The official announcement won't be made until a 30-second commercial airs on ABC prior to Game 1 Thursday night, but here's the scoop: 2K Sports has settled on Kobe Bryant to grace the cover of NBA 2K10 ... even if they haven't settled on a cover. They're leaving that last detail to the fans, and as you can see, they're open to the possibility that Kobe might trade the laid-back glitz of the Staples Center for the basketball mecca known as Madison Square Garden. (It'll make more sense once the commercial airs, trust me.) Once the official announcement is made, fans can vote for their favorite of four covers -- keep reading to see the other three.
Is a move to New York all that far-fetched? While everyone's been theorizing how LeBron James might jump to the Knicks in 2010, people tend to forget that Kobe has the option of becoming a free agent this summer.
And considering this is widely regarded as Phil Jackson's final season with the Lakers, who's to say that Kobe won't follow his lead and close this chapter of his career by switching coasts?Well, it's a nice theory, but we can't forget that small detail known as the "salary cap." If Bryant opts for free agency, he'll leave $23 million on the table for 2009-10, and $24.8 million in 2010-11. There's not another team in the league that can afford to pay him that much, much less the Knicks, who are still 12 months away from being able to afford another max contract.
But still, Kobe running free in Mike D'Antoni's offense? It's certainly fun to think about, even if the only time we'll ever see it is in a video game.
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why???? there's no way i'm buying this game now.
cherish the champion
wow, this is an automatic sell, the most skilled, technical, experience in the game...definite buy to me, props
Kobe wants championships. The D'antoni SSOL offense has not been proven to do that.
This is ludicrous. Kobe has said many times he wants to end his career as a Lakers and they are willing to give him the money.
ITS A GAME PEOPLE...CHILL, KOBE ISNT GOING ANYWHERE...
Hahahaha, Lakers fans probably went into cardiac arrest at seeing that cover. Funny stuff.
Niiiice!!! Now they just need Michael Vick / O.J. on the cover of the NFL game, Tyson on Boxing, Ted Bundy on the detective game, David Koresh on the home version of Family Feud, Ted Koczinsky on Home improvement.
Hey Im not hatin, whatever sells these are tough times.
No way he leaves. I hate Kobe and the Lakers but he knows he is in the best position by far to win 2-3 more rings on the Lakers. Maybe if that Gasol trade never happened he would have left after this contract but now that they have Gasol,Bynum,Odom, and Kobe they have an unfair amount of talent and after all the complaining and waiting he did to get some talent around him hes not about to leave it after the first full season together with Gasol (after a season and a half they have been to the Finals twice).
Does the game have all of the moves including rape?
bend over and find out tnt LOL
Rape? You know what happen 'tnt.' He got some on the side, and what happened, the girl settled out of court-on a rape case????? Why????? Which would you want? Money or justice? We already know what she wanted....paper.
And, Kobe should stay right where he is-unless him and Lebron can share the 'Big Apple."
why isnt it lebron???
why in the hell would they not put the mvp of the league on the cover....everyone knows that lebrons doin the rapin when it comes to him and kobe...
Because he didn't make the NBA Finals as MVP, with the best record in the league, and coach of the year.
And the team they lost to were massacred by Kobe. Kobe just continues to show why he's leaps and bounds better than LeCrab.
um jake, who's in the finals and who's watching from his couch?
this blows. now I have 2 get nba live 2010 with Dwight Howard on the cover. Both of the Kobe covers on the bottom I think I see an elbow following shortly