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

[marcbitw1992]

yes ! i said a few month back i wanted blake !! Wish it was bron but

[King_B_Mack]

The internet never ceases to amaze. The last two years we had to hear people whining about 'all these legends' taking the cover from current athletes and now we get three current guys on the cover and there is sure enough bitching about that.

LeBron should be on the cover? Couple things wrong with that. First and foremost, 2K doesn't just put you on the cover and that's the end of it, the player has to actually agree to be on the cover. For all we know, LeBron is going to be on the cover of Live and contractually couldn't do the 2K cover if he wanted to. Or he just plain didn't want to do it most likely. Secondly, since win does winning the Finals mean you automatically have to be on the cover of the game? Iverson all those years? Shaq that one year? Chris Paul? People were clamoring for LeBron before he ever won anything and now other guys shouldn't be on the cover because LeBron won? C'mon now people.

I just hope that's not the final cover because it's pretty plain looking. Looks like something someone new to photoshop came up with.

[VogueMraz]

honestly i don't like the cover, I've seen many fan made 2k13 cover that are better

[skinnybonez]

worst 2k cover ever, wow

[fsufan4423]

Stop with the cover athletes, Just put the whole team....

[TheBadazz]

Quote: Originally Posted by fsufan4423

Stop with the cover athletes, Just put the whole team....

NO!

[dirtydizzle]

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quick remix

[VDusen04]

Quote: Originally Posted by JerzeyReign

I still think its a smack in the face to Lebron. I guess those dudes move units but KD just lost to Lebron in the Finals, Blake is overrated in my eyes, and D.Rose probably won't even play next season.

As others have alluded, the cover athlete is not something games are able to secure, create, and release within a week's time. As such, it's not as if 2K was able watch Durant's team lose in the Finals and Rose go down with an injury and say, "Alright, new cover." I'd presume this has likely been in place for a few months, just from going off how difficult and time consuming it can be to secure a player's rights, agreement to appear, and publicity plan (commercials, photos, etc).

And again, none of this is accounting for the strong possibility of LeBron James 1) asking for too much money to appear 2) declining to appear 3) being already tied to another game or 4) 2K opting to go for the "safe" stars, who find themselves closer to the neutral side of fan approval.