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nba jam after vexx wrapped up and we were waiting to hear if vexx 2 was going to be greenlit for production (it didn't) i was brought on to the NBA jam team to help out. my first task was to create a bootsy collins model for the game. after that, i was assigned with modeling and texturing many "legendary" nba all-stars. i thoroughly enjoyed this because i love nba history and had collected many of these basketball cards as a kid. below is a sample of of the players i worked on...

magic johnson - click for larger image magic johnson
this was the first legend head i modeled for the game. i love magic and the whole showtime era of the nba. but jeezus, do you remember he had his own talk show? it stizzunk! anyways, this model was used in many of the screenshots sent out to the press before the release of the game.

 

elgin baylor - click for larger image
elgin baylor
dave bing - click for larger image
dave bing
wilt chamberlain - click for larger image
chamberlain
larry johnson - click for larger image
larry johnson
shawn kemp - click for larger image
shawn kemp
hakeem olajuwan - click for larger image
h. olajuwan
robert parrish - click for larger image
robert parrish
oscar robertson - click for larger image
o. robertson
bill russell - click for larger image
bill russell
ralph sampson - click for larger image
r. sampson
  nate thurmond - click for larger image
n. thurmond
jerry west - click for larger image
jerry west
james worthy - click for larger image
james worthy