NBA2K21 announces 'walking highlight tape' Zion Williamson as next-gen cover athlete.New Orleans Pelicans rookie Zion Williamson is already featured on NBA2king the cover of NBA2K. The company announced on Wednesday that it announced Williamson as one of three cover athletes in NBA2K21. The game will be released at the end of this year. The TikTok video teaser revealed that he was the future of the future, a "walking highlight video" and "will shoot a shot at you."

Williamson who will turn 20 years old on July 6, will be the youngest NBA player to grace the cover. He will be featured on next-generation consoles, Playstation 5 and Xbox Series X games. "It's one of those emotions that I'm still processing," Williamson told The Undefeated's Marc J. Spears, via ESPN. "It's a dream come true. It's amazing to be able to look at the cover of AAU tournaments and then think, "That's going to be me."

He told Sports Illustrated his mother was the one who casually revealed the information to him. It was one of those subtle things like "Hey Mom How's it going?" And she was saying, "Yeah 2K is going put you on the covers." It was one of those things that grabs your attention and makes you think, "What's the deal? My agent confirmed that you were playing. This game is played globally. Everyone is playing this game. It is a dream for them to pick me as the cover player is a dreamfor me, man."

Damian Lillard was the first Cover athlete announced, and will be featured on the latest generation of systems. On Thursday, a third athlete will be revealed. The game featured the former Duke sensation in its commercial earlier this month, which initially sparked talk he would be the featured athlete.

Williamson is the third Pelicans player to be featured on Buy 2K MT Xbox the front of the game, following Chris Paul in the 2008 version, NBA2K8, and Anthony Davis in 2K13. Paul aged 21 of age, was the first person to appear on the cover.