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I forgot to add the original image sources in my first post. Lot’s of people were understandably saying I made these myself with Ai, but no.

All three of these images are directly from the official NBA 2k social media accounts. Whether or not they used AI in the creation of these… I don’t know

Here is ESPN confirmation

You can also see the individual posts by the social media team yourself if you’d like:

Wembys Cover

Clarks Cover

Roses Cover

EchoHevy5555

91 | 2 hours ago

Why did they make Clark’s cover so bad

Altruistic_Rate9595

59 | 2 hours ago

Doesn’t even look like her. It’s like they ChatGPT her pic

BlueHundred | Knicks

19 | 2 hours ago

It looks almost as bad as the in game player model. They really put 0 effort into the WNBA players

gleece0 | Thunder

-29 | 2 hours ago

WNBA just isn’t big enough yet to justify spending time on it

Medium_Spend_6732 | Raptors

21 | 2 hours ago

she’s a fucking cover athlete get out of here lmao

SuperHueyNewton | Charlotte Bobcats

6 | an hour ago

It’s such a bad lie too. The Dub is officially bigger than the NHL in viewership according to stats last year

PkmnMstr10

1 | 32 minutes ago

Sit. Down.

Zyoj | Bucks

12 | 2 hours ago

Wemby is equally as bad. Brother looks like he’s trying to take a shit that won’t come out.

hotnewroommate | Knicks

8 | 2 hours ago

Wembanyama’s double titty grab is exponentially worse - what face is he making

Arm-E-Reserves

6 | 2 hours ago

Thanks for instantly ruining the pic for me, lol.

hotnewroommate | Knicks

-19 | an hour ago

Anything with Wembanyama is already ruined…sorry to say. Y’all think a 4th year player who had the biggets choke job in NBA finals history deserves this yet? Lots of clowns in here.

Jokes on you guys, nba 2k cover is basically a curse for no championship.

Arm-E-Reserves

4 | an hour ago

You almost had a good moment. Almost.

Altruistic_Rate9595

2 | an hour ago

The face I make when I’m grabbing a titty

FERFreak731 | Jazz

59 | 2 hours ago

They used AI in the last 2 covers, I’m already used to 2k covers being AI for the foreseeable future

ArmiinTamzarian | Spurs

47 | 2 hours ago

Well yes. AI was the cover in those early 2Ks, don’t see what the outrageous is about

Associ8tedRuffians | Timberwolves

0 | 34 minutes ago

~~Because the cost to have a human artist to do that is actually much cheaper than you’d expect, and it would be better.~~

~~It’s always the weirdest cost cutting among video games, the artists who do work for hire. It’s such a minor budget cut, doesn’t really save the overall budget much of anything.~~

EDiT: I am a dumbass. r/woosh

Uncle_Freddy | SAS

1 | 32 minutes ago

(AI in the comment you replied to is making a joke about Allen Iverson, who was the cover athlete of the first five 2k games)

Associ8tedRuffians | Timberwolves

1 | 9 minutes ago

Oh my god.

r/woosh

L4ZERDT | Celtics

-21 | 2 hours ago

We should get used to everything being ai for the foreseeable future tbh

yarn_install | Timberwolves

14 | an hour ago

I don’t think we should get used to that

ForsakenAd4825

48 | 2 hours ago

Why did they make CC mixed lmao

theguytomeet | Magic

8 | 2 hours ago

Her fanbase in shambles rn

Diorisbackup

4 | 2 hours ago

I already see the discussions and race wars just on this alone

PassMeTheBackwood | Knicks

4 | an hour ago

Fanbase about to raid 2K headquarters

TongueTwisted5

0 | 2 hours ago

I thought the same thing lol. Almost the same as Rose

Weird_Ship_7278

-5 | 2 hours ago

U know why lol

L4ZERDT | Celtics

40 | 2 hours ago

That is NOT Caitlin Clark

The Wemby one is cool but it looks like a little ai was used

gleece0 | Thunder

-51 | 2 hours ago

You think 2k is using ai? Nimrod

Bigmonumo

13 | 2 hours ago

Bro if you’ve ever worked in a large company, you’d know that the perception around AI is genuinely that it’s totally fine to use in marketing images or just in general to make work easier. That business-side working mentality is what drives a lot of the AI boom rn. It’s not right imo

gleece0 | Thunder

-30 | an hour ago

I never worked in a large company I turned it down. They offered me 15, 10 5 million sum like that I was just so younger like I didn’t know what it was

Bigmonumo

8 | an hour ago

Wait wait wait are you sure they offered you five million dollars?

TheWestRemembers | Lakers

2 | 43 minutes ago

Be nice, that guy also had a dozen model girlfriends from all over the world who only required gift cards to keep them happy.

gleece0 | Thunder

1 | 28 minutes ago

I turned it down 🤷🏾‍♂️

Prudent-Air1922 | Pacers

1 | 16 minutes ago

Sure little buddy

True-Literature-6766

2 | an hour ago

great villain, super cool powerset too

Ok-Interview7140 | Celtics

31 | 2 hours ago

Genuine AI slop from 2K, disappointing

Such_Ambassador2751

16 | 2 hours ago

2k covers used to look nice man

tsamo | Bucks

12 | 2 hours ago

I mean they’re all bad, but Wemby’s is just trash.

It’s supposed to make him look tough and instead this cover makes it look like the other 2 players are laughing and trying to steal his jersey for them to keep on a wall or something…

KingOfReceipts

8 | 2 hours ago

yeah i hate how their hands are covering the name and number on his jersey. I’ve never seen that before on other covers

hotnewroommate | Knicks

6 | 2 hours ago

it looks like they are copping a feel, I would be so pissed if I was 1. Vassel and 2. Wembanyama. Looks fucking terrible and mean?

ShawshankException | Knicks

8 | 2 hours ago

DRose is such a random choice

jor301 | CHI

1 | an hour ago

his jersey got retired last year

evieka | Toronto Huskies

1 | 5 minutes ago

Where my Dell Curry cover at

L4ZERDT | Celtics

-6 | 2 hours ago

How come? He’s probably a future hall of famer. Same with Carmelo last year

ShawshankException | Knicks

5 | 2 hours ago

I’m not saying it’s a bad thing, just seemed kinda random. Didn’t realize he was eligible for the hall this year

likewoahitsaj | Bucks

7 | 2 hours ago

AI ass looking covers. Hate it

Time-Stand7719 | Wizards

7 | 2 hours ago

My boy Dylan Harper on the cover of 2k🥹

Ecstatic_Visual_2026 | Spurs

1 | 4 minutes ago

Buying it for this reason alone 🙌🏼

Altruistic-Twist-379 | San Francisco Warriors

6 | 2 hours ago

There alot of cool photos of athletes in motion every year and they chose this. BRAaa

Not_Different | Hornets

5 | 2 hours ago

That Caitlin is as bad to me as the original Sonic they were gonna use in the movie, wtf man lol

Albreitx | Spain

5 | 2 hours ago

They did them all dirty wth

Didn’t expect anything else from the company that kills its games after 2 measly years and tries to monetize EVERYTHING in the game

Kn7ght | Pacers

4 | 2 hours ago

They all look like they came from the WWE 2K24 trailer.

Also, I’ve seen the real photo of CC’s cover before but I can’t find it. Would love to see a side by side comparison

Adorable-News-9364 | Spurs

5 | 2 hours ago

Interesting that they don’t block our sponsorship patches on the cover. Free advertisement for ledger I guess lol

Seven19td | East

2 | 2 hours ago

Yawn. Fuck 2K

differential32 | Wizards

2 | 2 hours ago

they got caitlin clark looking like michael beasley out here

Danibear285 | Clippers

2 | 2 hours ago

Clark has had a stinker of a season this year. 2K curse?

Sslagathor | Pelicans

2 | an hour ago

Devin Vassel and Dylan Harper are 2K Cover athletes

KingOfReceipts

2 | an hour ago

2k curse

2k9 KG - injured his knee and missed the playoffs causing Boston to lose 2nd round

2k10 Kobe - almost got cursed as he shot ⁶⁄₂₄ in G7 but still won

2k11 and 2k12 MJ - Bobcats went 7-59 in 2012

2k13 Rose/Kd/Griffin - out for season/Westbrook got hurt causing OKC to lose 2nd round/got injured and lost 4 straight after being up 2-0 in round 1

2k14 lebron - got cramps in the finals and lost

2k15 Kd - broken foot, missed most of the 14-15 season and OKC missed playoffs

2k16 Steph/Harden/AD - got injured and lost finals/regressed from WCF to 1st round exit/injured and missed playoffs

2k17 PG - swept in round 1, demanded a trade in the offseason

2k18 Kyrie - injured and couldn’t play in the playoffs

2k19 Giannis - led 2-0 but got backdoor swept in ECF

2k20 AD - broke the curse by winning the bubble chip but the short turnaround caused him to get injured and lose in round 1 the next season

2k21 Dame - lost round 1 against Nuggets without Murray

2k22 Luka - beat Suns then lost to GSW, not bad, but then Brunson left

2k23 Booker - team regressed and lost in round 2 to denver, then they blew up their core for Bradley Beal

2k24 Kobe

2k25 Tatum - regressed from chip to 2nd round defeat by Knicks and tore his achilles, then his team was blown up

2k26 SGA - lost g7 WCF and failed to repeat, didn’t get injured but his costar did

defiantcross | Suns

1 | 29 minutes ago

Caitlin is gonna be a quadriplegic after this next season.

Bojack-Jesus-69 | Spurs

2 | an hour ago

..THIS is the best they can come up with for Wemby?

He looks like he’s annoyed at his teammates tweaking his nipples lmao

halucigens

1 | 2 hours ago

I’m boycotting 2K until we get a Jokic cover.

Beautiful_Ninja | Nets

1 | an hour ago

And it better just be Jokic riding a horse.

dinodoofus

1 | an hour ago

Brunson should’ve been the cover athlete

Prudent-Air1922 | Pacers

1 | 16 minutes ago

This is just sad

emp_ajstyles | Heat

1 | 5 minutes ago

wouldnt be a wemby cover without his teammates. also those ai covers are ASS

AccomplishedStyle600 | Knicks

-1 | 2 hours ago

Holy, they have a Villain Edition this year?

Informal-Basil-8871

-2 | 2 hours ago

Whether AI was involved or not those covers definitely got people talking, which is probably exactly what 2K wanted.

Wembanyama, Clark and Rose’s cover athlete images have been released