NBA 2K League ready to start talent search, with 17 teams watching closely
TORONTO — The search for the world’s best NBA video gamers is officially on.
With the NBA 2K League set to tip off next May with the Raptors and 16 other teams taking part, the first stage of gamer qualifying kicks off Jan. 1.
Players have to be 18 and over and need to win 50 games in NBA 2K18’s Pro-Am mode on PlayStation 4 or Xbox One and complete an online application by Jan. 31. Brendan Donohue, managing director of the NBA 2K League, expects as many as 10,000 to 15,000 gamers could make it though the first hurdle.
“But that number could go higher, just based on interest and excitement,” he told a media conference call Friday.