Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Caps His Stellar Year With 'NBA 2K26' Cover

Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is your next NBA 2K cover star.





Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is having himself one hell of a year.

After being named 2024-25 KIA Most Valuable Player, 2024-25 NBA Scoring Champ, and most recently Finals MVP after helping deliver the OKC Thunder their first NBA title, he can now cap it all off with being the cover athlete for the standard edition of NBA 2K26. 



SGA follows Boston Celtics superstar Jayson Tatum and Las Vegas Aces' A'ja Wilson, who shared cover duties for NBA 2K25.




Tatum was the cover athlete for the standard edition, while the Aces star graced the cover of the WNBA edition of the popular basketball video game.




Slam dunk aficionado Vince Carter was the cover athlete on the Hall of Fame edition of NBA 2K25.




We have no idea who will join Gilgeous-Alexander on the cover for this year's WNBA and Hall of Fame editions of NBA 2K26, but 2K promises to reveal that information very soon.




Gilgeous-Alexander is not the first member of the OKC Thunder to grab an NBA 2K cover. For those who may have forgotten, Kevin Durant was a member of the organization and appeared on the covers of NBA 2K13, which he shared with Blake Griffin and Derrick Rose, as well as NBA 2K15, where he appeared solo.

Is There An NBA 2K Cover Curse?

Now, unlike Madden, we're not sure if there is a curse on these covers, but if you ask some, there might be some bad juju floating around them.




Jayson Tatum and Kevin Durant suffered serious injuries after earning the prestigious honor, so we, along with every OKC Thunder fan, hope that won't be the case with SGA.




But big congratulations to SGA!




Keep it locked on HHW Gaming for more NBA 2K26 news coming down the pipeline.



via: https://hiphopwired.com/2767198/shai-gilgeous-alexander-nba-2k26-standard-edition-cover/