Janky controls does not do what you want.
Unbalanced. 3pt specialist is a must, if you can't you fail.
Playing a PG is almost impossible as the AI is terrible and the janky controls.
Example;
You try to pass to open man to right. And it passes forward into the opponent.
In the 'controls' it tells you, press pass and point to pass to closest that way, hold it to pass far.
It does not do this. Well it may seem that way. I've pressed it to pass only to be passing across the court leading to turnover. And vice versa.
The story mode is hard. No not darksouls hard. That hard is fair. This is not. You need no life to play this, for a game marketed to the type they market it to, this makes no sense.
The type of hard this game is, is if you lose an early game there are no second chances your kicked out, and your AI allies lose the game for you if the controls aren't. You need to constantly restart the game when things go bad more times then you get to shoot the ball.
It gets worse once you make nba.
I have never had a game make me want to throw my controller through my screen, when i do well then the game forces you to lose.
When your good at layups so you do the movements for one when open. But instead stop still under the ring and take the shot that gets easily blocked.
When you are on a fast break but are forced to walk down the court so they can get into position.
When they are fast-break but force you to stop then move slowly then punish you for it.
You can score 50 points in the nba but the coach takes you out till the end of the game and your down 20
It's unbalanced, unfair and frustrating.
The storymode is OK except despite tying to market it as YOU they force a very specific personality.
You are "different", you love fashion with a passion despite very generic options.
You are "different" because you like to rap.
You cannot like rock, pop, classical or just uninterested. You looove rap, you soooo unique for a street baller.