With the advent of NBA 2K MT Coins 2K Sports' NBA 2K21, players got their first basketball simulation title for the next-generation consoles. It brought its fair share of positives and negatives, as one may expect with the first variant on next-gen platforms. Currently 2K has had a opportunity to reflect and regroup in front of the NBA 2K22 launch. Having said that, fans will be hoping for a few upgrades and improved features. Ahead of this new sport, we provide our predictions for possible NBA 2K22 cover star and when the game's release date may be.

With NBA 2K21, fans got three different editions of the game, each having a distinct star athlete on the cover. Portland Trail Blazers All-Star Damian Lillard was a surprising but quite worthy cover star for the Normal Edition. The Next-Gen Edition cover featured rising young star Zion Williamson of the New Orleans Pelicans. Last but certainly not least, the late great Kobe Bryant seemed on the Mamba Forever Edition. That leads to the NBA 2K22 cover celebrity possibilities. One has to wonder whether the game will once again feature three cover celebrities including an All-Star about the Standard Edition, younger celebrity on the following Gen, and a legend on the opposite edition.

According to the past season, a few celebrities that will make sense as cover athletes would be the Lakers' LeBron James, Sixers' Joel Embiid, and Suns' Devin Booker. Two-time NBA MVP Stephen Curry isn't a bad idea either predicated on his return to form in 2021. As of the report, he leads the league with 31.4 points per game. Steph also has the Warriors looking at a possible return to the playoffs.

If 2K22 wishes to continue using Zion as their star of the future, he may even grace the normal Edition. LaMelo Ball could appear on the Next Gen cover, using a celebrity such as Vince Carter on a Legend version. LeBron James could also grace that Legend cover or future Hall of Famer Dirk Nowitzki. The NBA 2K22 cover celebrity has to help sell copies accordingly name recognition with lovers is frequently important. That's why stars such as LeBron James, Zion Williamson, and Luka Doncic may work best in that job for now. That said, Luka was rumored as EA's NBA Live cover star several seasons past, before Live was shelved for the time being.

This past year, things were changed around a bit due to this coronavirus pandemic. That affected sports concerning seasons being placed on hold until they could safely play matches, and the NBA used a bubble website in Florida to resume their season and playoffs. The Next Gen edition arrived months later after the new consoles formally came out. It had a November 10, 2020, release date for Xbox Series X/S and two days afterwards for the PlayStation 5.

It appears that regular and Buy NBA 2K MT next-gen versions of this game must arrive around the same time for the NBA 2K22 launch date in 2021. The NBA 2K18 game had a launch date later in the month, as it arrived on the 19th. Based on the launch dates, we believe that NBA 2K22 should come out within the first 3 months of September 2021. We are hoping for sooner in that month instead of afterwards, though. According to the past several releases, the game dropped in that first week of September.2K will be bringing fans updates regarding the upcoming game once the NBA season has concluded. So stay tuned as we look forward to another exciting launch in the 2K family of basketball games.