NBA 2K has been the top-rated and top-selling NBA video game for 17 years. He also shot a career-best 52.9 percent from the field.īoston Celtics guard Kyrie Irving was the cover athlete for last season’s edition of the game. He set new career highs in points (26.9) and rebounds (10.0) per game in addition to dishing out 4.8 assists per game, second-highest of his career. Immediately following the event, Antetokounmpo shared the cover image on social media, along with a pre-order link to the game.Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo’s meteoric rise to NBA stardom will reach a new level later this summer when he’s featured on the cover of NBA 2K19.Īntetokounmpo unveiled the cover on Instagram, saying he’s, “honored to be the first international player featured on the cover of NBA 2K.”Įarlier this summer, NBA 2K announced that LeBron James would grace the cover of their 20th Anniversary Edition of NBA 2K19.ĭuring the 2017-18 season, Antetokounmpo led the Bucks to their second consecutive playoff berth and the team’s most wins since the 2009-10 season. I think that would be the perfect rating for me.”
Never been done before! To be honest, I would like my rating to be around 94 or 95 because I always feel I can get better. Giannis on what his rating should be in 2K19: It talks about a lot of things that have to do with my family and where I’ve come from, and I think it’s pretty unique.” You can see it talks about my Dad, talks about my country, Greece. “First of all I could start with my family and put my brothers’ names in there, because this is a part of history being on the 2K cover. Giannis on choosing the words that make up his cover’s design: When you try to build your guy in M圜areer, you think of Giannis’ game, so it just made a lot of sense to have this guy on our cover.” And then, his play style is so like the prototypical video game player. Giannis has actually asked for his rating the last two years and we’ve got to know him as somebody who was interested in 2K.
“The first thing we look for is a fan of 2K. Ronnie Singh, the franchise’s Digital Marketing Director better known as Ronnie 2K, on why Antetokounmpo was chosen for the 2019 cover: It had never been done before, I was the first guy who did it, but hopefully there can be other kids who follow that path, follow my lead and do it as well.” You can be from Europe, you can be from Africa, Asia or wherever all over the world, but it can be done. I’m just happy that I can show a path for a lot of international players. Giannis on being the first international player ever to grace the franchise’s cover: I couldn’t wait for this moment when people would find out about the 2K cover.” I told my friends, I told my family, and I was excited. I talked with my agent and he said you’re going to be on the cover and 2K wants you to be on the cover. Giannis on learning he was going to be on the 2K cover: Following leaks of the image in recent weeks, Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo was officially confirmed as the NBA 2K19 cover star on Monday.Īlthough it was far from a surprise considering an image leaked just over a week ago, Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo was officially confirmed as the cover star of the standard edition of NBA 2K19 on Monday morning.Īntetokounmpo was in attendance at a special event to confirm the news, where the big unveil came via a video narrated by his mother, Veronica, which played into the “They Will Know Your Name” theme of this year’s game.Īntetokounmpo’s cover was also officially revealed to include a number of key names, words and phrases chosen by the 23-year-old, notably including the Bucks’ “Fear the Deer” slogan.Īntetokounmpo also fielded questions from moderators on-stage and audience members, with some of the highlights found below:
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