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NBA 2K League announces 102 players for inaugural season

NBA 2K League

The NBA 2K League today announced the pool of 102 players who will become the competitive gaming league’s first professionals when the inaugural season tips off in May.

Each of the league’s 17 teams will select six players at the 2018 NBA 2K League Draft on Wednesday, April 4 (1 p.m. ET) at The Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York.  Teams will select one player at each position (point guard, shooting guard, small forward, power forward, center) over the first five rounds before selecting a second player at the position of their choice in the sixth round.

Mavs Gaming will have the No. 1 overall pick.  The full draft order is available here.

The process of selecting gamers for the final player pool began with a qualifier in January that yielded 72,000 players and a combine in February.  Following the combine, the NBA 2K League identified the top 250 players and held live, one-on-one interviews with each player.  After the interviews, all player information was evaluated by a selection committee and used to determine the 102 players eligible to be drafted.

Below are the 102 players who will be selected in the NBA 2K League Draft.

Point Guards

Name Gamer Tag State/Country
Artreyo Boyd Dimez Ohio
Shaka Browne Yeah I Compete New York
Jamie Bull vGooner- United Kingdom
Brandon Caicedo Hood is Glitchy Florida
Christopher Cantrell KontruL Florida
Eric Donald Timelycook Ohio
Johnathon Fields Fresh Prince JT Illinois
Kenneth Hailey Kenny Tennessee
Cody Hart Promeister New Jersey
Mhabhusah Koffa PalmOilPlease Maryland
Adam Kudeimati iamadamthe1st New Jersey
Stanley Lebron MaJes7ic New York
Fred Mendoza Im So Far Ahead Virginia
Larell Mitchell Winner_Stayz_On Virginia
Nidal Nasser Mama Im Dat Man California
Rashann Petty ZDS Indiana
Aaron Rookwood DRAKE GRIFFIN New York
Albano Thomallari oFAB Missouri
Christopher Tracey SavageDoWerk New York
Ethan White Radiant Michigan
Wallace Williams III EatSleepHoop15 Minnesota

 

Shooting Guards

Name Gamer Tag State/Country
Delano Allsup Jr. Tifeworld Massachusetts
Grant Barker GRANT MONSTER California
Maurice Delaney ReeseDaGod23 Illinois
Shane Farrar Safiya4ya Virginia
Nicolas Grech Swizurk California
Evan Hinsch Doom Washington
Jalen Jones Jalen03303 Louisiana
Joshua McKenna TsJosh Georgia
Troy Minott II AyeTHREAT Florida
Cole Motta ColeWorld2K Illinois
Antonio Newman Newdini33 Illinois
Brandon Raudenbush iBall x ToXsiK Florida
Alex Reese Bsmoove Oregon
Alex Snowden Fusion Washington
Waseem Talbert BallLikeSeem Pennsylvania
Brian Traynor NachoTraynor Ohio
Jacob Walls Procis1on Illinois
Eric Ward YEYNotGaming Indiana
Rahmel Wilkins HyPeR iS Pro New York
Rochell Woods ixsplashkingxi Tennessee

 

Small Forwards

 

Name Gamer Tag State/Country
Bilal Almashni SUPREME PULLER Illinois
Samuel Beniaminian The Playa New York
Alexander Bernstein Steez California
Jin Choe Jinsanity Maryland
Christian Collazo cowboyxcollazo Florida
Bryant Colon WoLF New York
Daniel Davis DDouble2K Maryland
Ryan de Villon Devillon Canada
Kris Dellarciprete iiNsaniTTy Pennsylvania
Marcus Glenn Godddof2k Ohio
Mark Hampton Jr. XxSTL2LAxX Missouri
Trevion Hendrix All Hail Trey Arkansas
Nate Kahl NateKahl Wisconsin
Ahmed Kasana Melo East New York
Trong Nguyen Shawn_Win Illinois
Antonio Saldivar UniversaIPhenom Arizona
Jaishon Scott l 24k JSmoove l Texas
Jovan Tenner BigBaby2k Texas
Andron Thomas Lavish_phenom New York
Carlos Zayas-Diaz sharpshooterlos Pennsylvania

 

Power Forwards

Name Gamer Tag State/Country
Christopher Anderson TURNUPDEFENSE Nevada
DeMar Butler Deedz Virginia
Ryan Conger Dayfri Texas
Emmanuel Cruz UCMANNY New York
Dayvon Curry G O O F Y 7 5 7 Texas
Christopher Doyle Detoxys New Hampshire
Mihad Feratovic I F E A S T New York
Cameron Ford KingCamRoyalty Ohio
Mitchell Franklin Mootyy Virginia
Jordan Gates LeVert Massachusetts
Thomas Genaj Speedbrook Canada
Matthew Hofmann KinG PeroXide New York
Bono Nikolic PHENOM vv Illinois
Austin Painter Shump Virginia
George Polk FrostytheTruth California
Ramo Radoncic Lets Get It Ramo New York
Connor Rodrigues Dat Boy Shotz California
Marc Rodriguez xKPMR New York
Basil Rose l 24k Dropoff l Canada
Michael Stam Stambreezy North Carolina

 

Centers

Name Gamer Tag State/Country
Yusuf Abdulla Kobeyusuf Canada
Mehyar Ahmed-Hassan AuthenticAfrican Canada
Timothy Anselimo oLARRY Florida
Jhade Black worthingcolt Texas
Tilton Curry xTFr3sHxX Georgia
Dayne Downey OneWildWalnut California
Isaac Gilton xGREATxGILLY13 Oklahoma
Juan Gonzalez Hotshot Florida
Seanquai Harris KingQuai614 Minnesota
Tucker Henry JordanLocksUp Washington
Harry Hurst HazzaUK2K United Kingdom
Gerald Knapp Sick x 973 New Jersey
Malik Leisinger MrSlaughter01 Ohio
Joseph Marrero JosephTheTruth New York
Jannis Neumann JLB Germany
Devon Peek ARS0NAL x Maryland
Jorge Renteria marley213s Arizona
Idris Richardson Idrisdagoat6 South Carolina
Matt Rux NeNe Illinois
Jomar Varela-Escapa Jomar12 PR Puerto Rico
Xavier Vescovi Type Indiana

***Players subject to change


About the NBA 2K League
The NBA 2K League is a professional esports league co-founded by the NBA and Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:TTWO).  Launching in 2018, the league will feature the best 102 NBA 2K players in the world.  Each of the league’s 17 teams will draft six players to compete as unique characters in 5-on-5 play against the other teams in a mix of regular-season games, tournaments and playoffs.  The league hosted tryouts in early 2018 before the draft in April and the season tip-off in May.  For more information about the NBA 2K League, visit NBA2KLeague.com.

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