From the initial announcement of the NBA 2K League, there has been a lot of excitement around what was to come. On April 4th, the league held their draft, marking the beginning of an exciting, innovative sports league.

A total of 72,000 participants jumped in to compete for a spot. That number was eventually whittled down to 250, then the final 102. There are 17 NBA teams who are partnered with an esports team: Mavericks, Celtics, Jazz, Kings, Pistons, Blazers, Heat, Magic, Knicks, Bucks, Raptors, Wizards, Pacers, 76ers, Grizzlies, Cavs and Warriors.

For those not taking this new league seriously, you may want to rethink your stance. NBA commissioner Adam Silver was at the draft, which appeared very similar to the actual NBA Draft. Silver called the new esports league the “fourth league in our family.” Of course, they are joined by the NBA, WNBA and G League.

Another reason to take this league seriously is the paycheck these players receive. The 17 first-round selections earn a salary of $35,000, then the rest of the draftees earn $32,000 each. That’s not all, because all of these teams will also be competing for a prize pool of $1 million.

As you can imagine, these numbers sparked some anger with those who don’t quite understand the business side of this. The 2K League players will actually be earning more than most G League players, while WNBA players earned between $41,000-115,000 this past season.

You can argue that players in the G League and WNBA should make more money, I certainly won’t, but the 2K League players will earn every cent of their salary because they will bring a large audience to these games and plenty of new sponsors.

The following are the full draft results:

First Round

1 Mavs Gaming Dimez (Artreyo Boyd) 2 Celtics Crossover Gaming oFAB (Albano Thomallari) 3 Jazz Gaming Yeah I Compete (Shaka Browne) 4 Kings Guard Gaming Mootyy (Mitchell Franklin) 5 Pistons GT Lets Get It Ramo (Ramo Radoncic) 6 Blazer5 Gaming OneWildWalnut (Dayne Downey) 7 Heat Check Gaming Hotshot (Juan Gonzalez) 8 Magic Gaming KontruL (Christopher Cantrell) 9 Knicks Gaming G O O F Y 7 5 7 (Dayvon Curry) 10 Bucks Gaming DRAKE GRIFFIN (Aaron Rookwood) 11 Raptors Uprising GC Kenny (Kenneth Hailey) 12 Wizards District Gaming Fresh Prince JT (Johnathon Fields) 13 Pacers Gaming WoLF (Bryant Colon) 14 76ers GC Radiant (Ethan White) 15 Grizz Gaming Winner_Stayz_On (Larell Mitchell) 16 Cavs Legion GC Hood is Glitchy (Brandon Caicedo) 17 Warriors Gaming Squad Shawn_Win (Trong Nguyen)

Second Round

18 Warriors Gaming Squad Bsmoove (Alex Reese) 19 Cavs Legion GC Sick x 973 (Gerald Knapp) 20 Grizz Gaming AuthenticAfrican (Mehyar Ahmed-Hassan) 21 76ers GC Newdini33 (Antonio Newman) 22 Pacers Gaming Swizurk (Nicolas Grech) 23 Wizards District Gaming Shump (Austin Painter) 24 Raptors Uprising GC Detoxys (Christopher Doyle) 25 Bucks Gaming oLARRY (Timothy Anselimo) 26 Knicks Gaming NateKahl (Nate Kahl) 27 Magic Gaming UCMANNY (Emmanuel Cruz) 28 Heat Check Gaming MaJes7ic (Stanley Lebron) 29 Blazer5 Gaming Mama Im Dat Man (Nidal Nasser) 30 Pistons GT iiNsaniTTy (Kris Dellarciprete) 31 Kings Guard Gaming worthingcolt (Jhade Black) 32 Jazz Gaming MrSlaughter01 (Malik Leisinger) 33 Celtics Crossover Gaming ARS0NAL x (Devon Peek) 34 Mavs Gaming Dayfri (Ryan Conger)

Third Round

35 Mavs Gaming JLB (Jannis Neumann) 36 Celtics Crossover Gaming Melo East (Ahmed Kasana) 37 Jazz Gaming Deedz (DeMar Butler) 38 Kings Guard Gaming Timelycook (Eric Donald) 39 Pistons GT ixsplashkingxi (Rochell Woods) 40 Blazer5 Gaming Dat Boy Shotz (Connor Rodrigues) 41 Heat Check Gaming I 24K Dropoff I (Basal Rose) 42 Magic Gaming SUPREME PULLER (Bilal Almashni) 43 Knicks Gaming YEYNotGaming (Eric Ward) 44 Bucks Gaming Procis1on (Jacob Walls) 45 Raptors Uprising GC Kobeyusuf (Yusuf Abdulla) 46 Wizards District Gaming ReeseDaGod23 (Maurice Delaney) 47 Pacers Gaming JordanLocksUp (Tucker Henry) 48 76ers GC I F E A S T (Mihad Feratovic) 49 Grizz Gaming ayeTHREAT (Troy Minott II) 50 Cavs Legion GC Godddof2k (Marcus Glenn) 51 Warriors Gaming Squad LeVert (Jordan Gates)

Fourth Round

52 Warriors Gaming Squad Type (Xavier Vescovi) 53 Cavs Legion GC iBall x ToXsiK (Brandon Raudenbush) 54 Grizz Gaming UniversalPhenom (Antonio Saldivar) 55 76ers GC Steez (Alexander Bernstein) 56 Pacers Gaming vGooner- (Jamie Bull) 57 Wizards District Gaming Jinsanity (Jin Choe) 58 Raptors Uprising GC All Hail Trey (Trevion Hendrix) 59 Bucks Gaming XxSTL2LAxX (Mark Hampton Jr.) 60 Knicks Gaming iamadamthe1st (Adam Kudeimati) 61 Magic Gaming NachoTraynor (Brian Traynor) 62 Heat Check Gaming sharpshooterlos (Carlos Zayas-Diaz) 63 Blazer5 Gaming Lavish_phenom (Andron Thomas) 64 Pistons GT NeNe (Matt Rux) 65 Kings Guard Gaming Safiya4ya (Shane Farrar) 66 Jazz Gaming Tifeworld (Delano Allsup Jr.) 67 Celtics Crossover Gaming Fusion (Alex Snowden) 68 Mavs Gaming BallLikeSeem (Waseem Talbert)

Fifth Round

69 Mavs Gaming Devillon (Ryan de Villon) 70 Celtics Crossover Gaming Speedbrook (Thomas Genaj) 71 Jazz Gaming I 24k JSmoove I (Jaishon Scott) 72 Kings Guard Gaming cowboyxcollazo (Christian Collazo) 73 Pistons GT Im So Far Ahead (Fred Mendoza) 74 Blazer5 Gaming GRANT MONSTER (Grant Barker) 75 Heat Check Gaming Jalen03303 (Jalen Jones0 76 Magic Gaming marley213s (Jorge Renteria) 77 Knicks Gaming Idrisdagoat6 (Idris Richardson) 78 Bucks Gaming KinG PeroXide (Matthew Hofmann) 79 Raptors Uprising GC TsJosh (Joshua McKenna) 80 Wizards District Gaming xGREATxGILLY13 (Isaac Gilton) 81 Pacers Gaming FrostytheTruth (George Polk) 82 76ers GC xTFr3sHxX (Tilton Curry) 83 Grizz Gaming PHENOM vv (Bono Nikolic) 84 Cavs Legion GC TURNUPDEFENSE (Christopher Anderson) 85 Warriors Gaming Squad Promeister (Cody Hart)

Sixth Round