The latest edition of the NBA 2K franchise is set to release on Sept. 5, and on Wednesday we got our first look at the three stars that will make up the four different NBA 2K26 covers -- Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Angel Reese and Carmelo Anthony .

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander isn't the only basketball star who will grace the cover of an NBA 2K26 game this year.

K Games announced Wednesday that NBA 2K26 will be released on Sept. 5 and Angel Reese and Carmelo Anthony will be featured on special edition covers. Thunder guard and reigning NBA MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was announced a day prior as the cover athlete for the video game’s standard edition,