Achievement Guide.

[Blind x360a]

Note: This is my first achievement guide so please don't bash me. Any tips is appreciated.
Note2: For all of these achievements it would be good to turn off Fatigue.


28 pts in 3Pt Contest
30 Score 28 or more out of 30 in a 3pt contest.

Playing on Rookie and boosting the 3pt stats of the player you want to play with should help you get this. Time the shot right and this should be easy.

3’s in the practice arena
30 Score 5 straight 3’s in the practice arena.

The easiest way to do this is boost the stats of the player you wanna use and just hit 5 threes in a row. Any player will work just boost the 3pt stats of the player.

Assists individual record
50 Have one player get at least 31 Assists in a solo game against the CPU.

I used Steve Nash since the suns have a lot of different offensive weapons. Play on Rookie and 10-12 min quarters.

Blocking fest
20 Have your team block 15 shots in a solo game vs. the CPU.

The easiest way to do this is to release a whole teams roster. Sign a bunch of PG's and SG's. Place a bunch of Centers and PF's on your team. This achievement should come quick.

Blocks individual record
50 Have one player get at least 18 blocks in a solo game against the CPU.

See "Blocking Fest" Try to block all the shots with one player. 12 min quarters would be best.

Defensive Rebounds galore
30 Have your team grab 30 defensive rebounds in a solo game vs. the CPU.

This can be accomplished with any team in 7-10 min quarters. Make sure you box out and grab every missed shot by the CPU.

Double Double
30 Have one of your players get a Double Double in a solo game against the CPU.
See "Quadruple Double"

Triple Double
40 Have one of your players get a Triple Double in a solo game against the CPU.

See "Quadruple Double"

Quadruple Double
50 Have one of your players get a Quadruple Double in a solo game against the CPU.

Its good to use a SG or SF for this. I used Kobe. Play 10-12min quarters.
Points- Try to get open or fast breaks 10 points will be easy.
Assists- When you get on fast breaks try to pass the ball and hit the shot. 10 assist will also come pretty quick.
Rebounds- Try boxing out with your player and jumping at the right time. If worst come to worst you can boost the player's rebounding stats that you wanna get this achievement with.
Steals- Turn the Reach in foul to 0. Then use your SG/SF to get steals.
Blocks- If you want this to be the fourth 10 then turn your players blocking stats to 99 and try to block every shot.

Dream Lineup in Dynasty
40 Have 3 players with an overall rating of 90 or more on your Dynasty roster.

Go to team management and boost three players on your team to 90+ then just simulate the season.

Hot shooting streak
30 Make five 3 pointers in a row with the same player during a solo game vs. the CPU.

I used Kobe and boosted his 3pt stats to 99.
Then just try to make him come off a screen of get a wide open shot and he should drain them.


Offensive Rebounds galore
30 Have your team grab 20 offensive rebounds in a solo game vs. the CPU.

A good team to use for this is Suns. They have two good rebounder's. Play on 10 min quarters and box out on the offensive side and grab the rebounds.

Rebounds individual record
50 Have one player get at least 56 Rebounds in a solo game against the CPU.
See "Blocking Fest" This time only get rebounds. You can also adjust the other teams stats so that all of their shooting stats are at 0. That will give you a lot of rebounds.

Score a 50 in Slam Dunk Contest
50 Score a 50 in a slam dunk contest

For this achievement I used Lebron. Start at the top of the 3 point line. Hold both modifiers (LT+RT) and hit B then for the air trick hit B again. This should do a double flip and a double between the legs. You will know when you got a 50 because the people will come on the court and fireworks will go off.
Scoring individual record
50 Have one player score at least 101 points in a solo game against the CPU.

For this achievement I found it easy to play on 10min quarters on rookie. Use Kobe or any player of your choice and put all his shooting stats at 99. Then just keep shooting until you get 101 points.
Shoot 100% Free Throws
30 Have your team shoot 100% from the free throw line in a solo game against the CPU (minimum 10 shots)

For this achievement I played on 5 min quarters on Rookie. I boosted the team I was using Free Throw stats to 99 for everyone. Drive the lane and just hope to get fouled. Once I made 10/10 free throws I tried to stay out the land so I didn't mess up my 100%.

Steals individual record
50 Have one player get at least 12 steals in a solo game against the CPU.

I used Steve Nash and turned the reach in foul down to 0. This achievement came pretty quick. You can put it on 5 min quarters and rookie. If you really can't get it put the others teams ball handling down to 0.

[Blind x360a]

Superstar 3PT Champion
30 Win the 3PT Shootout vs. the CPU on Superstar difficulty level.
Play a person who's 3pt stat is 60. Put the character you are going to use 3pt stats to 99. Disable the other players. Let the CPU go first. If you don't think you can beat there score rematch them until they get a low score (13ish) then just make 14pts and there ya go.

Superstar Slam Dunk Champion
30 Win the Slam Dunk Contest vs. the CPU on Superstar difficulty level.
See "Score a 50 in the Slam Dunk Contest" Make the CPU go first and the CPU's player Dunk stat to be a 75. You can rematch them until they mess up then do a easy dunk and Achievement Unlocked.

The underdog
40 Pick the lowest rated NBA team and win vs. the CPU as the highest rated team (no special teams).

Play on 2min quarters and try to play good D and outscore the other team.

Trivia King
30 Correctly answer a minimum of 3 questions during a single trivia mini-game.

You get about 3-5 trivia questions during the loading screen. Just answer 3 correctly. If you don't just quit and retry until you get it.

Two 30's
30 Have two players in your team score at least 30 points in a solo game vs. the CPU.

You can get this achievement when you are going for the Quadruple double. When you are going for assist just pass it to the same guy and let him score 30 points.

Win 10 Dynasty championships
60 Win 10 championships in the span of 25 years in Dynasty Mode™

You can get this when you get bump 3 of your players to 90+. This should be rather easy to get. Just simulate 10 years with your 90+ players and you should win the championship each year.

Best regular season record
40 Finish a Dynasty Mode™ season with the best record in the NBA.

See "Win a Dynasty Championship"

Win a Dynasty championship
40 Win a championship in Dynasty Mode™

You should get this when you boost 3 players to 90+. Simulate the whole season and you will make the playoffs. Then simulate the playoffs and you should win.

Win it Inside
40 Win without making a 3 pointer in a solo game against the CPU.

Play 2 min quarters and don't shoot any threes. On rookie this is rather easy.

[CovertDog]

Looks good. Sticky for you.

[Blind x360a]

Thanks. Was my first one :P

[killlah631]

Good guide...I'm glad my 2K8 one helped you out...now in turn you helped me out making a guide for when I start this game...although I decided I won't be playing any games until GSL(besides R6)...but hey the guide won't disappear!

[ibeatu]

nice guide but i still cant figure out how 2 get the 18 blocks.

[Blind x360a]

Get all players on your team that are 7'6 and the whole other team have short players. Hope this helps.

[chen888min]

cant get Dream Lineup in Dynasty..
i got Ray Allan, Kevin Ganett, Paul Pierce that over all rate are over 95...and i won the chapionship...still cant get the achievements..

[Blind x360a]

You didn't get the championship and you won?

[chen888min]

i got the championship ..

[Blind x360a]

You didn't get the 90?
I had to do this twice also. I just quit my dynasty and re-simmed and got it the next season.
If you are saying you can't get the best record try to be a more complete team. Suns for example.

[Parkerktm]

judging from the other EA games couldnt you just boost everyones stats on one team to 99 then super sim with that team. I havnt got this game yet but is there even super sim

[Blind x360a]

^^No supersim.

You can boost there stats though so it is rather easy.

[chen888min]

i really have hard time with 3pt contest.......

[Blind x360a]

Just time the shot and you will be able to tell when he makes it.

[Blind x360a]

Excuse me but we have an achievement guide already. No need to post another please delete it.

[Lord of Fate]

Originally Posted by Blind Rage

Excuse me but we have an achievement guide already. No need to post another please delete it.

With all do respect, as of yet there is no official GUIDE tab on the official NBA Live 08 page. And as far as I know you may be an experienced user but I have no way of knowing whether or not you are an administrator of this site. Until I get some sort of notice that an administrator or an official of this site that is asking me to remove the post, then it's my right to provide help and info to the site. Again, with respect, if you're just trying to be selfish and want me to post it in another thread, then I'm fine with that, but until I know that I'm breaking some rule or what your official status is with this site, I feel obliged to share my input.

[Blind x360a]

Dude its lame to post in someone else's achievement guide your own. Thats disrespectful and flat out rude. It shouldn't be here it got stickied here for a reason. Admins have lives to and can't just put this guide in the guide tab right away.

[Lord of Fate]

Originally Posted by Blind Rage

Dude its lame to post in someone else's achievement guide your own. Thats disrespectful and flat out rude. It shouldn't be here it got stickied here for a reason. Admins have lives to and can't just put this guide in the guide tab right away.

Okay, I'm sorry if I sounded rude or was rude in any way. I just want to help out the site. I figured that this site was all about helping people out with achievements and I figured that people posting two or more guides wouldn't be a problem if there is no official guide yet anyway. I posted in this thread because this is the officially listed Achievement Guide thread. Administrators and the like look down on the fact that there would be multiple posts on the same subject. I realize that you probably started this thread but you sound like you're trying to call it your own. I know I probably sound out of line, and I apologize for that, I respect that you are a very experienced member, but in my opinion, the only thing I see that's lame is calling a thread for your self and rejecting any other person who tries to give input for the greater good of the website. I see now that the actual point is just to see who can post the first achievement guide and get a gold sticker. I would still like to help out and I mean no disrespect to anyone. So what do you suggest that I do, delete my achievement guide post just because you posted one first or am I supposed to start my own thread?

[Blind x360a]

I understand you were trying to help but it was rude imo. You should have started your own thread and let the mods add what they wanted between both of ours. Its not about who post first either. Its the fact that it got stickied because I made it and you coming in here and posted yours was offensive. I am open to helping the site just some common decency (SP? :P). Anyway I think it wasn't the right place to post it but do what you may.

[Lord of Fate]

Originally Posted by Blind Rage

I understand you were trying to help but it was rude imo. You should have started your own thread and let the mods add what they wanted between both of ours. Its not about who post first either. Its the fact that it got stickied because I made it and you coming in here and posted yours was offensive. I am open to helping the site just some common decency (SP? :P). Anyway I think it wasn't the right place to post it but do what you may.

I'm sorry for my rudeness. You are right, I was probably very rude in my opinion too. I'm a blunt kinda guy and I speak my mind, maybe a little too much, and I sincerely apologize for any rudeness or inconveniences I may have caused. Out of respect for this being your thread, I'll remove my achievement guide posts and create my own thread. I'm new to this website and I'm new to the way forums work so I apoligize if I've offended you or anyone else. I probably just seem like an intruder or an inconvenience right now and I'm sorry for all that, I guess I'm just a complete beginner at this forum stuff.

[Blind x360a]

Hey man no problem. Your guide was good I was jsut offended. Sorry =[
You will get used to the forums I used to be just like ya :P

[Lord of Fate]

Originally Posted by Blind Rage

Hey man no problem. Your guide was good I was jsut offended. Sorry =[
You will get used to the forums I used to be just like ya :P

Yeah sorry again. I was definately overly rude. I admit that. I don't usually sound like that either. I'm just a normal nice guy but I flare up at little things sometimes, lol. I'm sorry again for the inconvenience and I'll leave ya to your thread. {Now for the part where I walk out the door looking like a complete idiot...}

[Blind x360a]

Sorry if I offended you in anyway. Post yours in another thread so we can make a super-guide :]

[Bob Dole 007]

Well I'm having the same problem most seem to be having with the 3 players of 90+.....first I bumped up my whole team and did 3 years of simulation. I got the best record and championship no problem but not the 3 players of 90+. I decided to go for the 10 championships in dynasty after that, but after getting 3 championships all of a sudden all of my players were gone and I had to sign free agents to hit the roster min of 8. Is there a way to turn off trades or to make all contracts extended or something?

I then went back and only maxed out 3 of my players. Same thing....3 championship seasons, no 3 players 90+ achievement, then after 3 seasons all 3 of my 90+ players have bolted and I'm left trying to sign crappy free agents. Any suggestions?

[Blind x360a]

I don't think there is a way to make all `contracts extended you can prolly turn off trades.

About the 90 I had to do it twice with 2 different teams. I guess it didn't register the first time for me. Try doing it with a different team then who you did it with first.

[Bob Dole 007]

Originally Posted by Blind Rage

I don't think there is a way to make all `contracts extended you can prolly turn off trades.

About the 90 I had to do it twice with 2 different teams. I guess it didn't register the first time for me. Try doing it with a different team then who you did it with first.

I did a quick check for no trades and had no luck, but I will check again (haven't tried again since my original post here.)

So you didn't run into the problem of losing your star players when simulating? I have it set to do auto-signings and pretty much everything so I can sim as quick as possible. Did you have some of the options set to manual so that you could make sure to keep the star players? I also don't get why if I have it all set to automatic that it makes me sign free agents if the roster gets below 8 players....seems like that should be covered in automatic. Thanks for the response...it will suck to turn my back on the Blazers but in the name of achievements I guess I'll have to take one for the team. I'll try again on Sat when I have a day off and see if it works with another team. Thanks for the reply!

[Blind x360a]

You can try the Suns that is who I got it with. They already have 2 90's so it was easy to boost up 1 more person. But your going for the 10 championships try keeping autosign on but boosting every to 99 on the team. Then if they don't resign "Joe Schmoe' you will still have other 90's to rely on to win championships.

Hope this helps.

[oneandonlytommo]

has anyone got the Quadruple Double achivement yet?

i played the celtics in season and put the time up to 11mins and i had by the end of the game with garnett 36pts ,16 assists ,11steals, 12 rebounds and i didnt get the achivement.also by the end of that game i had 46 defensive rebounds and the other achivement says grab 30 rebounds but i didnt get them. has anyone else had any problems with these?

[Bax x360a]

For English people like myself, can somebody please explain what the hell a Quadruple Double is please?