NBA Live 99 is a basketball simulation video game developed by EA Sports for the Nintendo 64, representing the 1998-99 NBA season. Notable features include a Practice Mode and multi-season play, allowing for player development. Although it lacked free agency and generated rookies, it laid the groundwork for the Franchise Mode. The game includes rosters from the 1997-98 season due to the NBA lockout.
NBA Live 99 is EA Sports' NBA release for the 1998–99 NBA season. Some of the major additions in Live 99 include Practice Mode and multi-season play featuring player development between seasons. Although it did not feature free agency or generated rookies, it would turn out to be the forerunner to Franchise Mode. Live 99 shipped with 1997-98 season rosters due to the NBA lockout of 1998–99 putting a hold on player movements and rookie signings during the summer of 1998.