Yes at least 2k is way ahead of Sony's game. As for Live, I haven't played it much tbh, but just because of franchise mode I'd say Live is far ahead of it too.
I'll be getting the demo as soon as skate is finished.
The graphics are alright I suppose, but the players faces are absolutely weird looking at times. Movement felt too automatic last year, but at the same time was fairly smooth, especially when compared to videos of Live. But in all it just didn't feel like the devs knew a lot about basketball or were big basketball fans. I thought that one mode where you travel around the US and take over cities was fun on the psp though, probably even better on a console, but other than that I definately wouldn't buy the game. Nba 07 kinda reminded me of Live 05 in alot of ways, in that it was just so simple.