Victor Wembanyama is front and center in the new NBA 2K27 trailer, but the game’s latest look goes well beyond the cover star. The Spurs’ own scene-stealer is shown alongside teammates, wrapped in the fiesta-colored atmosphere that lit up San Antonio’s playoff run, with the trailer leaning hard into the emotion of that moment.
The opening image sets the tone immediately: Wembanyama sits on the bench with his eyes closed, almost meditating, while pink, orange and teal fill the background. Then Baby Keem’s “family ties” kicks in, the shot clock winds down, and the trailer snaps into the 2K27 logo over a Finals scene. The Larry O’Brien trophy sits at center court beneath a Spurs logo, the crowd is dressed in fiesta gear, and the Coyote is right there working the building.
The Finals detail keeps showing up throughout the trailer. Jalen Brunson appears under the ceiling at Madison Square Garden, with Karl-Anthony Towns following soon after.
Brunson gets plenty of screen time, including a shot over De’Aaron Fox and a celebration after the bucket. The Finals patch is visible on the back of the jerseys, and it shows up again when Wembanyama throws down a dunk over OG Anunoby as the Spurs bench erupts in front of the bright crowd.
2K27 also leans into the league’s new-look star power. Wembanyama is the standard edition cover athlete, while Caitlin Clark and Derrick Rose each get special editions. The trailer also flashes a bunch of players in unfamiliar uniforms: LeBron James as a Sixer, Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum as rivals, Anthony Edwards feeding LaMelo Ball, Giannis in Miami and Ja Morant in Portland.
For Wembanyama, the best part of the cover is simple: his teammates are on it too, making it the first cover in the game’s history to include that kind of group moment.
"If I had to choose, that's what I would do, put my teammates in there and a moment of emotion," he said. "I don't think there's a singular better photo for the cover."
That emotion came from the shot that sent the Spurs to the playoffs for the first time in seven years, and the trailer recreates it like a mini movie. Wembanyama is shown from behind as the ball hangs in the air beneath San Antonio’s five championship banners, then drops through the net before his teammates swarm him. The whole thing, fittingly, fades out with the Knicks celebrating.
There’s also a quick peek at what San Antonio might look like on the floor, though the trailer’s lineup guess seems more like a tease than a prediction. The Spurs are shown getting ready for tipoff against the Thunder, with Oklahoma City fans split into blue and white sections.
On the San Antonio side, Wembanyama is at center, Devin Vassell and Dylan Harper are nearby, Stephon Castle is in the mix, and number 23 appears to belong to Tobias Harris. The trailer doesn’t settle the jersey-number question, and it’s not clear whether Harris will actually wear 23 in San Antonio.
The broader Spurs rotation picture is still unsettled, too. The sense around the roster is that Harper will keep coming off the bench next year with Fox starting, while the biggest summer debate among Spurs fans is whether Harris or Julian Champagnie will open at power forward.
For now, the trailer is about mood, not mechanics. A preseason breakdown is set for August 18, early access begins on August 28 for buyers of the ultra or deluxe edition, and the standard edition arrives on September 4.
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