G2 Nexa explains decision to bench kennyS: \u201cIt was something he needed\u201d BLAST \/ StarLadderG2 Esports captain Nemanja \u2018nexa\u2019 Isakovi\u0107 explained how the decision to bench CSGO legend Kenny \u2018kennyS\u2019 Schrub was good for both parties, and why he believes the French AWPer will \u201ccome back stronger than ever\u201d soon. Nexa and his G2 men will soon face the BLAST Premier: Spring Showdown 2021 gauntlet in hopes to make it to the main stage in June. With the likes of Team Liquid and Astralis on their side of the bracket, it would seem like the wrong time to off-load proven talent. G2 shocked fans when they benched the AWP legend from their CSGO lineup. But Nexa described to Dexerto how this move was \u201cbest for both the team and for Kenny\u201d as they\u2019re likely heading their separate ways. KennyS needed a \u2018mental reset\u2019 Nexa and kennyS became good friends since the Serbian enlisted in the G2 Army back in 2019. It was a hard decision to move Kenny out of the team, but something that Nexa said was needed. \u201cWe\u2019ve been good friends and have been playing together for over a year,\u201d Nexa explained. \u201cBut I think this decision, it had to come it was something he needed as well, time off, time for himself to reset his mind.\u201d Kenny was always known as an incredibly aggressive, creative AWPer. But the 2020 campaign started to show signs of wear for the Frenchman and bad results were piling for the team. Since G2 still hadn\u2019t figured out how they wanted to play with superstar Nikola \u2018NiKo\u2019 Kova\u010d and with big events on the horizon, a change had to be made. That\u2019s when they reintroduced Audric \u2018JaCkz\u2019 Jug into the active lineup at the expense of Kenny\u2019s starting role. It was a disheartening sign to see a longtime fixture of CS relegated to the bench. But this was something that Nexa believes was a necessary step, not only for G2, but for Kenny\u2019s outlook. \u201cI\u2019m sure [kennyS will] come back stronger than ever after this,\u201d Nexa told Dexerto. \u201cI\u2019m not just saying that, I know he really needed a mental reset. I also think our team needed something fresh as well to refresh ourselves.\u201d What\u2019s next for kennyS and G2? Nexa fully expects Kenny to return to form. While he thinks Kenny\u2019s buyout might be a bit too high for a lot of teams at the moment, he sees the 25-year-old being a strong addition for one of the new player-led lineups that have been forming in CSGO. As for G2, they\u2019re hoping they can get back to their winning ways, starting with the BLAST Premier: Spring Showdown. \u201cI think maybe we\u2019ve found the winning combination,\u201d Nexa said, excited that G2 may have \u201csolved the puzzle\u201d for how to make the talent on the team shine. \u201cI think we\u2019re going to stick with what we have for quite some time.\u201d G2 Esports starts their BLAST Showdown campaign against Endpoint on April 13. If they win, they\u2019ll await the winner of Astralis vs OG Esports on April 16. Dexerto\u2019s Matt Porter contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
G2 Nexa explains decision to bench kennyS: \u201cIt was something he needed\u201d BLAST \/ StarLadderG2 Esports captain Nemanja \u2018nexa\u2019 Isakovi\u0107 explained how the decision to bench CSGO legend Kenny \u2018kennyS\u2019 Schrub was good for both parties, and why he believes the French AWPer will \u201ccome back stronger than ever\u201d soon. Nexa and his G2 men […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38350\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}