NBA 2K13 Cover Athletes Are Kevin Durant, Blake Griffin and Derrick Rose

[SouthBeach]

I knew that already.

[NoTiCe_O]

I think their each gonna have their own seperate cover like they did this year with Bird, Magic, and Jordan.

The choices are cool, but I think Durant would've taken Live or 2k to be honest. 2k getting LeBron on the cover would of been epic; comparable to them getting Jordan on the cover.

[ojandpizza]

That cover is awful, Rose barely played last year and will barely play this year, Blake Griffin jumps high wow good for him.. I don't understand what they're trying to do? They went from the 3 greatest most known NBA players of all time to 3 guys who didn't do crap this last season, what are they thinking? This game better still have legend teams in it or I will be pissed

[VDusen04]

Quote: Originally Posted by ojandpizza

That cover is awful, Rose barely played last year and will barely play this year, Blake Griffin jumps high wow good for him.. I don't understand what they're trying to do? They went from the 3 greatest most known NBA players of all time to 3 guys who didn't do crap this last season, what are they thinking? This game better still have legend teams in it or I will be pissed

To be fair, I'm not sure it would have been a sound business plan for 2K to forever lace their basketball game covers with only legendary players of days gone by. I mean, I'd personally love it, but we know they couldn't do that forever.

Instead, they opted for the now and the future. Three very exciting current players in today's NBA. Again, I'm thinking the Rose decision was made and set in stone well before his playoff injury. And the other two players seem to be shaping up as perennial all-stars. And whether folks respect Griffin's skill or not, he's still an exciting, attention-grabbing 21 and 11 guy. I loosely liken this to NBA Live '95 hypothetically opting for a cover of Shaquille O'Neal, Scottie Pippen, and Shawn Kemp. Some dominance, some greatness, some skilled excitement (which may have been cooler than the cover they chose, of John Starks passing out of a shot).

[JBreezeNY]

That cover looks horrendous good god

Could at least put a couple more designs on it, spruce it up a bit, something.

[Championships]

I guess this confirms LeBron James is the cover athlete for NBA Live '13 unless Durant some how ends up on both covers..

I like the cover athletes, just don't like how they look on the cover.

[Im LP]

I really didn't want LeBron so I'm glad all the speculation about him being on the cover was false. I like the cover athletes except I think the Blake Griffin selection is a bit too much, maybe somebody else, such as Dirk, Rondo, or even Westbrook would be nice too. Either way I'm still getting this game!

[cyborg.ninja24]

Quote: Originally Posted by ojandpizza

That cover is awful, Rose barely played last year and will barely play this year, Blake Griffin jumps high wow good for him.. I don't understand what they're trying to do? They went from the 3 greatest most known NBA players of all time to 3 guys who didn't do crap this last season, what are they thinking? This game better still have legend teams in it or I will be pissed

"They went from the 3 greatest most known NBA players of all time to 3 guys who didn't do crap this last season" WTF!! Yes, Rose barely played. But to say Blake and Kevin didn't do jack last season is plain asinine. Kevin was the scoring champ, led his team to the Finals, and was 2nd in the MVP voting. Blake may be overrated/overhyped but he's one of the most exciting players in the league and a superstar in the making.

You must be a Kobe or LeBron fanboy. Kobe already graced the cover in 2K10 and too many people despise LeBron. The current cover is rather ehhh....they should have gave them each their own cover like last year. Blake's cover sold in the west, Rose in the east, and Durant in the midwest.