http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/2...rect-franchise
It includes an analysis at the end on which two players would be picked as default starters on a hypothetical 2018 version of the game.
Creator Mark Turmell also concedes that the updated "NBA Jam Championship Edition" was superior (came out about a year later), which I agree.
During the days of NWP/DD Radio, there was some discussion of buying an NBA Jam machine and putting it in my Vegas apartment. It never ended up happening, mainly due to the cost of buying and transporting a working one.