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

[Epiffani]

Nice to see them stick by Rose after such a tough season for him riddled by misfortunes and injuries. Like Rose said, he's been putting in work for 2k for several years, including being in numerous commercials, press releases and being on the cover of the NBA 2K Draft Combine DLC. I'm happy for him and can't wait for him to come back and remind people exactly what makes him special as a NBA player.

Edit: just read that there will not be three different covers for the game. Would've liked to have bought just a Rose cover. Meh.

[chance]

Quote: Originally Posted by celticsfan1530

Pretty good choices, even though I think Blake Griffin is one of the most overrated players in the NBA right now.

career avg of 20 & 10 in his first two years doesnt do it for ya?

[Shinyhubcaps]

Quote: Originally Posted by cmebfresh

this probably a good thing the cover looks so bland. Which means they are focus on gameplay - Im just saying

The two have nothing to do with each other.

[Get Gooder]

This cover is the DEFINITION of "Doo Doo" I mean maybe if their poses were a little better it could work, but I personally think the background looks horrible with all three of them.
It should've been only LeBron or only Durant, nobody else really deserves to be on the cover this year. I am really glad that it wasn't MJ again!!

[buickbeast]

Quote: Originally Posted by chance

career avg of 20 & 10 in his first two years doesnt do it for ya?

It's BAD when you get called out on National TV for being a flopper
Also, I'm surprised Griffen is looking like he's goin dunk it...always looks like he plays volleyball when he um, dunks it.
I'd much rather take Love's 26/13 career avg or KG if I had to put a PF on the cover

[riichiieriich]

Quote: Originally Posted by chance

career avg of 20 & 10 in his first two years doesnt do it for ya?

He's a one-dimensional player. All he does is dunk and lay the ball up. No post game. No jumpshot. Can't shoot free throws. Doesn't play defense. Don't believe me? Watch some Clippers games and you'll see what I'm talking about.

[AirJordanFan93]

Id prefer if they had Lebron on instead of Griffin. None the less I kinda hope all 3 of them get a separate cover like they did last year with Bird MJ and Magic.

[jhawk826]

The cover is very bland and should have just been one athlete imo. It would have gone to Durant just off of what he's done the last couple of years and to redeem him from the Elite 11 debacle.

To the guy pointing out Blake Griffin's average of 20 and 10, this is one case where stats are very misleading in terms of what kind of player he is. He doesn't defend well, he has no post game and has no jump shot of any kind. Outside of the post, he's completely useless. He doesn't belong on the cover of a game, but the cover is for marketing purposes so we know who 2K is trying to appeal to outside of their loyal buyers. Off the topic, but Nike is going to muscle USA Basketball into putting Griffin on the Olympic team although he shouldn't be on it.

Unless his demands go away, we'll never see LeBron on a cover of Live or 2K so get used to it.