The NBA 2K League expands beyond the NBA with new Shanghai team

Photo by Steven Freeman/NBAE via Getty Images The NBA 2K League kicked off in 2018 with an interesting premise: a group of professional teams, each affiliated with an NBA squad, playing a virtual rendition of the sport. Now, after two seasons, the league is looking to expand beyond the NBA with a new club based in Shanghai. The Chinese team will be the first in the league based outside of North America and the first not operated by an NBA team.
The currently unnamed squad will be owned and oper