{"id":33357,"date":"2023-12-02T23:02:40","date_gmt":"2023-12-03T04:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=33357"},"modified":"2023-12-02T23:02:40","modified_gmt":"2023-12-03T04:02:40","slug":"knight-rookie-part-ways-with-jdg-top-esports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/knight-rookie-part-ways-with-jdg-top-esports\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Knight&#8221; &#038; &#8220;Rookie&#8221; part ways with JDG &#038; Top Esports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>JD Gaming&#8217;s Mid Laner, Zhuo \u201cknight\u201d Ding, has bid farewell to the Chinese organization after a year of competitive play, marking a significant departure ahead of the 2024 <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/league-of-legends\/lpl\/\" title=\"LPL betting guide\">League of Legends Pro League (LPL)<\/a> season.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u300cJDG .Announcement\u300d<\/p>\n<p>Today, we bid farewell to Knight. <\/p>\n<p>As a cornerstone player in our last campaign, his highlight reel of outplays and the 3 titles in one year will remain forever in JDG&#39;s history book. <\/p>\n<p>We appreciate his contribution and wish him continued success. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mbNYCfp7zl\">pic.twitter.com\/mbNYCfp7zl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; JD Gaming (@JDGaming) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JDGaming\/status\/1730785106644643883?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 2, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Despite achieving three trophies in 2023, JDG experienced a disappointing conclusion to the year, leading to a notable shakeup within the roster.<\/p>\n<p>This includes the departure of Top Laner Bai \u201c369\u201d Jia-Hao, who returned to Top Esports for the 2024 season.<\/p>\n<p>The team&#8217;s recent implosion leaves them with only three remaining superstars, including Support Lou \u201cMISSING\u201d Yun-Feng, who is expected to stay until at least November 2024 based on his contract expiration.<\/p>\n<p>However, uncertainties surround the future of Jungler Seo \u201cKanavi\u201d Jin-hyeok and AD Carry Park \u201cRuler\u201d Jae-hyuk, as both of their contracts have already expired.<\/p>\n<p>The fate of JDG&#8217;s remaining players remains uncertain, raising questions about the organization&#8217;s willingness and ability to retain them.<\/p>\n<p>JDG&#8217;s roster, assembled with significant resources and potential, was intended for triumph, having won both LPL Playoffs and <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/league-of-legends\/mid-season-invitational\/\" title=\"Mid-Season Invitational betting guide\">Mid-Season Invitational<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However, the high expectations and investment rendered the team&#8217;s setbacks too costly.<\/p>\n<p>Zhuo \u201cknight\u201d Ding, known as a &#8216;1v9&#8217; machine for his mechanical brilliance and carry potential, now finds himself in the realm of free agency, akin to compatriot Song \u201cRookie\u201d Eui-jin.<\/p>\n<p>Despite JDG falling short of their goals, knight&#8217;s status as one of the best Mid Lane players globally ensures that he is unlikely to remain team-less for long.<\/p>\n<p>In a parallel development, Top Esports has seen the departure of Song \u201cRookie\u201d Eei-jin after a moderately successful 2023 season.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">[TOPESPORTS&#39;Announcement]<\/p>\n<p>After full and friendly communication between the TES and the Rookie, we announce that we part ways with Rookie.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Rookie for his dedication to the team. We always look forward to meeting you next time on the match.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ToTheTop?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ToTheTop<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Nar2QibPBG\">pic.twitter.com\/Nar2QibPBG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; TOPESPORTS (@TOP_Esports_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TOP_Esports_\/status\/1730848651084210183?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 2, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>While the 26-year-old Mid Laner and TES could not secure an international performance, his departure hints at a potential rebuild for the organization.<\/p>\n<p>This follows the departure of previous Mid Laner Zhuo \u201cknight\u201d Ding, who left TES in 2022 to join JD Gaming.<\/p>\n<p>TES, once a formidable force in competitive <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/league-of-legends\/\" title=\"League of Legends betting guide\">League of Legends<\/a>, has faced a decline in recent years, with their last notable international appearance in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>With the departure of Rookie and the expiration of contracts for several long-standing players, including Top Laner Huang \u201cWayward\u201d Ren-Xing and Jungler Gao \u201cTian\u201d Tian-Liang, TES&#8217;s roster is in a state of flux.<\/p>\n<p>The only secured talent as of now is AD Carry star Yu \u201cJackeyLove\u201d Wen-Bo.<\/p>\n<p>Rookie&#8217;s departure from TES, considering his status as one of the best League of Legends players of all time, raises intriguing possibilities for the LPL teams in the off-season.<\/p>\n<p>As news circulates about knight leaving JDG, the potential for Rookie to follow in his footsteps and join a new team adds an additional layer of excitement and speculation to the ongoing off-season discussions in the LPL.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/news\/\" class=\"contentLinkBtn\">More esports news<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zhuo \u201cknight\u201d Ding &#038; Song \u201cRookie\u201d Eei-jin have shaken up the LPL off-season by parting ways with JD Gaming and Top Esports, respectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":10851,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[668,24,259,389,3505,1156,3504],"class_list":["post-33357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-jd-gaming","tag-league-of-legends","tag-lol","tag-lpl","tag-song-rookie-eei-jin","tag-top-esports","tag-zhuo-knight-ding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33357"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33357"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33357\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33359,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33357\/revisions\/33359"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}