Tony Parker is the NBA Live 09 cover athlete
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As seen in a promo video on Kotaku, Tony Parker has been chosen to be the cover athlete for NBA Live 09.
This comes as somewhat of a surprise as Parker has already become a staple on the French version of the game. Given the set of features announced for Live it definitely pointed towards a point guard so that part of it fits. However Deron Williams would’ve made for a much better choice.
That is unless EA plans to put Eva Longoria on the cover with Parker.
June 24, 2008 at 11:59 am
first comment!!
June 24, 2008 at 12:01 pm
second comment..pasta you could have given me the credits
June 24, 2008 at 12:23 pm
wow…
tony parker…
as a fan of 2k8… this may appear as hate…
but truly… i’m not a big live vs. 2k8 guy…
tony parker???
they could have just gotten donaghy… for all that…
with 2k8 having garnett…
i don’t see myself switching anything soon…
June 24, 2008 at 12:26 pm
correction…
2k9…
you get my point…
June 24, 2008 at 12:28 pm
GO SPURS GO!
June 24, 2008 at 12:32 pm
Tony Longoria… figures
June 24, 2008 at 1:01 pm
Pasta u sure do like to jock Williams
June 24, 2008 at 1:03 pm
i new it was a point guard by the way the outline looked but i didn’t think it would be Parker
June 24, 2008 at 1:10 pm
Maybe, but that site has no credibility.
June 24, 2008 at 1:22 pm
I was hoping for Chuck Nevitt or Granville Waiters…..
June 24, 2008 at 1:23 pm
OR World B. Free, Reggie Theus, Adrian Dantley, Xavier McDaniel, Dave Corzine or Tree Rollins…
June 24, 2008 at 1:34 pm
this may be true but well see tomorrow cause we dont know how true that video was. this site has no credibility
June 24, 2008 at 1:51 pm
wow did not see that coming it would have been a lot better to just put him on the cover last year since he was the finals mvp i cant belive it tony parker im still sticking with 2k
June 24, 2008 at 2:31 pm
[quote comment="26459"]Pasta u sure do like to jock Williams[/quote]
Maybe because Williams is a great pg and he at least deserved the pick.
June 24, 2008 at 3:01 pm
Live has sucked sweaty balls the past couple of years so I’ll be sticking with NBA 2K9 next year.
June 24, 2008 at 3:05 pm
Surprising. Although Tony Parker is still young, the Spurs as a whole are on the downslide. Tony Parker was already on the cover for Live with the France release a couple years ago. Deron Williams should’ve got the cover but maybe they couldn’t go with him because of his involvement with team USA in the olympics this year. He probably wouldn’t of had the time to promote the game as the cover athlete.
June 24, 2008 at 3:19 pm
Wow!!! Nobody saw that one coming…but as a Spurs fan, I´m really happy. Hope it´s true.
June 24, 2008 at 3:26 pm
lame
June 24, 2008 at 3:28 pm
Well it sure wont help the sales or marketing.
Very odd and poor choice.
June 24, 2008 at 4:01 pm
Wait, why Tony Parker? EA did it again.
June 24, 2008 at 4:03 pm
im shocked i wouldve understood it more the year before when they won the championship and he was mvp
but w/e dont matter to me lol
June 24, 2008 at 5:33 pm
Good thing I don’t buy the game for it’s cover.
June 24, 2008 at 5:41 pm
BTW an EA rep has confirmed this news.
June 24, 2008 at 6:01 pm
hhmmm…. I’m not a big Parker fan but i guess if it was between Williams and Parker I understand the choice.
Oh well… A cover does not make the game.
June 24, 2008 at 6:03 pm
damn pasta thats gay
June 24, 2008 at 6:18 pm
man i hate the spurs it should of been iverson
June 24, 2008 at 6:49 pm
well i don’t really give a fuck who is on the LIVE Cover cuz im buying 2k9 no matter what!
Live has improved, but for me 2k is the way to go to get the most tv-broadcast like presentation of a sports game.
June 24, 2008 at 7:17 pm
Wow, that’s bad.
June 24, 2008 at 7:49 pm
just like the spurs…BOOOOOORIIINNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
June 24, 2008 at 7:50 pm
NBA live fukin suks and fuk Tony Parker
June 24, 2008 at 7:51 pm
NBA LIVE is garbage and 2k will take it every year and Tony parker is weak
June 24, 2008 at 7:55 pm
im a spurs fan, but wow!!! i never saw this one coming and i dont think anyone else did
June 24, 2008 at 8:08 pm
boooooooooooooooooooooooooooo nba 2k9 iz about to take ova
June 24, 2008 at 8:13 pm
nba 2k9 is going to be the best game whether or not Tony Parker is on the cover of nba live 09 or not but i just want ea to put a good product out there this year and to improve over last years game
June 24, 2008 at 8:54 pm
I was hoping for Jackie Moon, personally…
Tony Parker? Seriously? Yet another bad move in a long list of EA Sports bad moves…
June 24, 2008 at 10:09 pm
they should have gone with someone up and coming. some youth would have been better.
June 24, 2008 at 10:31 pm
Tony Parker is only 26. He is pretty much in his prime. I don’t see anything wrong with the selection, though it did come as a surprise.
What I really can’t believe is the people who sound like they are going to buy NBA 2K because of the cover athlete.
June 24, 2008 at 10:42 pm
Last year Parker was a good choice for the cover for the french edition, but I do not think, he would be the good decision for the USA market. If You would be just a casual player, walk in the store, which player would You choose on the cover of the game? Garnett, no question. If You are an expert, hardcore player? Choice is the same.
As I see, the NBA doesnt really advertise Deron, even if he is one of the best young players. You know, its all about image, representation of the league. Deron’s got too many tattoos to be on the cover of Live09.
June 24, 2008 at 11:54 pm
The revenge from Deron:
http://espn.go.com/photo/2007/0528/nba_g_parker_395.jpg
June 25, 2008 at 1:20 am
dont matter to me whos on the cover really
ive been looking for a reason to go back to live on next gen since ive been playin 2k but 2k8 wasnt much different from 2k7
hopefully this new feature that has never been done before will put live back on top
June 25, 2008 at 2:05 am
wtf
June 25, 2008 at 5:22 am
this is horrible news. The spurs failed to reach the finals last year, and the point guard goes on the cover? this is absolutly horrible. What is EA trying to prove by this?
June 25, 2008 at 6:13 am
Hopefully this is fake news because in my opinion a AMERICAN born player should be on the cover.
June 25, 2008 at 6:54 am
What bad timing. For one, the Spurs are on the decline. If they wanted Parker on the cover, they should’veaccounced it after he was named Finals MVP.
June 25, 2008 at 7:01 am
doesnt matter who’s on the cover.. the game still is going to suck. 2k is a million times better than live.
June 25, 2008 at 7:09 am
Stop being stupid. It’s just the cover, it’s not the game itself. If the cover was that important, everybody should’ ve bought NBA 07 a couple of years ago since they had Kobe on it. Only idiots pick up a game based solely on its cover. And even so, Tony Parker isn’t a bad choice at all. The guys is one of the premier point guards in the league: 3 nba rings, unmatched speed, outstanding scorer and so on. If he played for the Nuggets or the Suns, he would average 30 ppg. And so what if he’s french? We should have Landon Dononvan instead of Ronaldinho on the FIFA Soccer cover then.
June 25, 2008 at 7:15 am
[quote comment="26453"]wow…
tony parker…
as a fan of 2k8… this may appear as hate…
but truly… i’m not a big live vs. 2k8 guy…
tony parker???
they could have just gotten donaghy… for all that…
with 2k8 having garnett…
i don’t see myself switching anything soon…[/quote]
you purchase your basketball games based on who is the cover athlete? wow…
June 25, 2008 at 9:33 am
[quote comment="26562"]Hopefully this is fake news because in my opinion a AMERICAN born player should be on the cover.[/quote]
tim duncan was on 2001. he is from the carribean.
June 25, 2008 at 10:06 am
id rather them have eva on the cover instead
June 26, 2008 at 11:20 am
heres the cover and the story behind it
http://www.easports.com/nbalive09/cover.jsp