Thank you for posting. I was heavily leaning towards doing the digital preorder, but NBA Live 18 is basically a play-now only mode for both the NBA and WNBA. Bummer. Saving $40 dollars plus tax. Maybe next year, but I don't even know if there's going to be a next year. Hopefully there's an NBA Live 19.
EDIT: ... and hopefully they'll finally get in roster editing and cpu trades and whatever basics are missing in NBA Live 19.