I definitely agree on the nationality of the characters should reflect that of the one chosen for your MyPlayer. Without trying to sound racist in ANY way, I feel it's really "black" (yo, dawg, etc, etc). Just makes it look more like a "baller" movie, than what you could expect from an up and coming NBA player.
I'm just a handful of NBA games in, and I'm happy with everything, other than the story.
2 games in and the coach is absolutely ROASTING me, and then refers to the "amount of money I'm paying you", when you're on pittance!
Still, the VC rewarded during play is FAR superior to 2K15, where you played 10 to a dozen games and JUST got enough for an upgrade.
I love the tattoo's big fan of that, just a small aspect, but something I enjoy doing to my MP. I DON'T however, like the lack of designs, and not being able to use the same design - I wanted to give my MP a complete sleeve of the 1 design. Another irk I have, always the same, but the facial hair sucks once again. I want growth and a long goatee. Nope, bloody James Harden beard's all they got. Small things, but you know. ha ha.
Other than that, I've only started MyGM mode, which seems OK, but damn, it's hard to convince teams to trade. I'm trying to pull off a 3-way, and I'll make a move to entice one team, and they're all good, then you make a move to entice the other, and the first team changes their mind! At least they don't get pissed and tell you to nick off like before, ha ha.
I'll keep plugging away with it when I can - started playing Metal Gear, so that's consuming a lot of game time, ha ha.