20 NBA stars get involved for $1 million 2K24 Championship Series One UpA slew of NBA stars have partnered with One Up for the platform\u2019s NBA 2K24 Championship Series, an esports tournament series where amateur players can compete for $1 million in cash prizes. The Cleveland Cavaliers\u2019 Donovan Mitchell, the LA Clippers\u2019 Paul George, and the Denver Nuggets\u2019 Jamal Murray are among the 20 NBA stars that have partnered with platform provider One Up for the launch edition of the One Up x NBA 2K24 Championship Series, offering $1 million to participating players. The news comes a month after Take-Two Interactive\u2019s 2K, the publisher behind the NBA 2K series, announced a partnership with One Up to offer tournaments for amateur players on NBA 2K24, which launched on September 8. Between September 23 and January 20, One Up will organize 16 qualifiers, each hosted by a different NBA player. The winners of each qualifier will get $20,000 and a spot in the main tournament, with the top four advancing to the One Up x NBA 2K24 Championship in Miami, where the winner will earn $250,000. In addition to the qualifiers, there will be four exhibition tournaments, also hosted by NBA stars, each with a $10,000 prize pool. \u201cOur partnership with 2K is about lowering the barrier to enter esports competitions as we believe esports should be for all,\u201d One Up CEO Brandon Pitts said in a statement. \u201cWe are pumped to be one of the first major tournaments for NBA 2K24 across multiple platforms and provide fans of the game the opportunity to compete against others with the chance to win game-changing cash prizes.\u201d Below you can find the dates for all the qualifiers and exhibition tournaments, as well as their respective hosts: NBA 2K24 Championship Series qualifiers: 9\/23 \u2013 Donovan Mitchell (Cleveland Cavaliers) – 9\/30 \u2013 Paul George (LA Clippers) – 10\/7 \u2013 Jamal Murray (Denver Nuggets) – 10\/14 \u2013 Cade Cunningham (Detroit Pistons) – 10\/21 \u2013 Deandre Ayton (Phoenix Suns) – 10\/28 \u2013 Khris Middleton (Milwaukee Bucks) – 11\/4 \u2013 John Collins (Utah Jazz) – 11\/11 \u2013 Karl-Anthony Towns (Minnesota Timberwolves) – 11\/18 \u2013 Seth Curry (Dallas Mavs) – 11\/25 \u2013 Patrick Beverley (Philadelphia 76ers) – 12\/2 \u2013 Anfernee Simons (Portland Trail Blazers) – 12\/9 \u2013 Terry Rozier (Charlotte Hornets) – 12\/30 \u2013 Jalen Brunson (New York Knicks) – 1\/6 \u2013 Brandon Ingram (New Orleans Pelicans) – 1\/13 \u2013 Mike Conley, Jr. (Minnesota Timberwolves) – 1\/20 \u2013 Tyrese Haliburton (Indiana Pacers) – NBA 2K24 Championship Series exhibition tournaments: 10\/11 \u2013 Dorian Finney-Smith (Brooklyn Nets) 11\/1 \u2013 Andre Drummond (Chicago Bulls) 11\/22 \u2013 Andrew Wiggins (Golden State Warriors) 12\/13 \u2013 De\u2019Anthony Melton (Philadelphia 76ers) How to sign up for NBA 2k24 Championship Series: Registration for the tournament series begins on September 14 at 1 p.m. Eastern Time via the Play One Up mobile app on Apple or Android. Participants will simply need to log in to their Play One Up account, click on the \u201cNBA 2K\u201d community icon, and follow the steps to sign up. Registration for each qualifier will close one hour prior to the start time. To participate in the tournament series, players must be residents of the U.S. and D.C. (excluding Arizona) and be 13 years or older. They also must have a valid One Up account, access to NBA 2K24 on PS5 or Xbox X\/S, internet access, and access to a PSN ID with the PS Plus Service or an Xbox X\/S with a gamertag and the Xbox Gold service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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