2K Sport sent us some nice-looking screenshots for its upcoming NBA 2K9 title. Although the team features Boston Celtic Kevin Garnett on the cover, I won’t hold it against them.

As the folks at Visual Concepts emphasize, this is the No. 1 rated game seven years going, and the screenshots do it justice. But with EA’s overhaul of its NBA franchise, we may see the most significant basketball video game duel in a while. Don’t you just love competition? NBA 2K9 is hitting stores in October.