Agreed. I thought the player models and cloth movement (though overdone) was excellent and still hold up VERY favorably today. The faces are another story all together...lol. Some were very good, most were crap.
The stadiums were not great at all either and the crowd was just okay. I think people remember those very nice base models when they claim how great 2K7 looked. I suppose it comes down to what people place their focus on.