Current Events > Angel Reese Graces NBA 2K26 Cover Alongside Carmelo Anthony and SGA

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BlueTigerLion
07/09/25 1:49:45 PM
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https://x.com/SportsCenter/status/1942947486806532118

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KaZooo
07/09/25 1:54:01 PM
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Why Carmelo? Dude's a huge loser fr

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2001mark
07/09/25 1:55:18 PM
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lols Carmelo Anthony is the Manny Machado of basketball.
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MaxEffingBemis
07/09/25 1:55:26 PM
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KaZooo posted...
Why Carmelo? Dude's a huge loser fr
Seriously. Tired of the glazing

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SadButTrue
07/09/25 1:55:55 PM
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sga is the only one that deserves to be on there
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VeggetaX
07/09/25 2:01:19 PM
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MaxEffingBemis posted...
Seriously. Tired of the glazing
If anything he's been getting a ton of hate.

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lilORANG
07/09/25 2:04:54 PM
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Carmelo is retired tho?

Idc

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Blue_Target
07/09/25 2:07:44 PM
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SGA I can understand

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legendarylemur
07/09/25 2:35:57 PM
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Wait what lol... so legitimately no Caitlyn Clark on the cover? Just that other girl with far worse stats?

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Crayon_Lover
07/09/25 2:39:16 PM
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The same Carmelo Anthony that was on the cover of NBA Live 2005?

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Cynrascal
07/09/25 2:44:03 PM
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legendarylemur posted...
Wait what lol... so legitimately no Caitlyn Clark on the cover? Just that other girl with far worse stats?

It's all about name recognition.

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Xenogears15
07/09/25 2:49:14 PM
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Cynrascal posted...
It's all about name recognition.

...and Caitlyn Clark doesn't have name recognition?

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legendarylemur
07/09/25 2:58:12 PM
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If you see on every social media, Caitlyn Clark related stuff have like 10+ times more traffic than the most popular Angel Reese clips. I think the most popular Angel Reese clip is one where she tells everybody to move aside and immediately loses the ball 1v1, and even that one is eclipsed by an average Caitlyn Clark clip. I think the only entity right now pretending otherwise is WNBA themselves

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VeggetaX
07/09/25 3:00:04 PM
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Caitlyn will get her time don't y'all worry

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BlueTigerLion
07/09/25 3:03:10 PM
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VeggetaX posted...
Caitlyn will get her time don't y'all worry

Her name is spelled Caitlin. Surprised so many have the "y" in there in thread.

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BlueTigerLion
07/09/25 3:06:58 PM
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KaZooo posted...
Why Carmelo? Dude's a huge loser fr

He got elected to the Hall of Fame this year. As for Angel Reese, shes on the cover of the WNBA edition.

I went with a neutral title, but other sources went with ones like this

Angel Reese Named NBA 2K26 Cover Athlete For 'WNBA Edition,' Not Caitlin Clark
https://www.tmz.com/2025/07/09/angel-reese-nba-2k26-cover-athlete-wnba-edition/

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Charismic_Zach_Gowen
07/09/25 3:07:53 PM
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legendarylemur posted...
If you see on every social media, Caitlyn Clark related stuff have like 10+ times more traffic than the most popular Angel Reese clips. I think the most popular Angel Reese clip is one where she tells everybody to move aside and immediately loses the ball 1v1, and even that one is eclipsed by an average Caitlyn Clark clip. I think the only entity right now pretending otherwise is WNBA themselves

WNBA is so desperate to have their version of Bird/Magic and are clinging to Reese simply because of that gesture in college

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MorbidFaithless
07/09/25 3:17:56 PM
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Why does the WNBA seem to hate Caitlin Clark? Or at least not want her to succeed to her full potential? She's the only reason it's ever in the news, whether through her achievements or others literally attacking her.

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garan
07/09/25 3:19:48 PM
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SadButTrue posted...
sga is the only one that deserves to be on there
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lilORANG
07/09/25 3:23:00 PM
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legendarylemur posted...
If you see on every social media, Caitlyn Clark related stuff have like 10+ times more traffic than the most popular Angel Reese clips. I think the most popular Angel Reese clip is one where she tells everybody to move aside and immediately loses the ball 1v1, and even that one is eclipsed by an average Caitlyn Clark clip. I think the only entity right now pretending otherwise is WNBA themselves
Angel is the most followed wnba player on insta. I think she's followed closely by Cam Brink (who hasn't played a game all year). Suffice to say the social media following is less bc basketball fans and more horny dudes who like those kind of profiles.

But to her credit Angel is having a pretty good year this year, and Caitlin has been out for half the year and playing hurt the other half.

Now is there obviously some "statement" being made by the choice? Yeah. Angel probably isn't top 30 in the league. Doesn't make a ton of sense to give her the cover if you're basing it purely on bball skill. But I also don't know that this is the year to give it to Caitlin either, since she hasn't exactly been present.

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Mizznox
07/09/25 3:23:34 PM
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Melo confused me at first, too, but it looks like they did Vince Carter for one of the editions last year - guess they're starting to highlight a new HOF inductee each year?

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justaguy3492
07/09/25 3:25:42 PM
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https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hs5qDBd_NEg

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SSj4Wingzero
07/09/25 3:28:43 PM
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Mizznox posted...
Melo confused me at first, too, but it looks like they did Vince Carter for one of the editions last year - guess they're starting to highlight a new HOF inductee each year?

Maybe they're recognizing Carmelo for being undefeated in NBA Finals

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Shamino
07/09/25 3:37:59 PM
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MorbidFaithless posted...
Why does the WNBA seem to hate Caitlin Clark? Or at least not want her to succeed to her full potential? She's the only reason it's ever in the news, whether through her achievements or others literally attacking her.

Jelousy. It's all I can think of. These players are shortsighted and don't see the long game which is she is going to make everyone richer in the long run, like Bird and Magic. And it's very peculiar to the WNBA, because while there's always vets testing younger players, I don't recall Kobe, LeBron, Shaq, and other players facing this much viteriol. Like, it never seems personal with the newest hotshot it's just business, but holy cow it seems personal with Clark.

As far as putting Reese on the cover? lol, that's all I got. Her only basketball talent is being tall. She can't shoot, dribble, or make a layup to save her life.

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KaZooo
07/09/25 3:49:55 PM
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My theory is CC doesn't want the 2K curse

And there's nothing to lose with Carmelo

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legendarylemur
07/09/25 3:57:03 PM
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KaZooo posted...
My theory is CC doesn't want the 2K curse

And there's nothing to lose with Carmelo
I never considered this lmao. Even the top most sports players are super superstitious

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LuigiChalmersJr
07/09/25 4:06:04 PM
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Reese is having a great year but I think Napheesa Collier would've been a better pick.

lilORANG posted...
Angel probably isn't top 30 in the league.
Stats don't support this nor does her second All-Star appearance, but sure, lol.

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