But if you wanted to make the case that there was a 2K curse, this would be Exhibit A. NBA 2K13 had three players grace the cover, so we’re not gonna show you that cover quite yet. We’re gonna split this up into tiers, starting with numbers 25-19 in a tier I’m calling, The 2K Curse? The 2K Curse? 25) NBA 2K13 – 2012-13 Derrick Rose 2012-13 Shout out to the one Canadian version of 2K that has DeMar on the cover. There are 25 different cover seasons on this list - we are skipping any retired legend, and any country-specific cover only for time purposes. We’re Operation Sports, I’m Matt Ederer, and this is Every NBA 2K cover season, ranked. So let’s quickly get into a brief history of the NBA 2K cover and establish how cursed it really is with a quick ranking of (mostly) every cover season in 2K history. Well, we wouldn’t be Operation Sports if we didn’t do the odd deep dive. This of course begs the question - is every sports game evil? Does the 2K cover carry a curse? Are the 2K cover players generally far better off than their Madden counterparts? And who is the 2K cover MVP? Certain players who have appeared on the Madden cover have gone on to some rough patches in their careers and lives. Now, Madden is known to have a curse, if you will.
As soon as the real season ends, 2K season begins. As the dust settles on the 2021 NBA season, and as the city of Milwaukee gets even more drunk than usual, we have officially entered that first big wave of NBA 2K22 info.