This one is in the bargain bin because it's old, but it should been there when it was first released.
There's no getting around it. 2k7 is a frustrating game. The most notable flaw here is the difference between difficulty level settings. Playing on rookie is a good idea for newcomers just trying to hash out the basics of the game. However it quickly becomes far too easy. If you played a regular season against the computer you would win every game by 20 no matter what team you were, diminishing any type of challenge or excitement. If you kicked it up to pro level, you're in for a surprise. The computer hardly ever misses, petty little fouls are constantly called unless you turn them off and it just may seem as though your team has forgotten how to play fundamental basketball. Turning the difficulty level up fleshes out just how dumb your AI teammates are. They will take fancy wild fall way shots when all you wanted them to do was take a quick pull up jumper. They will do in the air pump fakes and randomly lob the ball up when a simple dunk would have sufficed. They will commit violations or fouls when you are not controlling them, making it not your fault that you lost in OT by 2 points due to a crucial free throw session. The problems go on and on. It's ok to bump up the intelligence and difficulty of the opponent AI when a player selects one setting higher, they shouldn't also become extremely bad. It's not like it's totally impossible to win. You can do it but every play counts, so expect a struggle. What's worse about this is that there are 4 difficulty setting above rookie. That's right. As if things weren't hard enough on pro level. I didn't even try the other difficulty settings, so as to preserve my self-esteem but I can only imagine they're even worse (Somehow).
Another flaw with this title involves menu options. Load times are frequent and annoying, as they, along with the entire rest of the game, are accompanied by tacky dumb music that probably no one has heard of. As far as graphics go, the game looks pretty mediocre. Sure the stadiums and floors are nice and shiny, but certain character models such as Tim Duncans are….well ugly. Some players and coaches look the way they should and some don't. The fans in the stadiums are about the same you'd see in any sports game, but it would have been nice if the developers took a little more time to put more detail in at least some of the most notable players.
NBA 2k7 can be fun and exciting to play with friends, and there's even an online mode, though I wouldn't expect to find too many people playing it by now. Regardless, like any other sports games, there is a solid amount of replay value in this title if you plan on keeping it and playing it in the future. The problems are frequent and severe in this game, but if you can deal with these aggravations, it's worth buying on amazon for about $1.00. However, you probably wouldn't have to look far to find a bevy of better basketball simulations if pure quality is what you're after.