NBA 2K12 cover art to feature Jordan, Bird, Magic

[Rake2204]

First insight:

https://www.facebook.com/notes/nba-2..._fb_noscript=1

Appreciated.

Mostly just an introduction. However, for those interested, the rest of the "Greatest" 15 will be revealed next Friday, alongside a rundown of the mode itself. That will be the first true insight.

[JaskoX1]

First insight:

https://www.facebook.com/notes/nba-2..._fb_noscript=1

No Clyde Drexler?

[EnoughSaid]

Prime Shaq in 2K would own.

I'm so happy we'll get to use Hakeem as well. They better add a lot more to the post for both offense and defense.

[Rake2204]

No Clyde Drexler?

Clyde is back in. After appearing with the '92 Trail Blazers in 2K11, it looks as if he may be a part of an earlier Blazers squad this year (judging from the jerseys being used at the 28 sec mark of this video):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnanXZt2IDY

Also worth a note, with the appearance of Randy Wittman in the trailer above, it seems the Hawks team featured will also come from a different year than the squad used in 2K11. The best bet is that the '88 Hawks will be used (for the Bird Duel) instead of the '90 team.

[ace23]

Legends revealed:

http://espn.go.com/espn/thelife/vide...more=fullstory

[d.bball.guy]

Legends revealed:

http://espn.go.com/espn/thelife/vide...more=fullstory

Bill Russell and West

I think it should have been the Warriors/76ers Wilt though.

[guy]

Sounds awesome.

Questions though. At first, I was kind of disappointed to see that there was no Barkley, and that they are using Kareem, Wilt, and Dr. J at the very end of their career. But if the 1971 Bucks are there, doesn't that mean we get Kareem starting from his second year? And if the 1985 Sixers are there, don't we get a rookie Barkley? I was assuming Barkley may have not let them use the rights to this game but they said one change they made to the classic rosters is that they have 10-12 of the players from each roster. Plus if they weren't including Barkley in the game, it wouldn't make much sense to use a mid-30s Dr. J when they could've shown him in his prime. Although it is odd that they don't have a challenge for Barkley.

The reason the age thing bothers me is cause one thing I did in 2K11 is import all the legends into my association mode and this means they wouldn't be as great and they would retire relatively early.

[97 bulls]

Anybody want to speculate what the ratings will be?