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

[KSOR24]

I'm more excited about the upcoming announcement than the reveal of the cover athletes Hopefully 2K doesn't disappoint this time

[cyborg.ninja24]

For those who are complaining, it could be worst. Imagine if Jeremy Lin was on the cover. I guessing Live will either have LeBron/Heat Trio or Lin on their cover.

[cyborg.ninja24]

To all the LeBron fanboys, yes he should be on the cover. But did you ever think why he hasn't grace the cover of an NBA game yet. (He did share the the cover of NBA 09: The Inside with 5 other players---but that cover doesn't count) How many NBA games has been released in his nine season career? Between 2K, Live, Street, and Ballers, there have been 20+ games. Hmmmm......LeBron probably wants too much money.

You can't hate on 2K for their cover picks, they have 3 players with the top ten selling NBA jerseys.

2011-12 Top Selling NBA Jerseys in the United States

1. Derrick Rose, Chicago Bulls

2. Jeremy Lin, New York Knicks

3. Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers

4. LeBron James, Miami Heat

5. Carmelo Anthony, New York Knicks

6. Dwyane Wade, Miami Heat

7. Dirk Nowitzki, Dallas Mavericks

8. Kevin Durant, Oklahoma City Thunder

9. Blake Griffin, Los Angeles Clippers

10. Rajon Rondo, Boston Celtic

[jbthegreat]

This means Live has Lebron on lock as their coverboy

[AVONFTW]

I don't know why y'all think this means LeBron is on Live. Maybe Lebron is taking the Barkley route, he did say he wanted to be the first billionaire athlete. He is not just gonna sell his rights to anyone. And with live coming off hiatus, he probably doesn't want the blame for the game not selling.

[cyborg.ninja24]

Quote: Originally Posted by AVONFTW

I don't know why y'all think this means LeBron is on Live. Maybe Lebron is taking the Barkley route, he did say he wanted to be the first billionaire athlete. He is not just gonna sell his rights to anyone. And with live coming off hiatus, he probably doesn't want the blame for the game not selling.

EA needs something special on their cover after a two year hiatus. If EA threw enough money at LeBron, how can he say no? Live will either have LeBron/Heat Trio or Jeremy Lin. The wild card cover athletes would be Rondo or Chris Paul. Anybody else would be lackluster especially considering 2K's dominance of the market.

[BigB0iFresh]

Still dont see why sum people are upset about the cover.....

[ojandpizza]

Quote: Originally Posted by cyborg.ninja24

"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.

I didn't say Blake wasn't exciting or that I didn't like any of those 3 players, I like them all, and never said i was a Kobe or LeBron fan, i didnt mention either o them at all..but none of the 3 they chose accomplished anything, I would have been way more satisfied with just Durant or just Rose, but those 3 guys together, terrible mix.. If they were gonna go 3 guys why not go Bosh, Wade and LeBron holding the trophy or Duncan, Manu, Parker, or something, at least that would make some damn sense!.. Personally I would rather had a one athlete cover anyways