NBA Jam 2004 Tips & Tricks

By beating teams in Legends mode you will unlock their counterparts in Exhibition mode and the free agent pool. The team will only be unlocked for that particular profile.

Upon beating teams in Legends mode you will unlock their counterparts in Exhibition mode. The team will only be unlocked for that particular profile.

The easiest way to win games in Legends mode is to pick a team with a great shot-blocking center and an all-star guard or small forward. For Instance, the Los Angeles Lakers have Shaquille O'neal and Kobe Bryant (also Gary Payton and Karl Malone). Always use Shaquille O'neal on defense to block shots and always use Kobe Bryant or Gary Payton to handle the ball when controlling the ball on offense.

Switch to a good defensive player when your opponents have the ball. Even if that player is not on the screen you can still easily switch to that player. Simply look at the name under the JAM BAR as it will state the name of the player you are controlling. Continue to switch players until you pick up the best defensive player on your team (Shaq, Ben Wallace, etc). When you have switched to that defensive player simply hang around the basket (no 3-second rule) and block shots. You won't block every shot but many of them.

When a bad ball-handler in real life has possession of the ball, throw him down by pushing X + Turbo. It will be much easier to knock down a Yao Ming or a Shawn Bradley rather than a Kobe Bryant or a Ray Allen. Also use a big player (Shaq, Ben Wallace, etc) to knock down these players as it will be more effective.

The easiest way to increase your Jam Bar is to perform alley-alley-oops (double alley oops) and triple-alley-oops. You can perform these oops by performing an alley oop (push Y, wait for the player to jump towards the hoop, push A) then pushing Y again and pushing A again when the next player jumps toward the hoop.

Perform ten dunks with any player and it will increase your Jam Bar significantly on the tenth dunk. Every multiple of ten dunks beyond that will increase the Jam Bar even more.