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.
Kyrie Irving trade means ‘NBA 2k18’ now has the wrong cover jersey
Kyrie Irving’s NBA 2K18 cover is already outdated thanks to the Cavs-Celtics trade.
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.
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.
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