Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo named NBA 2K19 standard edition cover star

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Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo. (David Zalubowski/AP)

NBA 2K19 will be getting a little freaky.

Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo will grace the cover of the forthcoming basketball video game’s “Standard Edition.”

Slated for a Sept. 11 release date, players who pick up the standard edition release will also receive a sapphire Antetokounmpo MyTEAM card.

Last month, the NBA 2K team revealed LeBron James as 2K19’s “20th Anniversary Edition” cover boy.

NBA 2K19 will be the 20th entry in the longstanding basketball simulation. It will release for the Playstation 4, Xbox ONE, Nintendo Switch and PC. The original entrant in the series, NBA 2K, came out exclusively for the Sega Dreamcast on Nov. 10, 1999, with Allen Iverson gracing the cover.

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