I'll buy it today,I'll agree I dont know why they did away with the short seasons.Like on the 2004 NBA live you can play as few as 30 games in a season.I just finished a season last wednesday playing with the Suns on the hardest level the game has and finished 5th in the west and wouldnt you know it,1st rd I had to play the Lakers best out of 5.(2004 nba live is when Shaq,malone,payton,etc was on Lakers) they kicked the **** out of me during the reg season. They won the 1st game by 1,I won the 2nd game by 3,they won 3rd game by 2,I won game 4 by 1 and game 5 Shaq hits a 6foot shot @ buzzer to send game into OT.They outscored me 14-10 in OT to advance! I was pissed but damn what a series that was.I started another season Friday night.