Earlier this week, the North Americans from Bad News Bears lost their powerful AWPer Peter “ptr” Gurney, as he decided to retire from competitive CS:GO – Just two weeks before one of their biggest event ever in ESL Pro League Season 14.
Profiled NA AWPer retires from CS:GO
However, Bad News Beats has already found ptr’s replacement, with the NA based team having secured the promising AWPer Paytyn “Junior” Johnson on a loan agreement. Junior’s current team, FURIA has allowed the 20-year-old to participate in the $750.000 event with his countrymen.
– With FURIA being very understanding, they’ve kindly allowed me to pursue other options in CS. Thanks to this, I’m going to be playing with Bad News Bears on loan for the duration of ESL Pro League – Looking forward to playing officials again!, Junior writes on Twitter.
It's a Deer Reunion!
We're excited to add @1juniorcs as our AWP and 5th for ESL Pro League Season 14! Much thanks to @Furia for loaning him out to us ❤️#ToTheMoon #SaveNACS pic.twitter.com/VpGWPVPBGV
— Bad News Bears ? (@BnB_pt2) August 4, 2021
The announcement comes after a rather disappointing period for Junior, as the former Triumph player has been sidelined for two months on FURIA, owing to Lucas “honda” Cano taking his place on the Brazilian roster. ESL Pro League will begin on the 16th of August.
Bad News Bears | Roster
🇺🇸 Michael “Swisher” Schmid
🇺🇸 Gabe “Spongey” Greiner
🇺🇸 Alan “Shakezullah” Hardeman
🇨🇦 Jonathan “Jonji” Carey
🇺🇸 Paytyn “junior” Johnson (Stand-in)
