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

[ojandpizza]

Quote: Originally Posted by cyborg.ninja24

"none of the 3 they chose accomplished anything" Huh?!? Durant led the league in scoring, 2nd in MVP voting, and led his team to the FINALS!! Blake was All-NBA 2nd team, averaged 20 and 10, help vitalized the Clips and led them to the playoffs. If give you Rose but to say the other two did not accomplish anything is ludicrous. I guess by your logic, you either have to win the championship or MVP or you don't deserve to be on the cover. Besides, gracing the cover is not about accomplishments---it's about marketability and sales. You have three of the most popular and exciting young players in the NBA. Rose may not played much last season but he still have the #1 selling jersey while Durant and Blake were #8 and #9 respectively. Hmmm.....that's got to mean something. BTW, T-Mac was on the cover of Live 07 after being injured and missing the entire playoffs. Arenas was on the cover of Live 08 after also missing the entire playoffs from previous season. Melo was on the cover after his rookie season----heck he didn't even win Rookie of the Year.

First of all nobody cares who live picked for past covets because live sucks, and second of all Jordan on the past two cover, before that Kobe coming off a CHAMPIONSHIP, before that Garnett coming off a CHAMPIONSHIP, I don't know why they would go from that to 3 guys who not only didnt win anything but they have nothing at all on common, nothing ties them together to be on the cover, it just does not make any sense... And once again I NEVER said those 3 players weren't good or great, I said they didn't do anything, I just don't see how you go from Jordan, Magic, Bird to Durant, Rose, Griffin, I mean wtf?

And maybe the fact that you can't read or comprehend the fact that I'm not trying to dis those players is what's ludicrous..

[sparkdawg777]

Michael Jordan should be on the cover every year period.

[MarvellousOne]

I can live with those guys as the cover athletes, I just hope the cover isn't plan jane like that promo one lol

[JerseySuave4]

Weak choices... Rose is hurt for a while, Durant just coming off a Finals loss and Blake the overrated flop machine.

[ojandpizza]

Quote: Originally Posted by MarvellousOne

I can live with those guys as the cover athletes, I just hope the cover isn't plan jane like that promo one lol

I know it's so ugly, I'm really hoping each has their own cover like they did with Jordan Bird and Magic, cause the one from the picture is awful

[kmiree16]

Rose and Griffin are kind of odd choices to me. I mean they're both young stars, but Blake was the big story in the 2011 season as well as Rose. Blake wasn't as big in the media last season and Rose was injured for a good part of it.

Even though Durant lost in the finals, I can see him being on the cover as he won the scoring title for the 3rd straight season and everyone was crowning him as the "heir apparent" before the finals.

[VDusen04]

Quote: Originally Posted by ojandpizza

First of all nobody cares who live picked for past covets because live sucks, and second of all Jordan on the past two cover, before that Kobe coming off a CHAMPIONSHIP, before that Garnett coming off a CHAMPIONSHIP, I don't know why they would go from that to 3 guys who not only didnt win anything but they have nothing at all on common, nothing ties them together to be on the cover, it just does not make any sense... And once again I NEVER said those 3 players weren't good or great, I said they didn't do anything, I just don't see how you go from Jordan, Magic, Bird to Durant, Rose, Griffin, I mean wtf? And maybe the fact that you can't read or comprehend the fact that I'm not trying to dis those players is what's ludicrous..

To be fair, Michael Jordan's likely not going to be topped. There wasn't really going to be any current player that was going to be able to outshine MJ, Magic Johnson, and Larry Bird. So somehow, someway, 2K was going to have to bridge the gap from Jordan, Magic, and Bird. I'd say selecting an NBA Finalist (2nd in MVP voting, 3-time scoring champion), an NBA MVP (one year removed), and one of the most recognizable and exciting up-and-coming All-Stars all on one cover isn't too rough of a way to bridge that gap.

Yes, NBA2K has had champions on their cover before (Ben Wallace 2K5, Shaquille O'Neal 2K7, Kevin Garnett 2K9, Kobe Bryant 2K10) but clearly a championship has never guaranteed a cover, as those guys represent just four of 2K's now fourteen editions.

In terms of what ties the 2K13 cover subjects together. . . they're young guns. 2K's tagline to the reveal article was "New Dynasty". 2K is looking to shift the focus toward the new, young batch on NBA assassins. And again, I think 2K could have done a lot worse than going with three exciting superstars who've sprung onto the scene in recent years to help lift each of their teams to new levels and prominence.

To say the cover subjects "haven't done anything" I suppose would be dependent upon what one considers to be "anything". In my opinion, they've all done a lot, and I have zero issue with any of them finding their way onto the cover of a video game. I do not believe the only players eligible for an NBA cover should be those who've won championships.

[youvalss]

I wonder what it means when it comes to motion capture. Are they all taking part in it?