Kyrie-Cavaliers NBA 2K18 Cover
Fresh off
helping lead his Cleveland Cavaliers past the Boston Celtics in the NBA's
Eastern Conference Finals last week, including an incredible 42-point
performance in Game 4, 25 years old can add another accolade to his list:
cover star for the best-selling video game NBA 2K.
On the eve of
the Cavs showdown with the Warriors in the NBA Finals, Irving Thursday was
given thehonor of being named the cover for NBA 2K18, the newest iteration of
Take-Two Interactive's popular basketball video game.
"The
opportunity that's at hand, to be able to grace the cover of 2K, some of
the greatest athletes that have played our game have been on this cover, I'm
just glad I just joined that lineage," says Irving. Recent versions of the
game have featured a "who's who" of past and present NBA
greats: Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Kobe Bryant, Kevin
Durant, Steph Curry and of, course, Irving's teammate, LeBron James.
An avid gamer, Irving is
no stranger to video game covers, gracing the cover of EA Sports' rival NBA
Live 14 in 2013, one of a select few to be featured on both games.
"Watching 2K evolve into this incredible, incredible game that has great
gameplay... it was a no-brainer," to take on being the cover star.
Irving
sheepishly admits that he plays seemingly "every day," with
very specific rules when playing with friends: Six-minute quarters, no fatigue,
a choice of three randomly selected teams (with an option for a fourth random
team that you can't switch from if you aren't happy with your first three
choices) and a five-game series amongst those teams. His "go-to"
team? Not his Cavs or the rival Warriors but the Chicago Bulls.
"Jimmy Butler is an animal in that game."
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