NBA 2K15 Reveals Expanded Euroleague Lineup

Written by Brandon Hofer on May 19, 2014

News: 2K Sports has announced that the Euroleague will have more of a presence this year in NBA 2K15.

2K Sports has revealed that they will have an expanded Euroleague Lineup in NBA 2K15. It will include additional teams and players from the Turkish Airlines Euroleague as part of their exclusive multi-year global partnership. NBA 2K15 will feature 11 additional teams from the Turkish Airlines Euroleague, including top-level FC Bayern Munich of Germany, JSF Nanterre of France, Galatasaray Liv Hospital Istanbul of Turkey and Partizan NIS Belgrade of Serbia, bringing the total number of playable Euroleague teams to 25, including every team that participated in the 2013-14 Turkish Airlines Euroleague. All squads will be fully updated to reflect trades accurate to the day of release.

“The global response to the integration of Euroleague teams into the NBA 2Kseries last year was fantastic, and a key factor in our decision to include the full complement of 2013-14 Euroleague teams in NBA 2K15,” said Greg Thomas, President of Visual Concepts. “We know there’s a huge passion for basketball in Europe, and we’re excited to further expand the number of playable European teams to make this the most comprehensive basketball game ever.”

"After an exciting start last year, our partnership with 2K takes another strong step forward with an expansion of the Euroleague Basketball teams inNBA 2K15," added Jordi Bertomeu, President and CEO of Euroleague Basketball. "The appeal of our style of basketball to video game fans was evident right away with just 14 Euroleague Basketball teams last year, and we are sure that seeing many more of them in NBA 2K15 will be another hit."

The full list of 25 teams to be included in NBA 2K15 are:

Alba Berlin

Anadolu Efes Istanbul

Brose Baskets Bamberg (new)

Budivelnik Kyiv (new)

Crvena Zvezda Telekom Belgrade (new)

CSKA Moscow

EA7 Emporio Armani Milan

FC Barcelona

FC Bayern Munich (new)

Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul

Galatasaray Liv Hospital Istanbul (new)

JSF Nanterre (new)

Laboral Kutxa Vitoria

Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius (new)

Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar (new)

Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv

Montepaschi Siena

Olympiacos Piraeus

Panathinaikos Athens

Partizan NIS Belgrade (new)

Real Madrid

Stelmet Zielona Gora (new)

Strasbourg (new)

Unicaja Malaga

Zalgiris Kaunas

Check out the trailer that was released to accompany this announcement and tell us what you think. Are you looking forward to NBA 2K15?