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NBA 2K9 taps KG for cover

By Brendan Sinclair, GameSpotPosted Jun 5, 2008 6:00 pm PT

Take-Two reveals Boston Celtic Kevin Garnett as celeb spokesman for hoops game as NBA Finals get underway.

With the Boston Celtics facing the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 1 of the NBA Finals tonight, 2K Sports announced just prior to tip-off that one of the sport's biggest stars would grace the cover of NBA 2K9 this fall.

"The Big Ticket" is not an ironic nickname.

Celtics power forward Kevin Garnett will front copies of the latest hoops sim from Visual Concepts and offer his input to the development team as it implements unspecified new features and upgrades to the long-running series. As with last year's edition, the game will appear on the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, and Xbox 360.

An 11-time All-Star and 2008 Defensive Player of the Year, Garnett is one of Boston's "Big Three" along with Paul Pierce and Ray Allen. His nearly $24 million salary made him the highest-paid player in the league this year, but a championship earned against the Celtics' biggest rival would go a long way to justifying every penny of it.

135 Comments

  • dawnquest

    Posted Jul 30, 2008 8:54 pm PT

    Hmmm... I might have to pass on this one. As I got from somewhere K.G. = Krazy Guy. I'm not going to support a nutcase like GarNutt

  • slick911

    Posted Jul 9, 2008 1:15 pm PT

    Any things possssssssibllllllleeeeeee
    im on top of the worlddddddddddddddd
    im certified mama

  • abduba

    Posted Jul 6, 2008 9:53 am PT

    they should put more feature, like in live. i hope you can transfer your association mode coz my lakers team is doing crazy good in 2k8

  • biggama

    Posted Jun 29, 2008 7:39 pm PT

    ripdareaper92 is possibly the dumbest assface ive read on this site. they beat the lakers and that "MVP" of theirs. by the way he WON it not one it. they are the best and KG deserves it. if u know nothing about sports pleeeeaaaase stay off the message boards b/c u just end up looking dumb as hell. they are a historical powerhouse pansy b!tch...if u know what historical is.

  • stickstick86

    Posted Jun 19, 2008 12:22 pm PT

    goooooooooooooo celticssssssssssssssssssssssss!!!! CHAMPIONSSSS OF DA WORLD!!!!

  • gin_rummy89

    Posted Jun 17, 2008 11:02 pm PT

    GO CELTICS!
    I've waited all 18 years of my life to see them take a championship.

  • Tisfree

    Posted Jun 17, 2008 3:39 pm PT

    KG is a good choice, definitely one of the best in the league. He's not even in his prime anymore and he still dominates. Its not his fault that during his prime years he was stuck on bad teams, power forwards aren't capable of making a bad team good on their own, they need players.

  • ripdareaper92

    Posted Jun 14, 2008 3:44 pm PT

    First of all kevin garnett shouldn't be on the cover, granted he is a great player and one of the best power forwards in the game but i thought the cover should've went to the best player this year and that was Kobe Bryant. Geez the man one the MVP and 1st Team ALL-NBA come on. (Secondly i want the Lakers to win my original teams are the Mavericks and the Clippers.) Third how can people sit there and say Boston is a powerhouse in the east. They ain't sh!t. In order to be a power house you have to go to the playoffs consisently, when was the last time they were in the playoffs, Powerhouses in the east include Pistons, Cavaliers and maybe the Magic. When and if the Celtics make the playoffs for the next three years, then I would say they are a powerhouse until then, they're just a team with a 60 win season. A cinderella story if you may. -Ace

  • is0lati0n

    Posted Jun 12, 2008 12:38 am PT

    Just looking at the graphics, I can tell this game will once again be 'King of Basketball Sims'.

  • etchus

    Posted Jun 9, 2008 4:30 am PT

    GO CELTICS!!!!!

  • godzillavskong

    Posted Jun 8, 2008 3:44 pm PT

    Good choice. Should've went oldschool and put Larry Bird and Magic on the cover.

  • ocdog45

    Posted Jun 7, 2008 9:04 pm PT

    thats my favriot nba player so im glad he gets paid, and it is a good game but i can care less about 2k

  • taj7575

    Posted Jun 7, 2008 7:29 pm PT

    lol; still laugh at pierce's "bad" injury. haha

  • Ranteal

    Posted Jun 7, 2008 1:47 pm PT

    The Big 3. Do you mean Duncan, Parker and Ginobli(Think thats right). Shouldnt guys who win titles be on the cover? Like I said before, if its gotta be a Celtic, it has to be either Eric Montross or Dee Brown. They dominated the game like no other. There 5 titles will forever go down in Boston Barnmen history. (Thats what they were called before they changed it to the Celtics in 2001)

  • The-Prodigy

    Posted Jun 7, 2008 1:02 pm PT

    Im down with with edub272 idea

  • theGrynch

    Posted Jun 7, 2008 12:22 pm PT

    Go Celtics.

  • edub272

    Posted Jun 7, 2008 11:35 am PT

    THE BIG 3 should be on the cover which would be the first sports sim to have multiple players on the cover. If there was ever a time to put more than one player on the cover, its now. THE BIG 3 would sell a videogames like nuts

  • rocketraydog

    Posted Jun 7, 2008 8:27 am PT

    THE CELTICS ARE THE BEST LETS WIN THE CHAMPION SHIP GO KG

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