https://www.polygon.com/2018/5/26/17398954/madden-nfl-19-nba-live-19-preview-e3-2018

Maybe now we can close the book on NBA Live’s troubled times, and stop referring to the series in the yes-but way that followed it for almost eight years. Last year — and almost unexpectedly — EA Tiburon fulfilled the idea that an NBA simulation was still worth doing and could be done well, which anyone not working for the studio had pretty much given up on.

“The language I use is, we’ve got some momentum,” said Seann Graddy, the series’ new executive producer. “We got positive praise about how The One [NBA Live 18’s single-player career], how we’re different in some ways and we really want to lean into that momentum. We’ve come a long way, and we still have a long way to go.”