Kyrie Irving is still a Cleveland Cavalier. For real-life purposes, this is a big deal, because every day that passes without an Irving deal means we move one day closer to the Cavs’ worst-case scenario: Entering the 2017 season with Irving still on the roster. That could work out for the team, but trying to trade someone who doesn’t want to be there while games are happening hypothetically tanks their value and makes it harder to get a fair deal back.
But this is also a big deal for 2K Sports, albeit on a smaller scale. Irving, as has been reported, is on the cover of NBA 2K18, and it’d be kinda weird if he gets traded and is on the cover as a Cavalier. Eventually, that may have to get addressed. For now, however, Irving is still on the cover, and on Monday, a new gameplay still showed off Irving in the Cavs’ sweet new white Nike uniforms.
Introducing this year's #NBA2K18 cover athlete @KyrieIrving in his new @cavs uniform! #2KFirstLook pic.twitter.com/WUE9uasQGA
— NBA 2K (@NBA2K) August 7, 2017
As we saw when news dropped of the Cavs’ new threads, these really are sharp — I am especially fond of teams like the Cavs and the Sixers having a trim around the outside of the letters and numbers on their uniforms. We haven’t seen what Cleveland’s wine-colored jersey will look like in the game, but odds are it’ll look pretty sharp.
Oh, and as we can see, Irving is a 90 in the game. So if he had any hopes of his rating going up to a 95 like he wanted, well, sorry Kyrie.
