To be fair I can't think of a 2k game that I haven't been impressed by, speaking as someone who has a number of the NBA 2k titles, they're all presented in a realistic way, even their last WWE game had raving reviews following a bad release the year before, that's not to say they don't have faults, I know some of their more open world features in NBA can be buggy as well as the servers being a bit flaky, but then again EA had similar issues too, and I know many dont like the "pay to win" features with buying coins to level up in NBA, personally it has never bothered me as I've never been tempted, also because I never play NBA 2k online.
I guess it's better I don't play with others online anymore, at least if I fuck up it's my fault and not a matter of blaming a team mate or how I believe the game is scripted lol.
But what do I know, I play Genshin Impact most days with Co OP mode disabled, whilst I hear the kid next door smashing up his room because he's having a shit time of it on COD... actually quite satisfying lol.