Ok here's the Ronnie and Chris stream from yesterday for those of you who are actually interested in a crew like mode for next gen. Btw, congrats Chris for winning that game. Nice post move shot with Durant in the final seconds.
http://www.twitch.tv/2k/b/557491047
Make sure you check out the parts @ 16:20, 18:35, 42:40
What I got out of the stream is that they do really get what we want out of the mode. That is a NBA style mode with all of the elements mentioned in the original post.
We won't get any of the major details on the mode untill they first talk about myplayer. So expect something around mid-late Sept they said.
Ronnie mentioned "This thing will not be called crew". So expect them to change the name to My(fill in the blank), like all of the other modes.
Ronnie also said "We need community", "There's gotta be a reason for us not just to play with our 5, but for it to mean something". In other words just playing random crew games isn't enough and that there needs to be more depth to the mode. Which I totally agree with and gladly welcome.
42:40 someone asked if there would be tournaments on current gen crew and they responded that there was nothing planned, but Ronnie talked about how that was the problem with crew. It sounds like more than likely for next gen they will have some sort of season, playoff, and/or tournament system planned to take the mode to the next level.
They also said "Start recruiting your best 4-5 now". I just hope that doesn't mean that we have to have 5 people in order to play. Hopefully we'll be able to start and play games with just 1 or 2 other people with the cpu filling in for the rest of the positions like you could do in 2k11 crew and as you'll be able to do in the 2k15 current gen crew. I used to only play with 1-2 other guys on 2k11 crew all of the time, so it would be terrible if you had to run with 5 guys in order to play the mode. Thats the only thing I heard that I had pause for concern on. Maybe Ronnie or LD2K would be nice enough and give us some clarity on that.
After hearing the stream I gotta say that I'm super excited and can't wait to hear more details on this mode.