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

[youvalss]

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Who said Lin isn't on some Chinese version of either of the games? Didn't the other company have different covers for different countries in the past?

[youvalss]

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Oh, and it will be so much easier for Durant. This time around he won't have to lie about the game...

[Shinyhubcaps]

I don't like the cover, if that's the final one. Like the Bird cover last year, the full-body lanky view is framed poorly. Also there is too much empty space around the players. Something like the NBA Live covers (of which Durant was supposed to star in 2010-11) would be better.

Griffin and Durant were also both on NCAA covers for EA, so that's kinda surprising. Sorry if that's been mentioned.

[wrestlinggod1]

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

That my friend, is Joel Anthony.

[youvalss]

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That my friend, is Joel Anthony.

Ha, it does look somewhat like MJ, and also like Mourning to me.

[jd@os]

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Haha I know wrestlinggod; just being sarcastic.

And Jim Carrey's standing beside Jordan.

[cyborg.ninja24]

I don't like the cover, if that's the final one. Like the Bird cover last year, the full-body lanky view is framed poorly. Also there is too much empty space around the players. Something like the NBA Live covers (of which Durant was supposed to star in 2010-11) would be better.

Griffin and Durant were also both on NCAA covers for EA, so that's kinda surprising. Sorry if that's been mentioned.

Kobe was on both Nintendo's and Sony's NBA game before gracing 2K10. Garnett was on Live 2000 before 2K9. Shaq was on Xbox's Inside Drive before appearing 2K6 and 2K7.

[youvalss]

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Haha I know wrestlinggod; just being sarcastic.

And Jim Carrey's standing beside Jordan.

All the Miami heat team in that drawing looks like T-Mac in Live 07: way too light. Joel Anthony looks like he hasn't been outside for 5 years.

[King_B_Mack]

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

Seriously when did winning in the playoffs become a requirement of being on the cover of 2K?

Know what the funniest thing about all this is? Even if 2K had LeBron on the cover this year, there'd still be endless bitching. I can see the different complaints now. There'd be a group bitching that Derrick Rose should have gotten it because he's been working with 2K for a while now and deserves it. There'd be talk about LeBron being bad for business so he shouldn't be on there and then most of the group complaining right now would roll out the tried and true,'Who cares who's on the cover you don't play the cover' line.

[cyborg.ninja24]

Seriously when did winning in the playoffs become a requirement of being on the cover of 2K?

Know what the funniest thing about all this is? Even if 2K had LeBron on the cover this year, there'd still be endless bitching. I can see the different complaints now. There'd be a group bitching that Derrick Rose should have gotten it because he's been working with 2K for a while now and deserves it. There'd be talk about LeBron being bad for business so he shouldn't be on there and then most of the group complaining right now would roll out the tried and true,'Who cares who's on the cover you don't play the cover' line.

I wondered if anyone complained that Garnett got the cover of 2K9 instead of Paul Pierce who was Finals MVP.

[iLLosophy]

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that's the world of marketing my friend, no different from McDonalds, Burger King, etc.

You're 100% right. But this level of marketing is pretty new for NBA 2K. Before NBA 2K was the underdog / people's champion game you enjoyed supporting because their game had substance versus the competition that was all hype. That's no longer the case as 2K has matched the hype of their opponent. The positive is there's no evidence to believe they will slip on substance anytime soon.

[kolanji]

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• great choices on the first 3 athletes to be simultaneously captured on an nba 2k game {assumption}

• great choices of players but the pics used are not something i like initially maybe its gonna grown on me eventually..... maybe

• i was thinking that maybe the cover athletes should be more intertwine instead of random looking there has to be some kinda tie-in or connection with 3 ppl sharing the
  
  same cover space

• but like others before me, am more interested on what 2k13 plays like over what it looks like

[LD2k]

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

Dat disk.

[JerzeyReign]

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You're 100% right. But this level of marketing is pretty new for NBA 2K. Before NBA 2K was the underdog / people's champion game you enjoyed supporting because their game had substance versus the competition that was all hype. That's no longer the case as 2K has matched the hype of their opponent. The positive is there's no evidence to believe they will slip on substance anytime soon.

True. I was just 'bragging' about 2k on one of the forums I visit a few months ago that 2k was 'no talk, all action' -- funny how a couple dollarz make somebody switch up. They went from 'Many Men' to 'Candy Shop' lol #50Cent

But as long as they don't slip, they can talk all they want. If they start slippin', we'll get at them like we do any other gaming company -- kiss 'em today, kill 'em tomorrow.

[KyotoCarl]

cover sucks. Give Durant his own cover, and stop changing stuff. Covers are meant for ONE athlete IMO, and he deserves it after 2011s gaming debacle. I wouldnt say Bron is a lock for NBAL. They have had some surprising cover athletes so you never know with them.

Who says the cover is meant for just one athlete? Just because it's been like that in the past? The Jordan, Bird, Magic covers last year was and awesome move by 2K imo. Then it's up to me if I wanna spend money ln all of them.

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