From looking at videos of the demo online, it really doesn't look elite 11 is even close to the level of 2k11 (it's a demo of course so the real product might be lightyears better).
The animations look quite bad. AI looks utterly disastrous; poor shot selections, poor reactions and spacing, poor pass selections.
Why on earth would they get rid of the sprint button in a basketball game?! I don't mind not having it in Madden 11, but for game where change of pace is so critical and such a useful way to beat a player it makes no sense.
Great idea to make shooting skill based, but it still needs some refinement. The crowd sounds great, really lively atmosphere.
There is already apparently a patch for the DEMO about to be released, so I hope this makes the game seem more playable.
Still no going past NBA 2k11 this year however. It could be one of the all-time best Bball game releases...