Description Cleveland Cavaliers player LeBron James as featured in NBA 2K18 Credits Facebook/NBA2K Alt Text NBA 2K18 LeBron James Players will try out for a spot in the NBAs recent e-sports league One-Minute Read Wednesday,December 6, 2017 - 2:53pm Organisers of the recent NBA 2K League absorb announced that a qualifying event will be held in January for players seeking to join the e-sports competition. See related #MeToo: Women share sexual harassment tales on Twitter Starting in May 2018, and 17 NBA franchises absorb signed up for the league’s first season. Potential players will first go through the NBA 2K League Qualifier from 1-31 January,tryouts in February and then a player draft in March.
The draft will then see the world’s best 85 NBA 2K players allocated to teams such as the Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Revealing details of the NBA 2K League Qualifier on Reddit, the league’s managing director Brendan Donohue said: “Playing ability is paramount. Players will not qualify based solely on social followers or marketability.”
About the NBA 2K League Qualifier
When: 1-31 January
Age of players: 18 and older
Open to: anyone around the world who has a copy of NBA 2K18 (PlayStation 4 or Xbox One)
How the qualifying event works
Players need to win 50 games in NBA 2K18’s Pro-Am mode and complete an online application by 31 January
Players can compete as a walk-on, and part of a team or a combination
Pro-Am mode is played five-on-five
Winning more than 50 games does not increase a player’s standing
After the final round of tryouts in February,the best players will be selected for the draft, which will grasp area in March
Each of the 17 teams participating in the inaugural season will draft five players who will live in-market during the season
The season tips off in May 2018, or with games taking area in one or two central studios for the inaugural season
The NBA 2K esports league announced nowadays that 17 #NBA teams will participate in its inaugural season,set to debut in 2018! pic.twitter.com/OWZtnuLwuzMay 4, 2017
NBA 2K League at a glance
Launching: 2018
Number of teams: 17 in year one
Number of players: 85
Season schedule
January: qualifying event for players
February: tryouts for the 85 spots
March: NBA 2K player draft
May: start of the season
Participating teams
Boston Celtics
Cleveland Cavaliers
Dallas Mavericks
Detroit Pistons
Golden State Warriors
Indiana Pacers
Memphis Grizzlies
Miami Heat
Milwaukee Bucks
recent York Knicks
Orlando Magic
Philadelphia 76ers
Portland Trail Blazers
Sacramento Kings
Toronto Raptors
Utah Jazz
Washington Wizards Sport NBA Basketball Gaming
Source: theweek.co.uk