Fans Get Emotional Over Kobe Bryant in ‘NBA 2K21’ Cover Mock-up (PIC + TWEETS)

It will never feel right knowing that Kobe Bryant is no longer walking the Earth after he, his daughter, and seven others passed away tragically in a helicopter crash on a hillside in Calabasas, California.

Every year, fans wait with anticipation on the reveal of the “NBA 2K” cover athlete. The long-running basketball video game has a massive audience and routinely creates arguments with the player choices.

This year is different as fans have been calling for Kobe Bryant to grace the cover of the video game following his death in a Jan. 26 helicopter crash.

One person decided to go ahead and make a cover with Kobe:

The perfect 2k cover doesnt exi- pic.twitter.com/ikv9DeupLH

— Mink Flow (@currypistonn) June 19, 2020

The mock-up had fans really in their feelings:

• TRENDING NEWS

---

Nick Young Reveals Which Lakers Superstar Cried In The Locker Room After Kobe Bryant’s Infamous Practice Rant

Social Media Rips Into Gilbert Arenas Over His Batman-Robin Reference For Legendary NBA Duo Of Shaquille O’Neal And Kobe Bryant

Kobe Bryant’s Ex-Teammate Reveals How Lakers Legend Tackled D’Angelo Russell-Nick Young Beef After The Famous Snitching Incident

---

https://twitter.com/birdsnets/status/1274034286006599695

imo this one go harder pic.twitter.com/aRfaWJkhgY

— sɐɯɐp?? (@samdubabu) June 20, 2020

https://twitter.com/mahomes1501/status/1274146399710588928

https://twitter.com/SkiiSlimma/status/1274055235493859328

https://twitter.com/masonsterling4/status/1274051349169287170

pic.twitter.com/Mv4M7bj1DX

— Supervillian テガ (@OutlawRT) June 20, 2020

I don't know how I feel about this..

Are they paying tribute or trying to profit off his death?

If you didn't put him on the cover when he was alive then don't do it now.

R.I.P Kobe ??

— Speak My Mind (@speakmymind2020) June 20, 2020

https://twitter.com/LCQuince/status/1274298131669307393

I’d cry every time I start the game up .

— 900? (@itsjustBucks) June 20, 2020

Literally perfect

— KG ? Agent Zero (@pettypaulpierce) June 20, 2020