{"id":50058,"date":"2025-07-09T00:36:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T00:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/50058\/"},"modified":"2025-07-09T00:36:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T00:36:09","slug":"thunders-shai-gilgeous-alexander-named-nba-2k26-cover-athlete-nbc-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/50058\/","title":{"rendered":"Thunder\u2019s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander named NBA 2K26 cover athlete \u2013 NBC Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/news\/sports\/nba\/shai-gilgeous-alexander-thunder-record-supermax-extension-report\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"10597929\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Shai Gilgeous-Alexander<\/a> is the cover athlete of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/tag\/nba\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnewyork.com\/tag\/nba\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NBA<\/a> 2K26 following\u00a0his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/news\/sports\/nba\/thunder-shai-gilgeous-alexander-first-nba-mvp\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"10426778\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MVP<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/news\/sports\/thunder-pacers-nba-finals-game-7-score\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"10577541\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">title-winning season<\/a>, the video game&#8217;s developer announced Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Last season&#8217;s scoring champ and finals MVP will be featured on the game\u2019s standard edition. He averaged 32.7 points, 6.4 assists and five rebounds per game, leading the Thunder to a 68-14 record.<\/p>\n<p>The Thunder outscored teams by 12.9 points per game, the biggest margin in league history. They beat the Indiana Pacers in seven games to win the NBA title. Gilgeous-Alexander was\u00a0awarded last week\u00a0for his stellar season with a record-setting 4-year, $285 million extension.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOklahoma City Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander became the first guard to win NBA MVP since 2018.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>A release date for NBA 2K26 has yet to be announced. The game is expected to launch in September.<\/p>\n<p>The NBA 2K cover athlete last year was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsboston.com\/tag\/boston-celtics\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsboston.com\/tag\/boston-celtics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Boston Celtics<\/a> forward Jayson Tatum, who also was featured after his team won the championship.<\/p>\n<p>The cover athlete announcement comes after 2K Games\u00a0teased its plans\u00a0to get back into the college basketball gaming market. It wasn&#8217;t clear whether the developer wants to revive its long-dormant college basketball franchise or incorporate college hoops into its NBA franchise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c2K is the undisputed home of basketball gaming,\u201d 2K Games said in a statement to The Associated Press last week. \u201cWe have a strong history with college hoops and are exploring exciting new ways to bring athletes and schools to life. Class is in session.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is the cover athlete of NBA 2K26 following\u00a0his MVP\u00a0and\u00a0title-winning season, the video game&#8217;s developer announced Tuesday.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":50059,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,2961,224,5337,1260,924],"class_list":{"0":"post-50058","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-la","11":"tag-los-angeles","12":"tag-losangeles","13":"tag-nba","14":"tag-video-games"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114820479980940910","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50058\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}