It must be good to be a professional basketball player. I mean as long as you aren't one of the ones whose under criminal investigation. Take Kobe Bryant, Derrick Rose, Brandon Jennings, Josh Smith, Chris Paul and Tyreke Evans. They all got the gaming suitcase you see above. That's a rig designed to play NBA 2K10 wherever they want and 2K gave it to them just for being famous Basketball stars.
"I'm like the James Bond of gaming," Bryant said in terms of the suitcase. "I bring this on the plane with me and let the guys play."
ESPN did an entire article on basketball stars and their gaming habits, and to sum it up they get really cool gaming stuff all the time. Personalized PSPs, gaming suticases and tons of other free crap comes their way. They all seem pretty up on their games as well, at least the ones staring them. Many of them are very excited to see themselves in the upcoming new NBA Jam.
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4:00 AM on 02.28.2010
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I'd say a passion for gaming is what defines you as a gamer.
Not the fact that you once played fieldrunners on your iphone.
I think a free setup like that beats a laptop. I sure wouldn't turn it down.
If you play guitar, you're a musician. If you're active in exercise or sports, you're an athlete. If you fish, you're a fisherman. If you play games, you're a gamer. Simple as that.
Fuck you 2K. Sincerely,
Poor Gamers Everywhere
To pay for crap like this.