Due to the postponement of NBA tournament as the rapid spread of Covid 19, DeMarcus Cousins – an American professional basketball player decided to entered into a contract with an Electronic – sports organization. As you may know, he is also a two-time gold medal winner in different contests and four-time participating in NBA All-star. Recently, he caused a big surprise to many fans when claiming that he is now an official member of NRG – an Esports organization. At this time, Cousins is a free agent in NBA after Los Angeles Lakers waived him on February 23th,2020.
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Because of Coronavirus especially the positive test of Rudy Gobert, all of NBA tournaments have to be putted off at least three months from March 12th. Taking advantage of this free time, this is such a sensible decision of 29 years-old basketball star. E-Sport NRG admitted that this is the most valuable contract that they have ever had. However, which position will Cousins choose between a gamer and the face of NRG is up to his determination.
According to Dot Esports ‘s suggestion, He doesn’t has enough experience to take part in any professional team of NRG. Instead of becoming a gamer, he would choose to be a Media sponsor by appearing in some live streams or videos to boost interactions. Before DeMarcus Cousins, there are some other basketball players that has joined in Esports, especially Shaquille O’Neal, Michael Jordan or Chicago Bulls.
Until now, there is not much information about the cooperation between DeMarcus Cousins and the Esports NRG organization. The contract might be revealed some weeks after Cousins appears in NRG and has a test with some professional gamers. As Forbes judged in 2019 that NRG Esports worths 150 million USD and its income is about 20 million USD.