For football and baseball games many plays often repeat themselves and there arent as many possibilities as of a basketball game which makes it hard to replicate into a video game. So here are some examples of what I have never seen in a basketball video game which happens every day.

- Choice of passing. When Im playing basketball I can choose how I want to feed my low post man. I can give him a bounce pass or a lob. Or my teammate who is cutting to the basket, do I give him a bullet chest pass or a perfect bounce pass for the layup. CH 2k8 tried this but it plain sucked.

- Actual on-ball defense. Players in defensive position (not stupid lock down D mode) that dont push the player with ball so he almost falls backwards. If the player with the ball is stronger he will he easily outmuscle that defender. While if the player is weaker, when he tries to drive by him he wont go anywhere. And if this player continues to try and muscle his way by the defender he will fall down or loose the ball.

-Actual tipped or loose balls. A lot of rebounds are tipped in the air or out of bounds much which I have rarely if ever seen. And actual loose balls of the rebound where there is a huge scrum of people diving and trying to pick up the ball. And in the middle of the scrum there is always that one man trying to break away for a layup if his team gets the ball.

-Players pushing the ball while dribbling. When a player dribbles in the open court he pushes the ball way in front of him with high dribbles. So when Im in the open court and press sprint this should happen! This way big man dont catch up to guards on fastbreaks.