Shai Gilgeous-Alxander is having One of the most incredible summers of the NBA. In just a few months, the star of the Oklahoma City Thunder has achieved what many only dream of an entire race: He was chosen MVP of the regular season, he was crowned as the leader of the League, guided his team to a NBA championship, he was appointed MVP of the finals, signed a historic renewal with the ThunderAnd he launched his first model of sneakers.
And now, to close with a flourish, it will be the player who It will appear on the official NBA 2K26 cover, As confirmed by the official account of the video game.
The election confirms Shai as one of the faces of the present and future of the NBA, and possibly, The moment when it goes from being an emerging star to a possible legend in the future.
The 2K covers have always represented greatness
NBA 2K does not choose its random protagonists. Every year, The player on the cover represents the league imagethe player who is leaving a mark on both on and off the track.
Shai joins a historical list of players that have been protagonists in different editions of the video game such as: Allen Iiverson, Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Pau Gasol or Stephen Curry among others.
Kobe and Jordan 2K covers
Seeing all those names, it can be considered that Being the 2K cover is more than an image.
Shai dominates silently with his game
Shai is special not Only for your ability to write or lead to your team in decisive times. It is also for your style and your way of moving on the track. His ability to control the rhythm of the game as if he saw it in slow motion.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander con Oklahoma City Thunder
His presence on the cover of the 2K26 NBA is a reflection of all that: of the player who does not get into controversies or stars in fights, But it makes clear with his game that has come to stay.
With this announcement He officially enters the Star Club that has been covering the video game. Not only for its statistics or trophies, but for everything that represents: we can be before the Start of an era led by a silent but unstoppable talent.
