NBA 2K The WNBA edition, meanwhile, features Angel Reese, as the Chicago Sky star gets her first video game cover as well. Reese joins A'ja Wilson, Sabrina Ionescu, Sue Bird, Diana Taurasi and ...

For comparison, the NBA 2K25 cover athlete was Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum, who also won the NBA '24 chip, though he wasn't the NBA Finals MVP or was the regular season MVP.

A year ago, Thunder on SI interviewed the face of NBA 2K, Ronnie 2K ahead of the NBA 2k25 release. The conversations centered around superstar Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.

When NBA 2K25 launched last year, Gilgeous-Alexander had a 96 overall rating. By the end of the season, he was up to a 98 overall rating.

Gilgeous-Alexander was rated a 96 overall when NBA 2K25 released last year, but finished the season with a 98 rating. It will be fascinating to see where he sits for the release of NBA 2K26.