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Dame Lillard is NBA2K21 Cover Athlete for Current Gen
- Thread starter jbug617
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Ah thats right I forgot about that. NBA is trying to push him as hard as possible too
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probably Zion since he was in the reveal teaser. Also I guess no Smart Delivery
Or heck, even the playoffs this year.
It's still so weird to me that he almost singlehandedly ended the Westbrook era of the Thunder, and that just made them better.
I also wonder if they're going to try to do some approximation of the weird playoff format from this year or they'll just ignore it completely.
Makes sense to get ahead of the curse. Use two players who were injured for major chunks of this current season and who won't be making the playoffs (I know they have a chance because of the format, but we'll see).
Problem is, the NBA 2k curse is different from the Madden curse, it usually involves the player in question changing teams within a couple of years.
I was about to say "there is no way Dame played 2K on dreamcast, he's too young" and "i think their idea of last gen having an older star and next gen having zion (the next star) would work better if it was someone older than Dame", and then I see Dame is 29 years old, which is shocking to me!
yeah, i just assume every high-impact player at this point entered the league at 19 years old!
Dame is amazing, and I wish he would win a title before his career ends.
That said, 2K curse incoming jk.
I think this will be the first year I get 2k not on Switch if the 1-2 second load times on PS5 are true.
That said, 2K curse incoming jk.
I think this will be the first year I get 2k not on Switch if the 1-2 second load times on PS5 are true.
Ah yea booyyy. Those old A.I. cover Dreamcast games were legit too. 2K has been good since time and it's no surprise Live is dead
Kobe's estate seems to be very cautious (with good reason, considering it's only been like 6 months since his death) about his likeness and license going forward. They disassociated with Mamba Academy and there are some grumbling that Vanessa may not even re-up with Nike to continue his shoe line going. I wouldn't expect him on a video game cover any time soon.
Nah, it was clutch.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take -"some hockey guy"
That's only because the guy that preceded him took double the curse (Lamar better hope it's triple).
probably Vince
Kobe seems like an all-or-nothing type of deal. like with Jordan in 2K11.
If you've been playing the 2k series all gen you'll know how greedy they are. Not surprised if it isn't included.
Its not really their decision. I think putting Kobe on the cover this soon after an incredibly tragic and untimely death would be sort of unnerving too. Like the dude ain't even dead a year and they are using his death to sell video games.
I see it as more of a tribute but to each it's own I guess.
I mean I'm sure that would be the intent but they ain't giving the game away for free. The cover athlete is usually chosen to help sell the game. I don't know, not really a wrong or right answer to this stuff but it would feel off to me.
On Kobe, I think it'd be a bad look. Even if they have the right intent, it would just look like they're exploiting his death. They'll save that for when we hit 2k24.
On Dame, MY BOY MADE IT
On Dame, MY BOY MADE IT
Not a curse as in getting hurt, but like I mentioned before definitely a ton of their athletes have switched teams. Has more to do with top stars switching teams like nothing but still pretty interesting to see:
2k14: Lebron in Heat uniform
2k15: Durant in OKC uniform
2k17: Paul George in Pacers uni
2k18: Kyrie in Cavs uni
2k19: Lebron
2k20: AD
For as great as a player as he is, Kawhi has the marketability of a goldfish.