Kyrie Irving is the NBA 2K18 Cover Athlete

[youvalss]

Quote: Originally Posted by E The Rhymer

Lol they probably won't do anything... would be funny to see him on the cover and main screen in a Cavs Jersey and he plays for SA or something.

Would be funny if the commentators will be talking about how Kyrie and LeBron are a great duo and have great chemistry.

[UFCMPunk]

Quote: Originally Posted by youvalss

Going to be interesting to see what happens if Kyrie does leave. 2K might have to Photoshop new uniform on Kyrie, or shoot a new picture. I don't think this has ever happened...or has it?

The only time I know of is when Brett Favre was on the cover of Madden when he first retired then the Packers traded him to the Jets. Either way....

[VDusen04]

Quote: Originally Posted by UFCMPunk

The only time I know of is when Brett Favre was on the cover of Madden when he first retired then the Packers traded him to the Jets. Either way....

Good call. Had to do some Wiki'ing to see how that was handled (I was out of the Madden loop by '09):

On April 23, 2008, David Letterman revealed that former Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre would be the cover athlete of Madden NFL 09 on the Late Show with David Letterman. Despite Favre's later unretirement and trade to the New York Jets about five days before Madden NFL 09 was officially released in North America, the game's cover still featured Favre wearing a Packers uniform. Instead of reissuing the packaging, on August 12, 2008, EA made available a free alternative cover of Favre in a Jets uniform from their website that players were able to download and print.

Quote: Originally Posted by youvalss

Going to be interesting to see what happens if Kyrie does leave. 2K might have to Photoshop new uniform on Kyrie, or shoot a new picture. I don't think this has ever happened...or has it?

I vote for putting him in one of those generic jerseys that 2K free agents used to wear - the white and red or grey and white combo. Like a jersey version of this:



Or maybe something like this from the side where you can't technically see much Cavalier branding.

[Jordanxyrho]

i do remember EA FIFA did this:

[youvalss]

How about this one?

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(just eliminate the Molten logo, and it's good)