NBA 2K18 comes out on Sept. 19, and its cover athlete is wearing the wrong jersey. Kyrie Irving was traded to the Celtics on Aug. 22, just a month before the game releases in stores everywhere.
We’re excited to announce defending NBA world champion @KyrieIrving as cover athlete for #NBA2K18! https://t.co/LAk0Oo980r pic.twitter.com/dse0c7PdUD
— NBA 2K 2K18 (@NBA2K) June 1, 2017
It’s possible that the team at 2K has a plan for this but it would seem awfully hard to do this late in the game.
This happened once before on the cover of Madden. Brett Favre was shipped as a Packer but EA later put out a new printable cover with Favre as a Jet.
This also confirms the conspiracy that the NBA 2K cover is a curse for fans and their teams.
Left. Left. Gone. Leaving. pic.twitter.com/Rz40HwXniy
— Eric Fawcett (@Efawcett7) July 21, 2017
NBA 2K14 (2013): LeBron James leaves Miami the next year to return to Cleveland.
NBA 2K15 (2014): Kevin Durant leaves the Thunder and goes to the Warriors in 2016.
NBA 2K17 (2016): Paul George traded to Thunder in 2017.
NBA 2K18 (2017): Kyrie Irving traded to Celtics in 2017.
Our sincere apologies to everyone at 2K who now has to deal with this headache.