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Durant, the NBA's most prominent name to test
positive for the coronavirus, is the top seed in the
players-only tournament that begins on Friday and concludes on
April 11.
The tournament, during which players will compete from their
homes, was announced three weeks after the NBA suspended its
season until further notice after one its players tested
positive for coronavirus.
Two-times NBA champion Durant, who has been sidelined with an
Achilles injury suffered during last June's NBA Finals while a
member of the Golden State Warriors, will open the tournament
against Miami Heat forward Derrick Jones Jr. on Friday.
All players will use the roster of one of their eight
pre-selected current NBA teams that they may use only once
during the tournament.
The tournament champion will select a charity beneficiary to
receive a $100,000 donation in support of ongoing coronavirus
relief efforts.
The first two rounds of the head-to-head tournament between NBA
players will be single elimination, with the semi-finals and
finals moving to a best-of-three format.
The NBA 2K League, which pits the world's best players of the
popular NBA 2K video game against each other, launched in 2018.
(Reporting by Frank Pingue in Toronto; Editing by Lincoln
Feast.)
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