INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Pacers and Pacers Sports & Entertainment announced Wednesday they have hired Evansville native Robert "Cody" Parrent as the Director of Esports Operations for the franchise, reporting to Kelly Krauskopf, Pacers Senior Vice President. The Pacers NBA 2K League team is one of 17 from the NBA that will participate in the league's inaugural campaign in 2018.
"Cody brings solid competitive gaming experience in many esports titles such as Halo, CS:GO, FIFA, and NBA 2K," said Krauskopf. "He has built numerous connections in the NBA 2K community through his background in developing the 2KLab which focuses on analyzing data from the 2K video game franchise in order to give players an edge over the competition.