I'll start off by saying I'm not a huge NBA fan. Used to be back in the days of Reggie Miller but not a big fan of the modern-day NBA. But I like PC sports management games because of the customization ability. So how realistic are the stats? How accurate do the players play? I'll let someone else decide that. The game is unlicensed. You will have to download the real-world mod on their forums if you want the NBA teams. The last Pro Basketball offering I played was 2021 and the expansion back then automatically put both teams out west. So if you made one of the expansion teams, say Kentucky they were automatically put in a division out west. That has now been changed (and was changed in 23 I believe) to allow you to expand to a 32-team league with divisions of four teams. And then you can edit those divisions by swapping teams out on a one-for-one basis. I still prefer the light UI of the older games. Not a huge fan of all black and gray. But of course, that's a personal preference. The football games allow you some customization via **** file, the basketball games do not. The game does feature the new in-season tournament if you want to use it. The new screen ticker along the bottom is a nice touch to see what's going on around the league from every screen. A new addition is showing overalls instead of the stars. Maybe it's my old-school video game in me coming out but I've always preferred the overall ratings to stars. What exactly rating is 3 stars? There's too much **** between a low three-star player and a high three-star player. So now you can see exactly what their rating is. I treat the pro games like a real GM. So I let the AI coach make all lineup and in-game coaching decisions. So I can't comment much on the actual in-game action. I normally load up and fast sim to half-time to get a fell for what my team has done and then fast sim the rest of the game. I play in sandbox mode so that if something happens and I need to, I can jump into the commish profile and edit what needs changed. Just a reminder they offer free demos of all their games on their website. So if you are on the fence, download the demo and check it out. Overall I do recommend the game to those who like these type of games. I will also say that I've never seen the devs respond on steam but they are highly active on their forums, discord and slack.