At the main menu, select "Play It", then choose the "Pick Up Game" option. Select your difficulty setting, choose to be either home or away, and enter your name. Then, enter one or more of the following codes when the "Enter cheat codes now" message appears at the bottom left of the "Player Ready" screen:
Hold L and press X, Y, B, Y to unlock the St. Lunatics team and all street legends. If you entered the code correctly, you will hear a sound.
Hold L and press B, Y(2), X to unlock all NBA legends. If you entered the code correctly, you will hear a sound.
Hold L and press X, Y(2), X to unlock all courts. If you entered the code correctly, you will hear a sound.
Hold L and press B, Y, X(2) to unlock all jerseys. If you entered the code correctly, you will hear a sound.
Hold L and press X(2), Y(2). If you entered the code correctly, you will hear a sound.
Hold L and press X, Y, X(2). If you entered the code correctly, you will hear a sound.
Hold L and press Y, B, Y, X. If you entered the code correctly, you will hear a sound.
Hold L and press Y(2), B(2). If you entered the code correctly, you will hear a sound.
Hold L and press Y(2), B, X. If you entered the code correctly, you will hear a sound.
Hold L and press B, X(2), B. If you entered the code correctly, you will hear a sound.
Hold L and press B, X, B, X. If you entered the code correctly, you will hear a sound.
Hold L and press B, Y(2), B. If you entered the code correctly, you will hear a sound.
Hold L and press Y(3), X. If you entered the code correctly, you will hear a sound.
Hold L and press B(3), Y. If you entered the code correctly, you will hear a sound.
Hold L and press X, B(3). If you entered the code correctly, you will hear a sound.
Hold L and press Y, X, B, Y. If you entered the code correctly, you will hear a sound.
Hold L and press Y, B, X, Y. If you entered the code correctly, you will hear a sound.
Enter "Classics" as a city name and "Era" as a team name in create a team mode to get a team with Dr. J, Connie Hawkins, Clyde Frazier, David Thompson, and Wilt Chamberlain.
Enter "East" as a city name and "Stars" as a team name in create a team mode to get a team with Vince, AI, T- Mac, Paul Pierce, and J - O'Neal.
Enter "Midtimes" as a city name and "Era" as a team name in create a team mode to get a team with Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan (1985), Nique, Larry Bird, and Clyde Drexler.
Enter "Nineties" as a city name and "Era" as a team name in create a team mode to get a team with Michael Jordan (1996), Reggie Miller, Alonzo Mourning, David Robinson, and Shawn Kemp.
Enter "Street" as a city name and "Two" as a team name in create a team mode to get a team with Stretch, Osmosis, Biggie Little, Dime, and Whitewater.
Enter "Team" as a city name and "Doctor J" as a team name in create a team mode to get a team with Dr. J, J - Kidd, Tony Delk, Corey Maggette, and Antonio Davis.
Enter "West" as a city name and "Stars" as a team name in create a team mode to get a team with KG, Steve Francis, Shawn Marion, Sheed, and Kobe Bryant.
Unlocking Street Legends' prentices provide the type of tournament in Be A Legend mode:
Biggie Little and special trick move the Biggie Little: Clear the Foster Beach tournament (single elimination). This unlocks him in create a team.
Bonafide and special dunk move the Bonafide: Clear the Rucker Park tournament (single elimination). This unlocks him in create a team.
Stretch and special dunk move the Stretch: Clear the Soul In The Hole tournament (single elimination).
Dime and special trick move Droppin Dimes: Clear the Lincoln College tournament (best of three). This unlocks him in create a team.
Osmosis and special trick move The Oz: Clear the Mosswoood tournament (double elimination). This unlocks him in a create team.
Julius Erving (Dr. J): Clear the Legendary Challenge in Be A Legend mode. This is the final Boss, not a tournament.
Select "Pick Up Game", then choose the legend difficulty setting. Pick the team of your choice. Then, choose the "My Rules" option and set the "Points Up" to "20" on your side. You can do this by highlighting the section and pressing Right. You will now get 150 reward points each time by only scoring one point.
Go to the Street School and enter a new name. After finishing school (26 lessons) you will get 1,000 reward points. Repeat this as many times as desired. Just keep making new names (identities), then delete them after you get the 1,000 reward points. This is an easy way to get rewards or build up your created players.
In Be A Legend mode, start by focusing on the "Handles" and "Dunks" skills. This allows you to rack up a lot more trick points. In turn, you get more GB2s and much more development points. You can have a perfect baller in about 75/500 progress. It is possible to regularly get over 3,000,000 points per game, in turn getting an average of 675 to 700 development points for each victory.
During the game, always pocket your GameBreaker and use GB2s only. Your trick points are highly increased for this.
Always get at least four fakeouts (not tricks), before each point. Throw the ball off their head, then pull three different 3-button fakeouts before attempting a basket.
In the pick-up games, the CPU randomly picks from the available no name players. If you go to "Create Player" and create a lot of players with 0/5 for all stats, you will have a good chance of playing a team that has a player with no stat points, making the game a little easier to win.
Do Off The Wheezy five times then dunk when you have a GameBreaker. After you pocket it, you well automatically gain your second GameBreaker.
When you get a GameBreaker, pocket it by pressing Up. Your next GameBreaker will be Vol. 2. This deducts three points from your opponent when you take a 1 pointer.
Win ten games in pick up mode to unlock Bobbito.
Win the Central region to unlock Clyde Drexler.
Win the Northwest region to unlock David Thompson.
Win the Southwest region to unlock Dominique Wilkins.
Win the Northwest region to unlock George Gervin.
Win the Central region to unlock Isiah Thomas.
Win the Southwest region to unlock James Worthy.
Win fifteen games in pick up mode to unlock Just Blaze.
Win the Central region to unlock Larry Bird.
Win the Southwest region to unlock Moses Malone.
Win the Northwest region to unlock Pete Maravich.
Win the Greenlake tournament to unlock Whitewater.
Win the Northwest region with an undefeated record to unlock Bill Russell's jersey.
Get at least 1,000,000 trick points in a single game in any mode to unlock Bill Walton's jersey.
Get a level 1 reputation in be a legend mode to unlock Clyde Drexler's jersey.
Get twenty blocks in a game and win to unlock Connie Hawkins' jersey.
Win the Broad Street Challenge in be a legend mode to unlock Darryl Dawkins' jersey.
Keep your opponent from scoring any points in a game to unlock Elgin Baylor's jersey.
Win the Northeast region with an undefeated record to unlock James Worthy's jersey.
Win a game without getting blocked to unlock Jerry West's jersey.
Play a game in pick-up mode in each of the scoring rule categories to unlock Michael Jordan's jersey.
Win the Southwest region with an undefeated record to unlock Oscar Robertson's jersey.
Successfully complete street school with an undefeated record to unlock Tiny Archibald's jersey.
Win the Central region with an undefeated record to unlock Walt Frazier's jersey.
Win twenty games in pick up mode to unlock the St. Lunatics team and Nelly.
Successfully complete be a legend mode to unlock Rucker Park '78.
Win the Broad Street Challenge in be a legend mode to unlock the Chocolate Thunder and Glide moves.
Win the Soul In The Hole Tournament to unlock the Stretch move.