From The Vault: SI's 10 favorite NBA preview covers over the years

Author:
Andy Gray
Publish date:
Oct 24, 2014

The 2014-15 SI NBA preview was released this week featuring LeBron James, Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving. on the cover. Where does this year's cover stack up against issues of the past? Here are 10 of our favorites over the years.

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1960-61 — 1960-61
Richard Erdoes

Bill Russell (1965-66)

New Madison Square Garden (1967-68) — New Madison Square Garden (1967-68)
Donald Moss

Bill Walton (1979-80) — Bill Walton (1979-80)
Peter Read Miller/SI

Bill Russell and Larry Bird (1984-85) — Bill Russell and Larry Bird (1984-85)
Andy Hayt/SI

Bill Laimbeer (1990-91) — Bill Laimbeer (1990-91)
Theo Westenberger/SI

Dennis Rodman and Michael Jordan (1995) — Dennis Rodman and Michael Jordan (1995)
John W. McDonough/SI

Grant Hill (1997-98) — Grant Hill (1997-98)
Richard Corman/SI

Yao Ming (2002-03) — Yao Ming (2002-03)
John W. McDonough/SI

LeBron James (2003-04) — LeBron James (2003-04)
Walter Iooss Jr./SI