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It’s probably not fair that one year had three cover athletes, all of whom are firmly ensconced in the hall of fame and the history of the game. NBA 2K12 – Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Michael Jordan It wasn’t just the fact that MJ was on the cover, it was the fact that Jordan actually had a huge portion of the game dedicated to his career, especially for a guy who was notoriously absent from previous NBA video games. In 2009, NBA 2K chose The Black Mamba for the cover. Bryant’s not the only retired player to grace a 2K cover but he is the first one to get that honor so soon after leaving the league. Allen Iverson was not only the cover athlete for this one, but for the next 4 games. Not to undermine the other cover athlete this year – sorry, Paul George – but the legendary cover of NBA 2K17’s Legend Edition takes the cake with its homage to Kobe. The incident, believed to have resulted from racial prejudice, threw the then-teenager in the throes of legal issues, which remains a widely explored subject to date.
#NBA 2K9 ALLEN IVERSON PATCH#
We’ll still go with his original though, especially with that OG Sega branding. Former basketball champion, Allen Iverson, hit a rough patch in his teenage years, receiving a 15-year sentence at seventeen. AI burst onto the scene in 1996 as the number one overall pick in a draft that featured the likes of Ray Allen, Kobe Bryant, and Steve Nash, and let it be known he believed he was the best in the NBA from the get-go.
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Iverson was a powerhouse in the NBA and rocked the cover of 2K for years before giving up his reign. Allen Iverson is one of the most iconic North American sports figures of the 21 st century and with that stature came one of the best personalities the NBA has ever seen.