{"id":101,"date":"2018-10-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-31T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gbc.ng\/michael-jordan-invests-in-esports\/"},"modified":"2018-10-31T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-10-31T00:00:00","slug":"michael-jordan-invests-in-esports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gbc.ng\/index.php\/michael-jordan-invests-in-esports\/","title":{"rendered":"MICHAEL JORDAN INVESTS IN ESPORTS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Basketball legend Michael Jordan has invested in Team Liquid, one of the earliest and popular esports ventures in the USA. The NBA legend is one of the two new investors who provided $26 million to, aXiomatic, which owns Team Liquid.<\/p>\n<p>Team Liquid, which was aXiomatic in 2016, boasts of more than 60 competitive gamers based out of Los Angeles and the Netherlands.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m excited to expand my sports equity portfolio through my investment in aXiomatic, esports is a fast-growing, international industry and I\u2019m glad to partner with this great group of investors,\u201d said Jordan, who joined his fellow Dream Team teammate Magic Johnson as an aXiomatic investor, as is Ted Leonsis, owner of the NBA\u2019s Washington Wizards as well as the NHL\u2019s Stanley Cup champion Washington Capitals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe next generation of sports fans are esports fans,\u201d Leonsis told ESPN in a statement. \u201cEsports is the fastest-growing sector in sports and entertainment, and aXiomatic is at the forefront of that growth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"author__bio\" itemprop=\"description\">\n<p class=\"comment-form-comment\"><label class=\"show-on-ie8\" for=\"comment\">Comment<\/label><br \/>\n<textarea aria-required=\"true\" cols=\"45\" id=\"comment\" name=\"comment\" placeholder=\"Message\" rows=\"8\"><\/textarea><\/p>\n<p class=\"comment-form-author\"><label class=\"show-on-ie8\" for=\"author\">Name<\/label><input aria-required=\"true\" id=\"author\" name=\"author\" placeholder=\"Name...\" size=\"30\" type=\"text\" value=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"comment-form-email\"><label class=\"show-on-ie8\" for=\"name\">Email<\/label><input aria-required=\"true\" id=\"email\" name=\"email\" placeholder=\"Email...\" size=\"30\" type=\"text\" value=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"comment-form-url\"><label class=\"show-on-ie8\" for=\"url\">Url<\/label><input id=\"url\" name=\"url\" placeholder=\"Website...\" size=\"30\" type=\"text\" value=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"comment-form-cookies-consent\"><input id=\"wp-comment-cookies-consent\" name=\"wp-comment-cookies-consent\" type=\"checkbox\" value=\"yes\"\/><label for=\"wp-comment-cookies-consent\">Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.<\/label><\/p>\n<p class=\"form-submit\"><input class=\"submit\" id=\"comment-submit\" name=\"submit\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Send\"\/> <input id=\"comment_post_ID\" name=\"comment_post_ID\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"1851\"\/> <input id=\"comment_parent\" name=\"comment_parent\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"0\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Basketball legend Michael Jordan has invested in Team Liquid, one of the earliest and popular esports ventures in the USA. 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