Game offers lots of fun, but too many bugs.
The most glaring is the commentary from Jay Bilas. The vocals too often are way off. The shooter gets hacked, and Jay starts criticizing the guy for shooting an airball. The defense makes a deflection, knocking the ball out of bounds, and Jay is criticizing a turnover.
That's something you can ignore or turn off with controls. What I can't turn off are all the offensive fouls. I can drive to the hoop, be way up in the air for a dunk, then get called for charging when someone undercuts me.
In real life it would be a basket "and one" but here it's a charge. This happens about every third time I drive the lane and try to finish strong. Sometimes the defender has his back turned to me and still gets the call.
Speaking of collisions, I have a real problem with the defensive controls on this game. Sometimes I jump up and block a shot only to see the ball literally pass through my guy's arm and drop into the basket. I can go into replay and watch in slo-mo as my man perfectly times the block, but doesn't get credit for it. It drives me totally crazy.
The reviewer criticized the free throw mechanics for not offering good feedback for why you miss. I say the reviewer is most likely a lousy ballplayer in real life. The system is totally intuative. You release the shot button when the arm is properly cocked. Now that's not as easy as it sounds because there are four different shooting motions, and one of them has a little hitch in it. You think you're smooth, then the man hesitates, and you release the button too early. In real life, think of retired player Larry Johnson or Anthony Mason.