NBA Live In The Paint

NBA Player Takeover Week 15

by Yaw Obiri-Yeboah | 19-March-2010

At long last Friday is here and with it comes another edition of the NBA Player Takeover. March Madness is officially underway and the NBA season is entering it's final few weeks; you couldn't ask for a better time to be a basketball fan. With every team in the NBA giving it their all to secure a spot for the post season, players are beginning to step up and be impact players for their team. This week we're looking at a player who has been doing just that.

NBA Player Takeover Week 14

by Yaw Obiri-Yeboah | 13-March-2010

The Week 14 edition of the NBA Player Takeover has arrived to bring in another Friday. As we have always been doing since we started this series we will be highlighting a player that has been playing well during the NBA season.

NBA Player Takeover: Week 13

by Yaw Obiri-Yeboah | 06-March-2010

With Friday finally arriving it's time for this week's edition of the NBA Player Takeover presented by NBA LIVE 10. For this week's edition, we take a look at one of the top picks for the NBA's Sixth Man of the Year award.

NBA Player Takeover Week 12

by Yaw Obiri-Yeboah | 27-February-2010

Friday is upon us once again. If you're not tuning into any Winter Olympics coverage then you've come to check out the latest entry in the NBA Player Takeover series brought to you by NBA LIVE 10. Now that the festivities of All Star Weekend have come and gone we're back into regular season play in the NBA. The second half is well underway and now the fight for the playoffs truly begin.

NBA Player Takeover All Star Edition

by Yaw Obiri-Yeboah | 12-February-2010

All Star Weekend has finally arrived! To ring in the festivities, today on the NBA Player Takeover we will take a look at some of the All Stars that will be participating in this year's game and we will decide which of the players we will talk about today will walk away with the MVP hardware.

NBA Player Takeover: Week 11

by Yaw Obiri-Yeboah | 05-February-2010

Happy first Friday of February. We're just one week away from All Star Weekend so let's continue to do what we have been doing every Friday here on the NBA Player Takeover and that's highlighting a player has been playing exceptionally well.

About The Bloggers

Alain Quinto is the Community Manager for EA SPORTS. A native Vancouverite, Alain has had roles in QA, Marketing, and now Community Management at EA Canada. A university football receiver in his past life, he also enjoys playing hockey, basketball, and soccer.
Sean O'Brien Lead producer on the NBA LIVE franchise. Responsible for strategic and creative direction. Began as one of the first motion capture subjects on the NBA LIVE franchise while still a varsity basketball player.
Garreth Reeder Associate Producer, NBA LIVE 10. Responsible for Online, UI and Game Modes. Joined EA in 2003 as a game tester. Prior to NBA production, managed focus testing for NHL, NBA LIVE and FIFA. Favorite games include Rock Band, NBA LIVE and FIFA.
Ryan Santos Game Designer, NBA LIVE 10. Responsible for setting the visual targets for the franchise, integrating pop culture into the brand and ensuring that the game is authentic to its real-world counterpart. Joined EA in 1997 as a game tester and his favorite games are basketball videogames, FIFA, NHL, Halo series and Gears of War.
Jeff Antwi Associate Producer, NBA LIVE 10. Responsible for Gameplay. Joined EA in 2004 as a game tester on March Madness, NBA LIVE and Total Football Manager. Some of his favorite games include NBA LIVE 95, FIFA 09 and Gran Turismo 3.
Matt LaFreniere Associate Producer, NBA LIVE 10. Presentation Producer responsible for overseeing the broadcast look and feel, audio, secondary characters and stoppages of play player reactions and emotions. Joined EA in 2003 as a game tester. Previous to EA was a basketball coach at 3D Basketball Academy. Favorite game other than LIVE includes Tiger Woods PGA TOUR.
Novell Thomas Producer on both NBA LIVE and NCAA Basketball. Responsible for gameplay, audio, player database, presentation. Prior to joining EA in 2005 was at Radical Entertainment. Former professional basketball player who also enjoys playing Madden NFL and NHL.
Yaw Obiri-Yeboah Yaw Obiri-Yeboah is the Assistant Community Manager for both NBA LIVE and NCAA Basketball. Prior to joining EA in 2007, Yaw had a university sports radio show covering amateur athletics. His passions include working out, martial arts, playing and watching numerous sports as well as sports gaming.
 
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