NBA Live 06 is a 2005 installment of the NBA Live series released for Windows, PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox, Xbox 360, PlayStation Portable, and mobile devices.

It features Dwyane Wade of the Miami Heat on the cover.

The game player hires the coaching staff and runs a training camp which may be simulated.

Both the 3 Point Shootout and the Slam Dunk Contest are announced by TNT Inside the NBA analyst Kenny Smith.

[52][53][54][55][56][57] In Japan, Famitsu gave the PS2 version a score of all four eights for a total of 32 out of 40;[7] the same magazine gave the Xbox 360 version a score of two eights and two sevens for a total of 30 out of 40,[9] while giving the PSP version a score of one eight, two sevens, and one six, for a total of 28 out of 40.