The Ayton File
- First overall pick in the 2018 NBA draft
- NBA All-Rookie First Team selection, 2019
- One Pac-12 Player of the Year award, 2018
- One First-team All-Pac-12 selection, 2018
- Pac-12 Freshman of the Year, 2018
- Signed a four-year, $133 million offer sheet with the Phoenix Suns before the 2022-'23 season
Dominating the Virtual Court
You've probably heard of Deandre Ayton. He's that guy that got picked over multiple future Hall of Famers in the 2018 draft. The former first-overall selection would make his presence felt in the 2020 NBA Finals, propelling him into the status of "next" in the world of superstardom.
Things haven't necessarily played out quite as Ayton had imagined on draft night, but for any on-court obstacles, he has a digital world to fall back on. Ayton is a self-dubbed gamer whose financial and physical investments into the virtual world are downright impressive.
Ayton plays games like Call of Duty and Grand Theft Auto, but most of all, he loves playing the NBA 2K franchise. He enjoys talking trash with his teammates and opponents alike, and welcomes it in return. It's a form of stress relief for the big man who shares the weight of a city on his shoulders.
Despite strictly playing center in real life, his 2K persona has taken the floor from every position, and dominated from each one. You may not have the skills to compete with Ayton in real life, sit back, relax, load up your favorite game. There, you might be able to compete.