NBA 2K9 taps KG for cover

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  1. LakerBlood

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>NBA 2K9 taps KG for cover

    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.

    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 Celtic's biggest rival would go a long way to justifying every penny of it.</div>

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    Let me guess...

    It's going to be KG on the cover, clenching his fists and screaming his head off
     
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  4. pegs

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    Is there any non-Boston-fans not sick of the media shoving the Celtics down our throats?
     
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    I'm sick of the complaining more than the media coverage. Both teams get a ridiculous amount of hype. Get over yourself.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Chutney @ Jun 6 2008, 11:10 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I'm sick of the complaining more than the media coverage. Both teams get a ridiculous amount of hype. Get over yourself.</div>

    Both teams? Wtf are you talking about? This is about Boston, only Boston, no other teams have even been mentioned in this thread.

    Perhaps you need to get over yourself
     
  8. Chutney

    Chutney MON-STRAWRRR!!1!

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (pegs @ Jun 6 2008, 10:16 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Chutney @ Jun 6 2008, 11:10 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I'm sick of the complaining more than the media coverage. Both teams get a ridiculous amount of hype. Get over yourself.</div>

    Both teams? Wtf are you talking about? This is about Boston, only Boston, no other teams have even been mentioned in this thread.

    Perhaps you need to get over yourself
    </div>
    Yea, Boston gets crammed down our throats And the Yankees get shoved down baseball fan's throats. And the Maple Leafs get shoved down hockey fan's throats. Historic teams gets way too much coverage and hype. If you haven't come to terms with that yet, I don't know what to say.

    Right now, we have media people lining up to suck off both teams. I don't see the point in complaining solely about one.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Chutney @ Jun 6 2008, 11:24 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (pegs @ Jun 6 2008, 10:16 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Chutney @ Jun 6 2008, 11:10 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I'm sick of the complaining more than the media coverage. Both teams get a ridiculous amount of hype. Get over yourself.</div>

    Both teams? Wtf are you talking about? This is about Boston, only Boston, no other teams have even been mentioned in this thread.

    Perhaps you need to get over yourself
    </div>
    Yea, Boston gets crammed down our throats And the Yankees get shoved down baseball fan's throats. And the Maple Leafs get shoved down hockey fan's throats. Historic teams gets way too much coverage and hype. If you haven't come to terms with that yet, I don't know what to say.

    Right now, we have media people lining up to suck off both teams. I don't see the point in complaining solely about one.
    </div>

    Because I'm a basketball fan, and the media is on Boston's dick more than any other team the past ~5 years? This is after how many years of practically ignoring Boston...and after plenty of teams have won 60+ games. So it's not like they've been doing anything all that special.
     
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    ^ Of course Pegs, and thats why the same media chose the Celtics to beat the Lakers, right? [​IMG]


    You don't even know what you're saying, and the hate for the Celtics is blinding you so bad and you don't see anything else.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (pegs @ Jun 6 2008, 10:33 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Chutney @ Jun 6 2008, 11:24 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (pegs @ Jun 6 2008, 10:16 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Chutney @ Jun 6 2008, 11:10 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I'm sick of the complaining more than the media coverage. Both teams get a ridiculous amount of hype. Get over yourself.</div>

    Both teams? Wtf are you talking about? This is about Boston, only Boston, no other teams have even been mentioned in this thread.

    Perhaps you need to get over yourself
    </div>
    Yea, Boston gets crammed down our throats And the Yankees get shoved down baseball fan's throats. And the Maple Leafs get shoved down hockey fan's throats. Historic teams gets way too much coverage and hype. If you haven't come to terms with that yet, I don't know what to say.

    Right now, we have media people lining up to suck off both teams. I don't see the point in complaining solely about one.
    </div>

    Because I'm a basketball fan, and the media is on Boston's dick more than any other team the past ~5 years? This is after how many years of practically ignoring Boston...and after plenty of teams have won 60+ games. So it's not like they've been doing anything all that special.
    </div>
    At least they ignored them when they were shit. We've been getting the Kobe-led Lakers shoved down our throats for years, despite the fact that they've been a mediocre, boring team to watch. The latter half of this season has been the only time they've come close to justifying the hype.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Chutney @ Jun 6 2008, 11:39 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (pegs @ Jun 6 2008, 10:33 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Chutney @ Jun 6 2008, 11:24 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (pegs @ Jun 6 2008, 10:16 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Chutney @ Jun 6 2008, 11:10 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I'm sick of the complaining more than the media coverage. Both teams get a ridiculous amount of hype. Get over yourself.</div>

    Both teams? Wtf are you talking about? This is about Boston, only Boston, no other teams have even been mentioned in this thread.

    Perhaps you need to get over yourself
    </div>
    Yea, Boston gets crammed down our throats And the Yankees get shoved down baseball fan's throats. And the Maple Leafs get shoved down hockey fan's throats. Historic teams gets way too much coverage and hype. If you haven't come to terms with that yet, I don't know what to say.

    Right now, we have media people lining up to suck off both teams. I don't see the point in complaining solely about one.
    </div>

    Because I'm a basketball fan, and the media is on Boston's dick more than any other team the past ~5 years? This is after how many years of practically ignoring Boston...and after plenty of teams have won 60+ games. So it's not like they've been doing anything all that special.
    </div>
    At least they ignored them when they were shit. We've been getting the Kobe-led Lakers shoved down our throats for years, despite the fact that they've been a mediocre, boring team to watch. The latter half of this season has been the only time they've come close to justifying the hype.
    </div>

    Kobe scored 81...who would ignore that? Honestly.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (CelticKing @ Jun 6 2008, 11:38 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>^ Of course Pegs, and thats why the same media chose the Celtics to beat the Lakers, right? [​IMG]


    You don't even know what you're saying, and the hate for the Celtics is blinding you so bad and you don't see anything else.</div>

    Yes, of course. That's exactly what it is. You hit the nail right on the head, there, buddy!
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (pegs @ Jun 6 2008, 10:41 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Chutney @ Jun 6 2008, 11:39 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (pegs @ Jun 6 2008, 10:33 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Chutney @ Jun 6 2008, 11:24 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (pegs @ Jun 6 2008, 10:16 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Chutney @ Jun 6 2008, 11:10 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I'm sick of the complaining more than the media coverage. Both teams get a ridiculous amount of hype. Get over yourself.</div>

    Both teams? Wtf are you talking about? This is about Boston, only Boston, no other teams have even been mentioned in this thread.

    Perhaps you need to get over yourself
    </div>
    Yea, Boston gets crammed down our throats And the Yankees get shoved down baseball fan's throats. And the Maple Leafs get shoved down hockey fan's throats. Historic teams gets way too much coverage and hype. If you haven't come to terms with that yet, I don't know what to say.

    Right now, we have media people lining up to suck off both teams. I don't see the point in complaining solely about one.
    </div>

    Because I'm a basketball fan, and the media is on Boston's dick more than any other team the past ~5 years? This is after how many years of practically ignoring Boston...and after plenty of teams have won 60+ games. So it's not like they've been doing anything all that special.
    </div>
    At least they ignored them when they were shit. We've been getting the Kobe-led Lakers shoved down our throats for years, despite the fact that they've been a mediocre, boring team to watch. The latter half of this season has been the only time they've come close to justifying the hype.
    </div>

    Kobe scored 81...who would ignore that? Honestly.
    </div>
    Kobe had his spectacular performances, I'm not denying that. But that was the exception more than the norm. He was surrounded with crap and that team was boring to watch, more often than not.

    This is besides the fact, though. All I'm saying is could you have chosen a more obvious, overstated thing to complain about? While you're at it, why not complain about how ESPN is stupid or how David Stern is an arrogant douche?
     
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    Wow. I have no clue what you're arguing about any more. Why do you keep changing the subject each time I make a rebuttal?
     
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    You are arguing that the Celts get crammed down our throats, which they do. However the same thing happens with Los Angeles (even when they were a slightly above average team)and Cleveland (a slightly above average team as well).

    Although to best honest, most of the time I don't mind the Lakers and Cleveland getting a lot of attention, and the Celts this year, but sometimes it can be a tad overwhelming.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Lavalamp @ Jun 6 2008, 03:03 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>You are arguing that the Celts get crammed down our throats, which they do. However the same thing happens with Los Angeles (even when they were a slightly above average team)and Cleveland (a slightly above average team as well).

    Although to best honest, most of the time I don't mind the Lakers and Cleveland getting a lot of attention, and the Celts this year, but sometimes it can be a tad overwhelming.</div>

    I know what I'm arguing about. I got confused on what Chutney was arguing about. Which seemed like a totally different tangent than what I was arguing about...
     
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    Is this the first PF on the cover?
     
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    2K series its been (2k to 2k9): AI 5 times, ben wallace, Shaq twice, Chris Paul, and now KG.

    NBA live (from 95 to 08): Shaq, Mitch Richmond, Tim Hardaway, Antoine Walker, TD, KG, Francis, Kidd, Carter, Melo, Wade, Tmac, Arenas.
     
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    Yes, how ridiculous. The team with the best record that features 3 marquee stars gets a lot of media attention. I'm going to go whine about it and hate on the Celtics in as many threads as possible now. How dare they shove the team that has won the most games down our throats when there are so many teams out there like Milwaukee and Sacramento that deserve the bulk of the media attention. I'm so sick of this bullshit that we've had to deal with for this one entire year. A full boycott of all national media outlets is necessary at this point. It's time for them to take their focus off of the Celtics and direct it towards another team that is more relevant at this current time, like Orlando and Minnesota.
     

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