey Nets
Devin Harris (traded from Dallas Mavericks)
DeSagana Diop (traded from Dallas Mavericks)
Maurice Ager (traded from Dallas Mavericks)
Trenton Hassell (traded from Dallas Mavericks)
Stromile Swift (traded from Memphis Grizzlies)
Jamaal Magloire (waived)
New Orleans Hornets
Mike James (traded from Houston Rockets)
Bonzi Wells (traded from Houston Rockets)
Orlando Magic
Maurice Evans (traded from Los Angeles Lakers)
Brian Cook (traded from Los Angeles Lakers)
Philadelphia 76ers
Gordan Giricek (traded from Utah Jazz)
Phoenix Suns
Shaquille O’Neal (traded from Miami Heat)
Sacramento Kings
Shelden Williams (traded from Atlanta Hawks)
Anthony Johnson (traded from Atlanta Hawks)
Lorenzen Wright (traded from Atlanta Hawks)
Tyronn Lue (traded from Atlanta Hawks)
Justin Williams (waived)
Beno Udrih (signed)
Orien Greene (waived)
San Antonio Spurs
Kurt Thomas (traded from Seattle Supersonics)
Damon Stoudamire (signed)
Seattle Supersonics
Ira Newble (traded from Cleveland Cavaliers)
Donyell Marshall (traded from Cleveland Cavaliers)
Adrian Griffin (traded from Chicago Bulls)
Francisco Elson (traded from Chicago Bulls)
Brent Barry (traded from San Antonio Spurs, then waived)
Toronto Raptors
Primoz Brezec (traded from Detroit Pistons)
Utah Jazz
Kyle Korver (traded from Philadelphia 76ers)
Even if you don’t own NBA 2K8, this list is a cool refreshed on who has gone where.
