The second phase of qualifiers for the NBA 2K League has just been introduced. Referred to as the NBA 2K League Combine, it will run from February 2 to the 28 in 2018. All players who won 50 games during January’s NBA 2K League Qualifier will move on to the combine.
NBA 2K League Combine
Players must meet two age and eligibility requirements. For those looking to join, you must be 18 years of age and have graduated high school. Additionally, if you haven’t graduated, but your graduating class has, you’re still eligible.
Players who complete January’s NBA 2K League Qualifier will automatically see a new menu item for the NBA 2K League Combine. It should appear in NBA 2K18 sometime during February. Also, the Online Application will be available during the month of February as well. Furthermore, the NBA 2K League has extended their player pool to allow 102 participants.
KEY DATES
There will be 12 playing windows available from February 2 – February 21, and all combine play must take place during these windows. Playing windows are distributed to suit the various regions of our global playing community.
The playing windows are listed below in Eastern Time (ET):
- 2/2 – 8pm to 12am ET
- 2/3 – 2pm to 8pm ET
- 2/4 – 2pm to 8pm ET
- 2/7 – 8pm to 12am ET
- 2/9 – 8pm to 12am ET
- 2/10 – 4pm to 10pm ET
- 2/11 – 2pm to 8pm ET
- 2/14 – 8pm to 12am ET
- 2/16 – 8pm to 12am ET
- 2/17 – 4pm to 10pm ET
- 2/18 – 2pm to 8pm ET
- 2/21 – 8pm to 12am ET
REQUIREMENTS
Participants must play a minimum of 40 games using their primary position (PG/SG/SF/PF/C).
GAMEPLAY
Games will consist of four, 6-minute quarters, with standard Pro-Am rules. If a player fouls out, they will be replaced by a AI participant. There will be one position played per team (i.e. even roster composition using Point Guard, Shooting Guard, Small Forward, Power Forward and Center). Players will have five archetypes to choose from for each position, but must compete in only one position throughout the combine.
ARCHETYPES
Players can choose the archetype* they play with for their selected position. The complete list of available archetypes is below:
Point Guard
Shot-Creating Slasher
Shot-Creating Sharpshooter
Slashing Playmaker
Sharpshooting Playmaker
Playmaking Shot Creator
Shooting Guard
Playmaking Slasher
Sharpshooting Defender
Slashing Shot Creator
Sharpshooting Shot Creator
Pure Sharpshooter
Small Forward
Shot-Creating Slasher
Sharpshooting Shot Creator
Pure Sharpshooter
Slashing Defender
Sharpshooting Slasher
Power Forward
Slashing Rim Protector
Rebounding Athletic Finisher
Slashing Post Scorer
Two-Way Rebounder
Sharpshooting Rim Protector
Center
Post-Scoring Athletic Finisher
Slashing Rebounder
Pure Rim Protector
Slashing Stretch Five
Rebounding Post Scorer
*Archetype = preset skills and attributes.
TRACKING
There will not be a leaderboard, however participants will be able to view statistics and VOD highlights (video-on-demand) of their games throughout the combine.
During the combine, the NBA 2K League will be tracking high-level stats like points, rebounds and assists. Once the combine is complete, all player statistics will be evaluated and used to determine the top 102 players available for the draft.
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