1-ranked crew in the world for two years, you got to say, 'Hey, I'm somewhat good.'"Įven before the NBA 2K League became a reality, Dimez used his social media activity to increase his profile. "I would have to say NBA 2K10 and NBA 2K11 was how I really knew how good I was. "I started playing really competitive and online in NBA2K9, so I've been playing for 10 years now," Dimez recalls. It began by messing around with friends, but Dimez buckled down and his team navigated up the ranks to the top of the NBA 2K mountain. This is what I have to do."ĭimez's journey to NBA 2K stardom started one console generation ago, in his early teens. The NBA had announced they were going to be doing eSports. It was like, 'Yo, NBA 2K just announced this league.' I'm like, 'What you talking about?' I immediately stop streaming, got on Twitter to see what they're talking about and there it was. I think I was on Twitch streaming and my chat was going crazy. "They had to announce it at like midnight, I swear," he remembers. Dimez was fittingly in the middle of an NBA 2K game when the news broke, and uncharacteristically, he ended his stream early. Last February, the NBA and Take-Two Interactive announced plans to partner and create the NBA 2K League.
In the past year, Dimez's hobby became an opportunity to make a living. They say you can't really bet against me because it's like betting against LeBron James. "But we always go to the finals, and I think that's why they gave me the title. "Chill, chill, chill, LeBron the GOAT," he says with a laugh. They call me LeBron James because he always goes to the finals, no matter what."īut if you suggest that his 4-2 mark is a better Finals record than James' 3-5, Dimez, humbled to be in a conversation with James, defends his idol. "They call me the LeBron James of 2K because this year alone, I've been to six out of eight finals and out of the six we've been to, we've won four in a row. "Everybody in the community, fans, other competitors, all consider me the No. 1 in Forbes' final mock draft, and his 11,000 Twitter followers and 11,000 Twitch followers are voicing their case for Dimez to be the league's first-ever pick. The Cleveland-based 23-year-old is slotted at No. 2K League.Īrtreyo Boyd, better known by his NBA 2K name Dimez - he's on social media - is the unofficial top prospect for Wednesday's inaugural NBA 2K League Draft. He's just a kid from Northeast Ohio about to live out his basketball dream in the NBA.
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