The Philadelphia 76ers chose a new point guard and shooting guard on Wednesday.
But Ben Simmons and J.J. Redick have nothing to fear. The picks were for its digital team, the 76ers Gaming Club, playing the NBA 2K18 video game in the NBA’s first professional esports league.
In its first draft, the Sixers club chose shooting guard Antonio “Newdini33” Newman, 22, who had been toiling in a Walgreen’s while attending pharmacy school and living in Washington, Ill. Yet, he practices gaming 12 hours a day and scored 23.6 points per game in the 2K18 League combine, shooting 58 percent from the field, and 54 percent from behind the 3-point line.