According to Forbes, pop singing sensation Justin Bieber spent a day performing motion-capture for NBA 2K13. 2K Sports worked with Bieber and his crew in Los Angeles on February 21st to capture their hoops moves, possibly for the game’s rumored celebrity street ball mode.

Linsanity continues to captivate the world. And in Orlando, Jeremy Lin was a hot topic amongst the NBA All-Stars. New York Knicks NBA All-Star Carmelo Anthony fielded a lot of Lin questions. But one he did address was the upgrade of Lin in 2K Sports’ NBA 2K12 game. Lin actually received two player upgrades in one week because of his Cinderella story in the NBA. Anthony talks about the in-game player ratings in this exclusive video interview below.

While many NBA All-Stars complain about their ratings and believe they should have higher numbers, Boston Celtics star Rajon Rondo surprised the gaming world last year in Los Angeles by saying his character was overrated. And with his player rating now even higher, Rondo sticks with his assessment in Orlando. Rondo talks about videogames in this exclusive video interview below.

ORLANDO -- Utah Jazz Forward Jeremy Evans used an aggressive write-in campaign to get into the Sprite Slam Dunk Contest here in Orlando at NBA All-Star Weekend. He used an aggressive two ball, mid-air dunk to win it. In the second of his three dunks, Evans caught two balls mid-air from Jazz teammate Gordon Haywood and slammed them down in succession for the best dunk of the night. We talked to Jeremy Evans before the Slam Dunk Contest in this exclusive video where he talks about getting dunk ideas off YouTube and wanting a higher slam dunk rating in NBA 2K12. After winning the Sprite Slam Dunk Contest, we think he deserves to dunk better in NBA 2K12.

New York Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin is the very definition of a rising star. Linsanity took over not only the Big Apple, but the entire world over the month of February. And along the way the Knicks went on a win streak. The success of Lin on the court resulted in an unprecedented two player upgrades from 2K Sports and developer Visual Concepts. Lin catapulted from a 56 to a 75 in the matter of a week in NBA 2K12. Lin talks about the upgrades in this exclusive video interview from the NBA All-Star Game in Orlando.

When it comes to basketball simulation games as of late, users have only had one real genuine choice -- NBA 2K.  Granted, there's nothing wrong with 2K Sports' basketball series, as it practically nails everything that the sport is supposed to be about in every way possible.  But we do miss the feeling of competition.  See, at one point, EA Sports was working on a contender with its NBA Live series, but then something happened, and it vanished.  But don't be too alarmed, folks.  The folks at EA are primed for a comeback.

With Linsanity fever taken up another notch with Jeremy Lin's last second, tie-breaking three point shot heroics to beat the Toronto Raptors yesterday 90-87, NBA 2K12 has just come out with its latest "Living Roster" update and Lin has gone up from 56 to 69 in his NBA 2K12 ratings. While that's not bad for a kid that wasn't even on the radar six games ago let alone on the New York Knicks roster two months ago, many NBA 2K12 gamers are wondering, is the new rating too low?