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Kuroko's Basketball Street Rivals Adds Tim Duncan To Limited Player Gacha

Kuroko's Basketball Street Rivals, the 3D basketball battle game based on the anime, is running an NBA legend player collaboration. Tim Duncan, listed as a center, joined the Limited Player Gacha after maintenance on Wednesday, October 28, 2026.

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Why it matters

The game's pitch is that anime characters share a court with real NBA legends, and putting Duncan behind a limited gacha rather than in the base roster is how that crossover gets monetized.

Kuroko's Basketball Street Rivals Adds Tim Duncan To Limited Player Gacha

Key Facts

  • Tim Duncan joined the Limited Player Gacha in Kuroko's Basketball Street Rivals after maintenance on Wednesday, October 28, 2026.
  • The collaboration pairs NBA legend players with characters from Kuroko's Basketball in the same game.
  • Collaboration decorations include the Tim Duncan Limited Ball, Limited Icon and Icon Frame, Limited Court, and Limited Title.
  • A limited-time event tied to the NBA collaboration is running with player development materials among the rewards.

A limited-time event runs alongside it, with rewards that include a Tim Duncan Limited Ball, a Limited Icon and Icon Frame, a Limited Court, and a Limited Title.

The collaboration visual places Tetsuya Kuroko beside Tim Duncan in a Spurs uniform, and that image is the whole sell: a shonen basketball protagonist standing next to a retired NBA center. In-game, Duncan is described as a legend with solid fundamentals and stable tactics, rated highly on both offense and defense, and players control him directly rather than watching him.

The decorations follow the same theme. Balls, court, icon, icon frame, and title all get collaboration-limited designs, and the game says acquisition conditions for each reward are listed in-game. The event runs for a limited time.

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