Boston Celtics forward Jonas Jerebko joins the growing club of people involved with the NBA to own an esports team.buy csgo cases He's bought out the LA Renegades and moved them to Detroit.

The
Renegades have not had an easy year. After being founded in March 2015,
they were accused of accusations of mismanagement leveled by other
teams and Riot. This led to Renegades co-owner Chris Badawi being banned
by Riot. From there, there was another ruling, alleging that Renegades
had violated the Badawi ban, as well as handled its dealings with
players and other teams poorly.

For this, Badawi was given a
lifetime ban from League of Legends, and Montecristo was given a
year-long ban, forcing Renegades to sell their LCS squad. CS GO Skins The ban was not without its critics, with people saying that Riot was not transparent in their dealings.

The
organization had other teams, though - with squads in CS:GO and Halo,
the team still had some value and it had been rumored that they were
looking to sell.

Enter Jerebko, who had been looking to invest
in esports for the past six months. A lifetime CS:GO player himself,
Jerebko is looking to rebuild the Renegades brand, hiring his own staff
and keeping on the players.

“It was the CS:GO team that made us
want to buy Renegades at first, we would never have bought it without
the opportunity to keep the team,” he said to Dot Esports.

The
players on the CS:GO squad were reportedly in talks with five different
orgainzations, but decided to go with Jerebko because of one thing:
authenticity.

“It was mainly because Jonas just knew,” Chris
Orfanellis, manager for Renegades said. “A lot of other teams have NBA
figureheads, but I don’t think they would even know their own players or
a lot about the game. Whereas Jonas knew all the players, he knew
everything about what we need, what we do, how the game is played.”

The
CS:GO team has been moved from Australia to Detroit, MI to prepare for
the upcoming ELEAGUE season 2. Previously, the team was staying at the
Downtown Grand in Las Vegas - a temporary home they departed after week
one of ELEAGUE.

The Renegades also have a Call of Duty
organization previously playing under the name Ground Zero, and are in
the midst of fielding an Overwatch team.

/>We've reached out to
Montecristo as well as Riot Games for comment on the sale and comment as
to whether this new Renegades team would be allowed to compete in the
LCS, should a League of Legends team be fielded.

/>We're looking forward to the future NBA rivalry between Jerebko, O'Neil and Rick Fox.