The NBA seems to be finalizing the details of an online tournament in which 16 real players from NBA teams will participate. For this they will resort to the NBA 2K video game and it will be broadcast on ESPN. A proposal like other similar ones that would serve to alleviate a bit the slowdown to which the most popular basketball competition in the world has been forced.
From real NBA to NBA 2K online
That the Coronavirus is stopping global activity in general and sports in particular is a reality that we all already know. To alleviate the situation and give some entertainment to the thousands of followers of various sports disciplines, those responsible for some of these have turned to video games to hold online competitions.
During the last weeks we have seen how a FIFA 20 winch was carried out with the participation of La Liga BBVA players and also proposals such as NASCAR car races or the Indicate Series. Now, as published on Yahoo! Sports, it seems that it is the turn of the NBA .
The world’s most media basketball competition would already have practically everything ready for a tournament in which 16 players from real teams would compete through the NBA 2K video game. And attention, if everything goes well, it would start this Friday, April 3.
Sources: Clarity, it will be a 16-player NBA 2K tournament lasting 10 days. 4-time All-Star DeMarcus Cousins among the participants. https://t.co/0V1LfU9pnI
– Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) March 31, 2020
Who would be the participants? Well NBA 2K20 has published on its Twitter profile an image with the box with the names and pairings . In it we see the following players: Kevin Durant, Derrick Jones Jr, Montrezl Harrell, Domantas Sabonis, Devin Booker, Michael Porter Jr, Donovan Mitchell, Rui Hachimura, Trae Young, Harrison Barnes, Zach Lavine, Deandre Ayton, Andre Drummond, Demarcus Cousins, Hassan Whiteside and Patrich Beverley.
It will be fun to see if talent on the track also translates into talent at the controls. Something that we already anticipated surely does not happen and we see some surprise. But be that as it may, it will be fun to watch them play. Which by the way, will be the ESPN in charge of the broadcast of the competition. Although there is not much data if they will also take said matches later to other platforms such as YouTube.
Anyway, whatever happens with broadcasting issues, participating players, etc., the most interesting thing about the proposal is that it will be another boost for the eSport world . So that those who never considered or understood that of sitting down to watch a video game game, as if it were a real game, see the potential they offer. Moreover, the emotion with which both events can be lived is identical.
JC with the steal and bucket! @ConnsHomePlus #MakeItHappen Play of the Game pic.twitter.com/VaMw9lOQjW
– Phoenix Suns (@Suns) March 31, 2020
By the way, the Phoenix Suns seems to have been ahead and already started their own virtual season when the break of the competition began.
Source> Yahoo! Sport
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