NBA The Run has opened its first season with Wave One: 2000s Legends, a free update built around five retired stars and several ways to play outside the standard tournament loop. Allen Iverson, Vince Carter, Tracy McGrady, Dirk Nowitzki and Kevin Garnett are now available through the in-game shop.
Practice and private games widen the options
Practice Mode lets players choose a court and ruleset for a game against the AI. Custom Match supports invited friends in a private session. Neither mode awards CRED or level progress, so they sit apart from the main progression system rather than offering a shortcut through it.
The update also introduces separate Championship Belts for Knockout Squads and Knockout Solos. Belts are earned per player and per mode. A new trophy system changes a player’s trophy as lifetime tournament wins accumulate, while all-time profile statistics remain in place after the seasonal leaderboard reset.
New cameras and courts change the view
Drive Cam follows the offense from an elevated position behind the action, with the goal of making the basket, spacing and passing lanes easier to read. Drive Flip Cam rotates when possession changes, keeping the attacking direction toward the top of the screen.
Wave One adds daytime and tournament versions of Dyckman, plus a daytime Spring Garden Elementary court. The patch also brings new advanced dunks, taunts, banners, badges and alternate jerseys for the five Legends.
The balance pass reaches the full roster
Play By Play Studios adjusted both named players and general systems. Stephen Curry received increases to stamina, handle and block, while Ja Morant gained power, stamina and dunk ratings along with the Posterizer ability. Other players received smaller increases or reductions. The patch notes also describe weaker goaltending, less effective blocking from behind and revised shove behavior intended to make power differences less absolute.
Driving layups and standing dunks replace the former standing layup action. AI behavior received further work, and the Oop City ruleset now uses two- and three-point scoring, a target of 23 and four points for alley-oops.
Presentation gets a seasonal reset
Every court received a color-correction pass, Championship games have a new introduction, and post-game victory scenes use new animations. RUN Anthems adds licensed music alongside settings for licensed tracks, the original score or a blend of both. Taken together, Wave One is less a single roster drop than a first-season revision of how matches are played, viewed and presented.
Sources
- Reporting source: GamerHeadlines
- Primary source: Play By Play Studios — Wave One 2000s Legends patch notes
