Excellent gameplay but shallow game modes and so so multiplayer.
The graphics are excellent and contains a lot of different animations which flows very well. All the NBA players are modeled amazingly well. The different courts are nice as well.
The music is nice and the game has a lot of nice tracks. The trash-talk is varied enough that it won't get annoying too quick.
The gamplay is what makes the game worth playing. The controls are very easy to learn and after a couple of games you'll be able to dunk and do trick plays.
The thing that hurts the game the most is the shallow modes that comes with it. The career mode is just a bunch of challenges until there's nothing to do. The multiplayer part is bare-boned and I had fits of lag once in a while. At least most of the achievements are ridiculously easy to get.
This game is a great rental if you like these types of games. I did.