Seventeen teams will compete in the first season of the NBA 2K eLeague, according to A.J. Neuharth-Keusch of USA Today.
The venture, a joint project between the NBA and NBA 2K’s Take-Two Interactive, will be the first eSports league run by an actual U.S. league. It will give top basketball video game players a chance to compete for real NBA teams.
The 17 franchises will each employ up to five professional gamers, who will be paid to run their teams in NBA 2K. Play will be conducted similar to the real NBA, with head-to-head matchups in a regular season schedule, followed by playoffs. The gamers will compete with user-created avatars rather than avatars of actual players.
“This is the first step in what promises to be an extraordinary league, bringing together the world’s best gamers and showcasing elite competition on an international stage,” said NBA 2K eSports league managing director Brendan Donohue. “Our teams have expressed tremendous enthusiasm for eSports, and we are looking forward to forming something truly unique for basketball and gaming fans around the globe.”
Teams participating in the first season will be the Celtics, Cavaliers, Mavericks, Pistons, Warriors, Pacers, Grizzlies, Heat, Bucks, Knicks, Magic, 76ers, Blazers, Kings, Raptors, Jazz and Wizards.
This seems very strange. I don’t really get the point
I really wish they would stop referring to playing video games as e-sports. It is not athletic in any way whatsoever. Yes it is a competition, but so are dog shows and bake offs and children’s coloring contests. And I don’t think any sane person refers to them as sports.
Please refer to all the people who train hours a day, and repeatedly injure themselves due to problems with joints brought on by e-sports, similar to how one would retire in sports. Read the dictionary definition of a sport, and get back to me.
1.
an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
2.
a particular form of this, especially in the out of doors.
I guess dungeons and dragons is a sport now too, then.
e-sports means electronic sports. while things like call of duty. being called this are ridiculous, is an electronic sports
e-sports means electronic sports. while things like call of duty. being called this are ridiculous, is an electronic sport. I think this league idea is
e-sports means electronic sports. while things like call of duty. being called this are ridiculous, is an electronic sport. I think this league idea is really stupid but whatever.
man progressive commenting is a new thing now
How is racing considering athletic? They sit in a car all day. Esports obviously doesn’t have the athletic/physical aspect of normal sports, but the mental and hand-eye coordination/reaction is just as significant as other sports.
thank you