Damian Lillard, the first cover athlete to be confirmed
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Williamson who will turn 20 years old on July 6 is the youngest NBA player to NBA 2K22 MT appear on the cover. He will be featured on the next-generation consoles, Playstation 5 and Xbox Series X games. "It's one of those emotions I'm still processing" Williamson told The Undefeated's Marc J. Spears, via ESPN. It's like a dream that's coming true. In those AAU events, you're looking at the cover thinking 'That's gonna be me. It's a huge honor to have it happen so quickly, it's an incredible privilege."
He told Sports Illustrated his mother was the one to casually announce the information to him. "It was one of those subtle things like, 'Hey Mom, how is it going? It was her response"Oh, 2K is going to make you the cover.' And it was one of those things that catches your attention and you're thinking"What's up with that? The agent I spoke to confirmed you played. This game is a global one. Everyone plays the game. It is an honor to be chosen as their cover player.
Damian Lillard, the first cover athlete to be confirmed, will be featured on Buy 2K22 MT the latest-generation systems. The third player is expected to be announced on Thursday. The first commercial for the game featured an ex-Duke sensation. This initially raised speculation that he was the game's cover athlete. Williamson is the third Pelicans player to appear on the front of the game. He is joined by Chris Paul in the 2008 version, NBA2K8, and Anthony Davis in 2K13. Paul was previously the youngest to appear on the cover of the game at 21 years old.