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

[jbthegreat]

This means Live has Lebron on lock as their coverboy

[AVONFTW]

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

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]

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]

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

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

[ojandpizza]

"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

[ojandpizza]

I wouldn't mind seeing a Jordan Pippen Rodman up top and a Bron, Wade, Bosh along the bottom cover with the 2k13 in the center, tell me that wouldn't be badass lol.. To me this conver not only has a poor choice of players but it's just ugly as hell, and colors don't match.. I hope each has their own cover when released instead of all 3 on 1 cover

[Str0mTropper]

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

This means Live has Lebron on lock as their coverboy

No it does not at all.

[jeebs9]

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

I like it... I mean the last 2 years we've had a God on the front cover. So you just have to wonder who will follow it up with. The best option has to be with the up and coming players. I feel bad for Rose though. He's going to miss a lot of time.

I think if LeBron wins again. You might see him up there next year. I think by then a lot of peoples opinions will change of him if that happens again.

Oh well great cover 2K!

[Colts18]

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

I would have personally saved the Tri-Cover so I could have 3 different covers for the next 3 years. But what do I know?

[Errors Occurred]

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

I like the cover but really I don't care if it was a blank pic...I don't EVER see the cover after I buy the game so it doesn't matter at all to me...But for all this Bron love where did this come from lol? just a few weeks ago the man was hated now everyone is bashing 2k for not putting him as there cover boy...Should he be on the cover sure but just ask for one to be made by one of the guys here...It will look better also

[cyborg.ninja24]

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

"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.

[DJ]

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

I'm good with the choices for the cover, although I wish they used the 3-person cover for 2K12 with Magic, Bird and MJ, instead of the 3 separate covers.

Still, at the end of the day, what matters most is what's on the disc.

[jd@os]

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

Why is Michael Jordan standing next to Shane Battier on the middle row?

[ojandpizza]

"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.