NBA to launch esport league with Take-Two Interactive

The NBA has agreed terms with videogame developer Take-Two Interactive to create a professional esports league using the NBA 2K series.
The partnership will allow all NBA’s teams to compete in the esport league which is expected to launch next year.
The league will use Take-Two Interactive’s NBA 2K franchise which has been the official videogame of the NBA since the two struck a licensing deal in 1999.
Take-Two and the NBA said the esports league will operate with player salaries, ma