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

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

Andy Gray | Oct 24, 2014

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Published Oct 24, 2014

ANDY GRAY

A senior editor atSI.com, Andy Gray oversees Hot Clicks, Extra Mustard and the Swimsuit site. A Boston sports loyalist and Columbia graduate, he joined SI in 2005.