better than last year...
The soundtrack is better this year, the best in the series in my opinion. The new animations are great, and i can say that the shot stick improved even though all the 2k sports efforts were focused on other consoles. The roster is missing some players, Yi Jillian(Milwaukee) and Navarro(Memphis) for example. Overall the game play improved. And the AI is noticeably better. No more walking out-of-bounds when they feel like giving you the ball back.
This one has less modes than last year's version, the Live series edges it on invasion. The association mode feels shallow too. I pray they make a collaboration project with EA for the PS2 merging the LIVE and the 2k basketball sims.