Offline: 35 (25 , 8 , 1 , 1 )
Online: 16 (12 , 4 )
Approximate time to platinum: 100+ Hours
Minimum number of playthroughs needed: 4+ Seasons of My Player, 1 Season of Creating a Legend, 1 Season of Offline Association, 10+ Online versus games, 1 MyTeam game, 1, MyPlayer Blacktop game, 1 Unranked Online versus game, 1 Season of Online Association, 1 online team-up game, and numerous play now games.
Missable trophies: 1, Dawn of an Era
Glitched trophies: 2, NBA Cares , You're Officially Hot
Cheats disable trophies: N/A
Difficulty affect trophies: Yes, MyCareer trophies require you play at least on Pro difficulty.
**All Non-Simulated Game trophies can be attained by using two controllers and by moving the sliders in your favor.**
Walkthrough:
Make sure to ALWAYS be online in whatever game mode you are playing to earn VC. VC is important as you use your VC to buy attributes/clothing for your MyPlayer, and use it in the MyTeam market. Be sure to save your VC to obtain a CURRENT balance of 20,000 just one to unlock the following trophy:
- Runneth Over - Unobtainable
Step 2:
First you are going to want to create/join an Association Online. If you create an Association online, make sure to set the difficulty to rookie, each playoff round to one game, quarter length to 1 minute, and season length to 14 games. This step is suggested early because if you choose to create your own association, you must wait 6 hours for the league to start. This year you can advance the league 1 week a time under commissioner options in a private league which removes the hassle of having to wait for games to simulate themselves.
You will unlock the following the trophies:
- Not Your Father's Association - Unobtainable
- Don't Hate the Player - Unobtainable
Step 3:
If you are going to play against the CPU and want to help in making getting the Non-Simulated game trophies easier, then it is best to now go and edit game sliders. From the Main Menu > Options > My NBA > Game Sliders. Here you are going make all USER Settings for Offense, Defense, and Attributes to 100. Change all CPU settings for Offense, Defense, and Attribute to 0. When you exit game sliders by pressing , the game should save. If the game doesn't save, then Main Menu > Options > Load/Save > save Game sliders. You MAY need to load sliders each time you start up the game.
Step 4:
All Non-Simulated game trophies can easily be attained by adjusting gameplay settings to favor the user to 100 and the CPU to 0. You MUST have the quarter length be at least 5 minutes to earn trophies. If you are struggling even with adjusted sliders, then you can use an extra controller to control the opposing team. Be sure to play at least one game with Oklahoma City Thunder and score 52 points with Kevin Durant and one game with the Milwaukee Bucks to hit 9 three point shots with Brandon Jennings, when going for other Non-Simulated trophies. All Non-Simulated trophies should take you no more 2 games to earn, and after two games you should have unlocked the following trophies:
- Buzzer Beater
- Trip-Dub
- Dub-Dub
- Five by Five
- It's Raining
- Block Party
- Men of Steal
- Swat and Swipe
- Smothering
- Giveth and Taketh Away
- Hold the Fat Lady
- Wire to Wire
- The Closer
- Raining 3's
- KD Unlimited
Step 5:
From the main menu select MyTeam. This is where you will be given a starter pack of cards to create your own fantasy basketball team. Once your team is created play one game online and it does not matter if you win or lose. You NEED have a balance at least of 7500 VC to purchase 15 bronze boosters, which cost 500 each from the MyTeam Market. Trophies you can unlock in this step are:
- From the Ground Up
- To Good Use - Unobtainable- Unobtainable
Step 6:
There are four offline The Association mode trophies. Two of these trophies require you to play and win at least 5 regular season games in a row, and every playoff game. It is best to pick a really strong team, or a team you’re comfortable with. If you want an easier time with this mode, then you can edit the chosen team so that every player has a 99 rating. The other two trophies require you start your offline association on today's date and adjust your simulation strategy. Trophies you can unlock in this step are:
- The Here and Now - Unobtainable
- Puppet Master
- Streaking
- Ticker Tape
Step 7:
Time for some more online play. This time you are going after both the Versus and Team-up trophies. First, in the online main menu select the second option “Quick Team Up Match”. Select this option and wait for the server to find 10 people. They will put everyone into a match, with each person controlling a specific player and just finish the game to unlock:
- The Sum of Its Parts - Unobtainable
Second, you will be trying to obtain 5 straight Versus wins and 10 overall wins. To access online play head from the Main Menu > Online. Select Quick Match and you will be matched up with another user. You will unlock the following trophies:
- This One Counts - Unobtainable
- Back to Back to Back - Unobtainable
- Lincoln - Unobtainable
- You're Officially Hot - Unobtainable
- Hamilton - Unobtainable
Third, you are going to need to find a boosting partner to play an Unranked Online Versus together. Both of you must play with a classic NBA team such as the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls to unlock the following trophy:
- Remaking History - Unobtainable
Step 8:
From the main menu you want to go to MyCareer and use your MyPlayer for all the MyCareer trophies. You are forced to play on Pro difficulty with no custom sliders. In the games you play, the game will give you a goal to accomplish (1 offensive, 1 defensive, and average a certain teammate grade). Being successful in goals will give you key skill points (offline) or VC (online) to use on your player. There will be many games you need to play called "Key Games," which are if you're in a MVP race with a group of players, chance at improving your shot at winning your division, playoff race, key game against your rival, and playing against a top player at your position. If you play in a "Key Game" then all SP/VC rewards are doubled.
I suggest you play your first two-three seasons to increase your overall abilities with only a little bit of simming to help build your Hall of Fame stats. In games you sim, you earn less skill points and games you play you can earn a multitude of skill points. If you sim, there are times when the game will stop simming, and make you play a Key Game. You CANNOT sim Key Games.
Throughout your career you will need to meet 10 of the 15 career goals. Then once you have met these goals, go to career decisions and retire and you will enter the Hall of Fame. This will take you at least 4 seasons. During some point in your career, head online and play one game with your player in a MyPlayer Blacktop game and it does not matter if you win or lose. Expect all MyCareer trophies to be very time consuming. Trophies you can unlock in this step are:
- On the Road Again - Unobtainable
- Serving Notice
- I'm Here to Stay
- Everyone is Special
- Some more Special than Others
- Now Playing
- Both Feet on the Ground
- Come Fly with Me - Unobtainable
- NBA Cares - Unobtainable
- MyPLAYER of the Game
- My Every Day Player
- Dawn of an Era
- Man of the People
- My All-Star
- Immortality
Step 9:
From the Main Menu > Game Modes > NBA: Creating A Legend (CAL). CAL is just like MyCareer, just this time you are using an actual NBA Player. Best to edit a player like LeBron James to overall 99 and use him. The goal here is become the league MVP. Using the information under Shooting Star in the trophy guide will help you to play the least amount of games (though you will need to play Key Games) and you should win MVP your first season easily. Trophy you can unlock in this step is:
- Shooting Star
Step 10:
Time for clean-up. Now is the time to go after any trophies you have missed in previous steps. This is also the time to get the miscellaneous trophies out of the way. Trophies you can unlock in this step are:
- Another Day, Another Win - Unobtainable
- Hey Mr. DJ
- Maestro
- ...One with Everything - Unobtainable