Five Players Drafted to Join Dimez for Mavs Gaming Second Season
DALLAS, TX – Mavs Gaming has selected five players to fill out their roster at the 2019 NBA 2K League Draft that took place today at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. After the inaugural season of the NBA 2K League, Mavs Gaming retained Artreyo “Dimez” Boyd, the 2018 number one overall pick.
Five players were selected using subsequent picks with draft position determined by a snake order arrangement — No. 5, 14, 25, 41 and 59. The players in today’s draft were selected from a pool of 198 draft-eligible players, consisting of 144 new players who were selected by the league following an extensive tryout process, six players from the league’s first-ever APAC Invitational that took place in Hong Kong in early February, and 48 unretained players from the inaugural season. Each team had to use its first five selections to fill each of the five positions on the basketball court. The final selection could be used to select a player from any position (point guard, shooting guard, small forward, power forward or center).
Photo: NBAE/Getty 
Photo: NBAE/Getty
MAVS GAMING 2019 DRAFT SELECTIONS:
Draft Round/Selection Position Name Gamer Tag
Round 1/ Pick 5 C Peter Malin PeteBeBallin
Round 1/ Pick 14 SG Moustapha Saab ByAnyMeansMo
Round 2/ Pick 25 SF Justin Sherman Sherm
Round 3/ Pick 41 PF Matthew Rux Rux
Round 4/ Pick 59 C Grant Barker Grant Monster
Fans interested in keeping up with Mavs Gaming can follow Mavs Gaming social media accounts on Twitter (MavsGG), Instagram (mavsgg) and Facebook (MavsGG) and visit mavsgaming.nba.com. For more information on the league, fans can follow the NBA 2K League on Twitter (NBA2KLeague), Instagram (nba2kleague) and Facebook (NBA 2K League) and visit NBA2KLeague.com.
ABOUT MAVS GAMING: Mavs Gaming is the Dallas Mavericks affiliate team in the NBA 2K League. The NBA 2K League is a professional competitive gaming league co-founded by the NBA and Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. Bringing together the world’s best basketball gamers, this marks the first official Esports league operated by a U.S. professional sports league. For more information visit https://mavsgaming.nba.com/.
ABOUT THE NBA 2K LEAGUE: The NBA 2K League, a professional esports league co-founded by the NBA and Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:TTWO), launched in 2018 and features the best NBA 2K players in the world. Each of the league’s 21 teams features six players who compete as unique characters in 5-on-5 play against the other teams in a mix of regular-season games, in-season tournaments and playoffs. Knicks Gaming won the first-ever NBA 2K League Finals on Saturday, Aug. 25, 2018. For more information about the NBA 2K League, visit NBA2KLeague.com.
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