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NBA 2K League Games to Broadcast Live on Twitch

The NBA 2K League is continuing to take shape and in an unsurprising move, each game will broadcast live on Twitch, the popular streaming platform, especially for gaming according to an official press release. This marks the second time that the NBA has teamed up with Twitch to provide televised coverage for the league.

Some months ago, the NBA and Twitch agreed to a deal to bring the G-League broadcasts to the platform. This, after a stint with Facebook Live.

“As the Official Live Streaming Partner of the NBA 2K League, Twitch will provide fans around the world with live streams of up to 199 games throughout the season, including weekly matchups, three in-season tournaments, playoffs and the NBA 2K League Finals.” the league said according to the press release. “The live streams will include various talent providing live commentary, analysis, and additional league updates.”

So basically, the NBA 2K League will have an epic broadcast. With this being the NBA, there’s no doubt that they would want everything to be as spectacular as possible.

Some might underestimate the importance of a great broadcast presentation, and with me being a media junkie, of course, I’ll be a little biased. But, having great broadcast talent and production, help us feel closer to the action going on the real playing field and on the digital one, and help fill the canvas of a partially finished painting to make it 100% complete.

I think the professional style presentation is an indication of how big Esports continues to get. Although competitive gaming has been around for a long time (with documented gaming contests going as far back as 1970’s or 80’s), it has finally found its place in society, thanks to the ridiculous growth of video games themselves.

The NBA 2K League is young, but the cards are played right, it can be a mainstay for years to come. Many will say “why would I watch others play a basketball game when I can watch actual NBA games?”.

For starters, I feel that the gameplay style will be much different from the actual NBA. In the real league, more players are relying on the three-point shot to win games, but in the 2K League, it sounds like there will be more of an old-school style approach to how the game is played.

This is because the players will have default in-game ballers they can use, so they can’t use their pure sharpshooting point guards and stretch fives like they do in the Park (three-point shot rating goes to 99) and chuck up threes. Players will be forced to make the proper plays, so the brand of basketball will be totally different from the real league.

Also, there’s a possibility that you will see as many spectacular, if not, more spectacular individual performances than you do in the NBA. There’s a great chance that you will at least see one 40+ point game per game especially with the ability to get “excellent” shots which are virtually impossible to miss.



Last but not least, the NBA 2K League may be slightly more interactive. On Twitch, you can leave comments via chat, making it a slightly more personal viewing experience.

Also, you may be able to watch 2K League players practice, as all they have to do is fire up NBA 2K, and start streaming their shootaround/practice session on Twitch for everyone to see. Now, I don’t see the 2K League taking over the NBA anytime soon, as the NBA is still just too much fun to watch and has been for decades.

However, the growth of gaming and Esports makes the NBA 2K League a brilliant move, and it will be no surprise if it takes off on the right note. A great broadcast is just the icing on the cake.

The games will be featured on Twitch.TV/NBA2KLeague

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