The Philadelphia 76ers have hired a new general manager, but not for the team you might expect. While the traditional Philadelphia 76ers basketball team looks to ride into the playoffs, their video game-playing cohort announced Friday the hiring of Michael Lai as general manager and Ian Hillman as assistant general manager. With the inaugural NBA 2K league draft […]
The NBA 2K League open tryouts are coming to an end on Wednesday. If you didn’t know the tryouts were happening, it’s a bit too late. Players must have won 50 Pro-Am games in January to qualify for the inaugural NBA 2K League draft in March. An expanded pool of 102 players will be drafted […]
The Milwaukee Bucks are building a new arena, but NBA basketball will be far from the only attraction. As the Bucks gear up to open their new home next fall, their brain trust is looking over possible draft prospects for the NBA 2K League that will debut in May 2018. The Bucks announced they will […]
The Dallas Mavericks are one of the 17 NBA teams that are expanding into esports with tryouts for the inaugural season of the NBA 2K League set to begin in January. As NBA teams around the country continue to embrace esports, the Mavericks have partnered with HyperX, which becomes the official gaming headset partner of the […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Jace Hall, the CEO of esports organization Echo Fox, works closely with NBA types. Former NBA player Rick Fox co-founded Echo Fox in 2015. Among the employees that Hall oversees is Jared Jeffries, a former NBA player and front office executive who is now Echo Fox’s team president. With the NBA set […]
