Wow NBA 2k11 will be very special. While rumors pegged LeBron James, Derrick Rose and even Tyreke Evans as favorites to appear on the cover of "NBA 2K11," multiple sources have told ESPN that the company has gone in a completely different direction, signing basketball legend Michael Jordan as its new spokesman. This will be the first time that a former player will appear on the front of the box for 2K, and with Jordan taking over majority ownership of the Charlotte Bobcats, it will also be the first time that a team owner will endorse the popular franchise. But the real question is, what value -- beyond obvious name and iconic image recognition -- will Jordan bring to the game? In the era of Kobe and King James, are gamers still yearning to "Be Like Mike"? The designers at 2K must think so. In addition to acting as cover model for "NBA 2K11," the speculation is that Jordan will also be digitized into a playable character. This means gamers will become the virtual MJ in hopes of reliving some of his trademark moments. There's more. I've even heard whispers that 2K has been in negotiations with several players (both teammates and opponents) from the Jordan era to appear in "2K11" to help gamers and history buffs accurately recreate the heated competition between the classic Bulls and rivals like the Celtics, Knicks and Cavaliers. But since 2K needs to ink all former players to individual contracts, it's still up in the air whom the company will be able to sign in time to appear in the game. But if this means we finally get a virtual Craig Ehlo to shoot over as we relive Jordan's famous jumper that doomed the Cavs, or maybe even a cyber Larry Bird describing MJ's game as "God disguised as Michael Jordan" after Jordan dropped 63 against the Celtics, then I'm all for it. Hopefully more will be made clear once 2K Sports officially unveils the game to the media during the E3 video game convention in June. Link http://espn.go.com/espn/thelife/vid...ordan-grace-nba-2k11-cover?readmore=fullstory Trailer <object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wjxEHFXRE74&hl=en_US&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wjxEHFXRE74&hl=en_US&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object> And please lock if already posted.
You do realize this is about 3 months late, right? If you read the article it says "more will be unveiled at E3 in June." Nitpicking aside, I will be buying this for sure.
i hope they have the 1993 through the 1995 roster for the Houston Rockets...the "who would have won the finals between the Rockets and Bulls?" would finally be answered! Dont think Hakeem would sign on to be in the game though..
it'll probably be whack with cheesers cherry picking online, and stupid glitches on defense and offense. basketball video games just aren't meant to be unless you can control movements kinda 1-to-1 like FIFA
i remember playing with jordan in nba 2k2. it was awesome. they had old jordan on the wizards at the time and it was so fun posting up and knocking down fadeaway J's all day long.
You guys can cry all you want about how Jordan is going to **** this game up.. the fact of the matter is.. it's only going to make it better and create an even further edge between Elite "Live" 11.
Not only do you get Jordan, you get the full rosters for all of these teams: 1985-86 Chicago Bulls 1985-86 Boston Celtics 1989-90 Chicago Bulls 1989-90 Atlanta Hawks 1989-90 Cleveland Cavaliers 1989-90 Detroit Pistons 1990-91 Chicago Bulls 1990-91 Los Angeles Lakers 1991-92 Chicago Bulls 1991-92 Portland Trailblazers 1994-95 Chicago Bulls 1994-95 New York Knicks 1995-96 Chicago Bulls 1995-96 Seattle Supersonics 1996-97 Chicago Bulls 1996-97 Utah Jazz 1997-98 Chicago Bulls 1997-98 Utah Jazz
Aside from Hakeem, there were no star players on the Rockets. The 90's Rockets just aren't very sexy.
