Multiple NBA Teams Sign On To Appear In NBA eSports League

Today the NBA and Take-Two Interactive announced the inaugural NBA 2K eSports League that 17 different NBA teams are participating in. Here is the list of teams...

Boston Celtics
Cleveland Cavaliers
Dallas Mavericks
Detroit Pistons
Golden State Warriors
Indiana Pacers
Memphis Grizzlies
Miami Heat
Milwaukee Bucks
New York Knicks
Orlando Magic
Philadelphia 76ers
Portland Trail Blazers
Sacramento Kings
Toronto Raptors
Utah Jazz
Washington Wizards

The league is a five month season where each team will draft a team of five. The NBA 2K eLeague season will mirror the NBA season with regular season games, a bracketed playoff, and of course a championship match. While we will see each teams logo and uniform you won't see players like LeBron James or Stephen Curry, WHAT!?! Get this, each player drafted will have to make their own player avatars for gameplay. <---Love this!

Personally I am not a big NBA fan, but I'm very excited about the new league. I love how video games are becoming more and more acceptable in our society and this is proof. We are long past the days of comments like "those things will make you stupid" or "only nerds play video games", which by the way, speaking for all gamers, we are perfectly OK with being called nerds. I digress...The league will begin next year when the 2018 NBA season begins. Very cool!