DeMar DeRozan will be on the cover of the Canadian release of NBA 2K18.
This is the first time the NBA has given Canada its own cover for the popular series, and as DeRozan told Joseph Casciaro of theScore, it’s something that means a lot to him:
It was just an honor to be mentioned – to have a conversation of me even having an option to be on it. It was something I didn’t even honestly believe when my agent first came to me and told me,” DeRozan told theScore of receiving midseason news about the cover opportunity. “So now to see the cover, and for it to be released, it’s something that I still don’t believe. It’s definitely an honor.
I remember being a kid, creating a player in the video game, and being excited just doing that. The next thing was being in the college basketball game, and then the next thing, being in the NBA game. Seeing your face, seeing yourself evolve in the game, and looking even more real, to hearing your voice in the game, to now, being on the cover. It’s something that’s extremely awesome and definitely mind-blowing.
This is a pretty awesome nod for a player that’s meant a ton to the Toronto Raptors franchise and the continued and rapid growth of basketball in Canada. This is so cool.
Kyrie Irving is on the U.S. cover and Shaquille O’Neal graces the cover of a Legend Edition. The game comes out Sept. 19.
Photo courtesy: 2K Sports
