Sasha Vezenkov and Jaleen Smith to participate in 2K EuroLeague tournament / News - Basketnews.com

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The 2K Virtual EuroLeague will be played on NBA2K22 on PlayStation5 online and start December 9. Moreover, it will have real-life EuroLeague players - Sasha Vezenkov from Olympiacos Piraeus and ALBA Berlin's Jaleen Smith.

Jaleen Smith

Team:ALBA BerlinPosition:PG, SGAge:27Height:193 cmBirth place:Texas, United States of AmericaProfileNewsStatistics

The rosters and graphics are created by Viktor Vladov and the co-producers Miguel Zua, Max "Albatross2K" and Peter Kushev.The most crucial games will be streamed on the YouTube channel "Virtual Euroleague"/"TheEuroPlaybook".Subscribe to the channel to watch the games live and on-demand. You will also see whether there are any Updates on the Add On and how to install it.Vezenkov and last season's German easyCredit BBL League MVP Smith will be 2 of the 31 high-classed gamers participating in the VEL.

Combined with gamers of the world clans level, such as Jannis Neumann "JLB_2K", the captain of the German National Team in 2K and former 2K League gamer, this competition might show us who is the King of Europe.

It will also be interesting to see if pro Basketball players can compete with their real-life tactics versus pro gamers.

The participants will have a draft in which they choose 1 of 31 European teams with real rosters, attributes, appearance, etc. (18 EuroLeague Teams, 11 EuroCup, and 2 others).

The second version of EuroLeague Add-On will be available for free for every PlayStation5 and NBA2K22 user on December 9.HCPKS andbasketnews.com are official and exclusive partners of the Virtual EuroLeague project.

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