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

[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.

[Boilerbuzz]

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Does not make any sense to me. Rose 2011 MVP, Blake Griffin a high flying maniac, Durant 2012 NBA Scoring Champion, but sunk in the 2012 Finals. I am not a Miami Heat fan but King James should have definatly been on the cover.

Why do people keep asking for a guy that obviously has no real interest in being on ANY cover? I just don't get it. Move on. And he's NOT very popular at all right now regardless of talent or achievements.

[youvalss]

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I think it's a good thing that Durant isn't on the cover on his own. At least to me it would immediately remind me of Elite 11. Even if you know it has nothing to do with it, a Durant cover means Elite. Seeing him with 2 other players is something completely different, and pretty unique.

[aloncho11]

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The three are good imo. Better to have a bit of diversity in the type of cover.

Maybe future covers will always feature multiple players. NBA Live is the game that has patented the one man cover, since the NBA Live 96 days (16 years ago).

[youvalss]

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As long as it doesn't turn into NBA '09 and its multi-player cover...

[cyborg.ninja24]

Blake couldn't be that overrated as a player, could he? He was selected for the 2nd All-NBA team--voted by the experts (sport writers and broadcasters). I am not a Griffin fan boy but a bit confused with all the hate. I do think his dunk-over-the-car was overhyped/overrated.

The cover is not about who deserves to be on the game but who would help sell more copies to the casual fan. Hardcore fans will buy the game regardless. A clueless mom will most likely pick the cover she finds more appealing.

Rose had the #1 selling jersey while Durant and Griffin were #8 and #9. James was #4. Hmmmm......would I rather have the #1,8,9 most popular players (in terms of jersey sales) on my cover or the #4. In addition, James is still one of the most hated players in the league----there are people who will flat-out not buy the game because he is on the cover.....cough...the entire state of Ohio...cough. Just saying. At least 2K didn't throw Jeremy Lin on there who did have the #2 best selling jersey.

If you wanted Lebron on the cover solely because he won the championship, then go buy a box of Wheaties.

[jreezy18]

Nice selection for the franchise's first multiple athletes cover.

[I Djm]

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Blake couldn't be that overrated as a player, could he? He was selected for the 2nd All-NBA team--voted by the experts (sport writers and broadcasters). I am not a Griffin fan boy but a bit confused with all the hate. I do think his dunk-over-the-car was overhyped/overrated.

The cover is not about who deserves to be on the game but who would help sell more copies to the casual fan. Hardcore fans will buy the game regardless. A clueless mom will most likely pick the cover she finds more appealing.

Rose had the #1 selling jersey while Durant and Griffin were #8 and #9. James was #4. Hmmmm......would I rather have the #1,8,9 most popular players (in terms of jersey sales) on my cover or the #4. In addition, James is still one of the most hated players in the league----there are people who will flat-out not buy the game because he is on the cover.....cough...the entire state of Ohio...cough. Just saying. At least 2K didn't throw Jeremy Lin on there who did have the #2 best selling jersey.

If you wanted Lebron on the cover solely because he won the championship, then go buy a box of Wheaties.

blake is overrated period. his dunk over the car overrated period. outside of dunks he barely has any other means for scoring

[Boilerbuzz]

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Nice selection for the franchise's first multiple athletes cover.

???

So 2K12 with Jordan, Bird, and Magic doesn't qualify as a "multiple athlete cover"?

And I agree that Griffin needs to VASTLY expand his game. Across the board. But that doesn't mean he's not good because the talent and potential is clearly there. Three of the top players in the league right now.

[Angel_G]

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He obviously meant 3 players in the same cover not seperately. It annoys me when people try to be contrarions on every single thing.

[Angel_G]

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So far the new 2K13 cover is as bad as the NBA 2K10. In 2K they edited Kobe so much he looked mexican and in 2K13 the designs look look very simple and it looks like it took them a couple of hours. NBA 2K12 had awesome designs.

[Crimson.Bullet]

I agree and fully understand your point BSchwartz07's.......but the fact of the matter is: "i'm sure that many people despise NBA 2K (EA Nation) for it's (Lebron-like) "Dominance" of sports simulation gaming. but that never stops them from going out there and putting their best foot forward. weather the world likes or doesn't like 2K best foot........it is out there and it is respected. the same for having LJ on the cover......you can't go from kobe, mj, mj-magic-bird, to 3 players who are clearly all-stars and one an ex MVP, and completely skip over the player who is completely dominating the game as magic-bird-and jordan had. you just can't make that kind of mistake. true regardless of who is on the cover NBA 2K will continue to reign, but as far as judging books by their cover....this one would fall short. you look at all the past covers i mentioned and you'll see 1 thing in common......."CHAMPIONS". that's why i have never complained about LJ not getting a cover til he won a ring......because that was the standard that 2K had created for their cover hopefuls......"Simply the Best". and though this years cover will feature 3 amazing talents, it lacks the 2K standard of "Simply the Best". 3 time MVP and finally 1 Ring.....and the manner in which he accomplished those things, that is not something to over look. So if you actually read these blogs 2K.......please keep up the unbelievable work, but also...please....please.....please......don't let the fickle ways of "fans" or people who's outlook on things changes with the wind change your approach in offering up the best sports game to date. 2K Sports 4-life.

[RleWorm]

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the cover looks pretty stupid

[8KB24]

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IDK why is everybody so disappointed with this cover. As a future graphics designer I know it is not easy to make this cover, but it surely isn't hard.. Last years(2K12) was better IMHO due to more design flow around players. But nonetheless... Not bad cover. But I'd love to see some of your covers as you hate it so much.

[Shinyhubcaps]

I can't do the visual effects, but I could lay out the cover better than this. If you're going to have 3 players, why have so much empty space? The excess of empty space is the biggest weird design trend. Why are only Blake and Derrick's hands clipped off? They should either fit 100% of the photos on the page, or they could zoom in and clip more off. Finally, why the red background? I know 2K said that red is its color, but something that looks better with the Thunder jersey colors would be better, or something altogether neutral, or any pattern/color that shows less of the background (as I say, too much dead space).