  the nba 2k series is a series of basketball video games developed and released annually. beginning in 1999 to 2001, the nba 2k series was an exclusive to the sega dreamcast. the series was originally published by sega, under the label sega sports and is now published by 2k sports. all of the games in the franchise have been developed by visual concepts. its primary competitor in the marketplace was the nba live series from ea sports. ==history== the first four games of the series featured commentary from fictional announcers "bob steele" and "rod west" (voiced by bay area sports radio personalities bob fitzgerald and rod brooks who works at knbr 680 san francisco. they also host a radio show called "fitz and brooks"), but since nba 2k3 the game's announcing team has been something of a revolving door, featuring commentary from the likes of bill walton, tom talbert, kevin frazier, michele taffy, and bob fitzgerald. the color and play-by-play commentary in nba 2k6, nba 2k7, and nba 2k8 is provided by kevin harlan and kenny smith, with craig sager providing sideline reports. peter bart is the pa announcer. nba 2k9 features commentary from kevin harlan and clark kellogg with cheryl miller as the sideline reporter on most versions of nba 2k9 and nba 2k10. starting with nba 2k11, doris burke replaces miller as the sideline reporter on most versions of the game. on most versions of nba 2k12, steve kerr joins kevin harlan and clark kellogg in the commentary booth. on the playstation 2 versions starting with nba 2k9, no sideline reporter is featured in the game. in 2002 sega implemented the american television network, espn's brand with their sega sports video games. the espn brand was used for 3 games, with the second game even being renamed espn nba basketball, until espn signed a 15-year deal with ea sports. it is an nba 2k tradition to award the mvp winner from the previous year with the cover shot for the next game. this was an exception when in the first year of historic teams michael jordan donned the cover. in "nba 2k15" kevin durant, the mvp for the 13-14 nba season, is pictured on the cover which 2k announced on the 6th of may, from the 2k headquarters
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