This image is a spoof of one of the new potential covers for NBA 2K10; this and others have been put up for vote so that YOU THE ARDENT, ASTUTE GAMER can select the cover that appears on the game to be released October 31st. Voting starts here tomorrow and runs through June 15th.

The appearance of Kobe Bryant in a Knicks jersey would have been impressive before all this “LeBron James to the Knicks” talk hadn’t started early in the basketball year–it’s obviously fun in video games to swap star players or even create yourself (some people think it’s bush league to create yourself in a game; that’s why I always a Mexicanized incarnation of myself. You’d be impressed with the season Jorge Zambala’s having in MLB 2K9). That said, enough with the damn Knicks jerseys already. They might have the resources to sign whoever they want–but they aren’t! And the Knicks…SUCK. They haven’t earned the right to be the de facto free agent stop that everyone’s pimping them out to be. Is anybody photo-shopping Anquan Boldin into a Lions jersey? Hell, no.

Somebody needs to photoshop Kobe into a Phoenix Mercury jersey. Because that would be hilarious. And somewhat appropriate. Because he’s a girl, see.