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Wizards District Selects “JBM” with First Overall Pick in 2020 NBA 2K League Draft
The 23 teams of NBA 2K League have selected 68 players and completed their rosters ahead of the league’s third season.
Wizards District Gaming selected John “JBM” Mascone with the first overall pick in the 2020 NBA 2K League Draft. Knicks Gaming selected Christopher “Duck” Charles with the second pick. With the third pick, Kings Guard Gaming chose Rafel “Crush” Davis.
There were five international players selected in the 2020 NBA 2K League Draft delivered by Panera Bread, including a historic pick in the fourth round when Hu “Luck_Yi_Wesley” Yi was chosen 56th overall by the Gen.G Tigers of Shanghai, becoming the first Chinese player drafted into the NBA 2K League. Rounding out the international players selected were Sten “SAV” Valge-Saar (Canada, 7th overall to Lakers Gaming), Jomar “Jomar-12PR” Varela-Escapa (Puerto Rico, 23rd overall to Pacers Gaming), Brock “NIKO” Nikolakakos (Canada, 36th overall to Knicks Gaming) and Destiny “JoshJay” Idugboe (Canada, 59th overall to Cavs Legion GC).
Teams used the four-round NBA 2K League Draft to complete their six-player rosters for the 2020 season. The 228 draft-eligible players consisted of 147 new players who were selected by the league through the NBA 2K League Combine, 21 players from the 11 team-hosted Pro-Am tournaments, five players from the league’s first European Invitational, five players from the league’s second Asia-Pacific (APAC) Invitational and 50 unretained players from the 2019 season.
