The NBA 2K series is a long-running basketball simulation that dates back to the Sega Dreamcast days. In fact, the series debuted on the ill-fated console back in 1999. The series has grown a lot since then and is now considered the premier basketball simulation.

The announcement of Kevin Durant as the cover athlete for NBA 2K15 wasn’t just big news for the man himself. Announcements of which athletes will be featured on the covers of the video game. Just like the Madden Cover Curse, the NBA 2K series has seen a strange phenomenon where the cover athlete will get hit by injuries, fall off a cliff, or get traded to another team. Today we look.