Even if you have 3 buddies around, the key players will still be computer controlled. This may seem a moot point to state, but what makes basketball action games funny is mainly the ability to perform crazy moves in the air. If you play hockey and push the turbo button, the only thing that happens is your player gets faster, if your player gets hot, he's faster still, but it's only speed. In SVGA this game is unplayable because you can't see anything. That in itself would put me off, but only a bit.
Problem is, the view itself is dysfunctional.
You can't see your buddy on the screen most of the time, you can't see the goals, the camera is static as in ice hockey games before the so called Virtual Stadium revolution. The player animations are quite appalling. You would expect this game to run on a 286 easily because there isn't really much the CPU has to control. OK, the graphics suck. Nooo thank you.