NBA Players Have An Official NBA 2K Contest That Includes Stars Like Kevin Durant

If NBA players can't get on the real court over the next few months, entertaining television with millions, they might be doing the next best thing.

Yahoo Games reports that the NBA and ESPN put together an official esports tournament, which will have 16 NBA players going head to head NBA 2K20

a tournament that will run for 10 days. Oddly, it will only be included outstanding, current players, as a former MVP Kevin Durant, All-Stars Donovan Mitchell and Trae Young and 2020 slunk dunk champion Derrick Jones Jr.

NBA 2K20 is a game with many problems, many that I've covered over the past few months

, but few of those are in court. Seeing real players take on one another in such a wonderful simulation should be a blast.

Here's how the first round, which begins on Friday and will be televised on ESPN, will build: