I know this is an older topic, but I'm having the same problems. I know gameplay is "slower" for live, but after hearing that everything in NBA 2k6 is ported(all but the player models). So when there is a timeout called and your over by the coach, he looks all crappy while the players look really great. Cheerleaders are the same way. When you play outside its the same as on the xbox as well. I even heard the floor and gyms were ported which would really suck. But then Live just stripped everything that they didn't have time for...I'm just waiting for a website to get a review of both games. If anyone knows for sure that anything I said wasn't true, please correct me!! The main question I was getting at is...is everyone still going for 2k6?