NiKo and huNter- extend contracts with G2

7/5/2022 - 18:00

The Bosnian duo has penned a multi-year extension with their organization.

Nikola "⁠NiKo⁠" Kovač and Nemanja "⁠huNter-⁠" Kovač have committed their future to G2 ahead of the PGL Antwerp Major as the team has announced a contract renewal with the Kovač cousins on Saturday. While the exact duration of the extension hasn't been revealed, HLTV.org has confirmed that a multi-year deal has been agreed upon between the parties.

The Kovač cousins are sticking to G2

huNter- has been a part of G2 since October of 2019, when he joined the internationals squad from CR4ZY after breaking out alongside Nemanja "⁠nexa⁠" Isaković. NiKo's addition to the team came a year later, in November of 2020, in a blockbuster transfer from FaZe.

With their extensions, the 25-year-old NiKo and 26-year-old huNter- have committed their prime competitive years to G2. Both players have shown great individual form during their time with the squad, having been ranked top 20 players of 2020 and 2021, but trophies continue to escape them.

G2 will be hoping their fortunes change soon as they head into the PGL Antwerp Major, which they kick off with a game against Liquid on May 9th. The team is currently ranked sixth in the world, having impressed in their debut under Aleksi "⁠Aleksib⁠" Virolainen's leadership at IEM Katowice, but failed to keep up their form at ESL Pro League and the PGL RMR.

G2 have the following lineup:

Nemanja "⁠huNter-⁠" Kovač
Nikola "⁠NiKo⁠" Kovač
Audric "⁠JACKZ⁠" Jug
Ilya "⁠m0NESY⁠" Osipov
Aleksi "⁠Aleksib⁠" Virolainen

Rémy "⁠XTQZZZ⁠" Quoniam (coach)

nice

2022-05-07 18:00

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g2 hasn't won a tier 1 tournament since dreamhack malmo 2017. what a waste of money

2022-05-07 18:05

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2022-05-07 18:11

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RIP career

2022-05-07 18:45

2022-05-07 18:13

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Tbh, the team gets more likes, memes, buzz, followers and clout when they go 0-3. It's a part of their brand.

2022-05-08 22:39

as a fan of g2 I can agree

2022-05-11 20:04

2022-05-07 18:14

But it isn't your money. If g2 loves to waste money for losers it is their choice

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it hastn to be his money to say its a waste.

2022-05-07 18:16

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+1 to that menns

2022-05-07 18:20

but if someone wants to waste his money let him do it.

2022-05-07 18:24

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how did he not LET them do it?

2022-05-07 18:25

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by telling carlos not to do it

2022-05-07 18:26

i arent think that mens

forgot carlos reads hltv comments and runs his business based on them

2022-05-08 18:11

Niko and hunter losers?

2022-05-11 16:19

In CSGO world they win nothing so yes.

2022-05-11 18:53

well carlos said on hltv confirmed that the csgo division is profitable, so he isn't losing any money, he's making money

2022-05-07 18:21

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he also said he signed Niko to challenge S1mple. And? even S1mple in his worst days is better than the whole g2 org

2022-05-07 18:27

S1mple doesn't like you or your country bro :(

2022-05-07 19:04

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Oh he spent in Germany more time than in any other country (except for Ukraine obv) And he took the most money from germany. So we already bought him LUL. 70% of his earned prizemoney is from ex-german company ESL

2022-05-07 19:17

I'm not rasist I just don't like _____ Fill the gap

2022-05-07 19:32

youtube.com/watch?v=mUEqNY1Eg0o I love the rap. the funny thing is that S1mple shows the Adolf greet in the original video. If the west media would know S1mple they could use the video to make a story that Ukraine has nazis. But I personally know he was an internet guy and he acts in the video like any guy on the internet. No reason to cry about it. I also don't see Germany as a race. Even though I've lived here my whole life I think at least german politics and how they handle things are fucking stupid. because I learned a lot. nay guy who studied economics knows how fucking bad gov use their money.

2022-05-07 19:39

Also don't forget about "cya in hell" ".... ....(two popular german words during WW2 era) mother fuckers"

2022-05-07 19:43

no1 likes germany thats the thing not only s1mple the whole world hates germans atleast i can start a better life there than in my crap country

2022-05-10 22:45

atleast the G2 org isn't at the verge of collapse

2022-05-07 20:21

Oh if someday one comes and demands that g2 pay back their debts it will die asap.

2022-05-07 20:24

s1mple on his worst day is better than anybody...if u think otherwise u are delusional

2022-05-08 17:50

well how can u prove that he is right? by believing him?

2022-05-07 18:37

yes?

2022-05-08 00:57

u must be naive af

2022-05-08 01:28

The same people believe their fake news medias.

2022-05-10 10:43

2022-05-07 18:34

It's about time!

2022-05-07 18:54

Cry cry

2022-05-07 18:55

Niko is a popular player, I'm sure he's selling enough jerseys that he's worth keeping around. And him and Hunter have great chemistry, and m0nsey is going to keep getting better and more experienced. Honestly great move from G2

2022-05-07 19:07

Maybe no trophies but a lot of finals which is also a pretty great achievement

2022-05-07 19:29

they will get top 4 this major copium

2022-05-07 19:37

thinking prize money is what orgs care about

2022-05-07 21:08

NO KENNYS NO TROPHY

2022-05-07 22:03

at least they are super entertaining team, both on server and on social media, fuck throphies if you play boring AF (prime astralis :))

2022-05-08 01:06

i agreed with you until the last part, delete it

2022-05-08 01:38

2022-05-08 01:26

they make money from sponsors not trophies. G2 has most likely made a big profit. sponsors dont give a fuck if you win as long as you make finals. and prize money for 2nd isnt bad either not to mention all the shirt sales

2022-05-08 06:09

Obviously don’t know how ads or sponsors work

2022-05-09 04:42

flag checks out

2022-05-12 12:01

Deserved

Oh no

2022-05-07 18:22

pog

Expected.

Nice.

2022-05-07 18:01

Pog

lets go G2 <3

G2 winning this major

2022-05-07 18:56

pog for g2

rip

2022-05-07 18:02

Big L for G2. 2 more years without any 1st place finishes

Shiiiiiiiiit, watch and see there big shot

Nice for calrosRr

2022-05-07 18:03

actually a bad thing for g2, NiKo's the problem

2022-05-07 18:04

Even if he is underperforming who would they replace him with

2022-05-07 20:47

+1 He is just baiting

2022-05-09 09:06

Nice for 0 zero incoming trophies

2022-05-07 18:35

nice now - jackz + yekindar

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cringe

2022-05-07 18:10

if G2 not top 8 at major then - jackz confirmed relax

I would start with -aleksiBot

2022-05-07 18:36

yes -Aleksi +Yekindar, Niko IGL. surely it will work this time

2022-05-07 22:33

aleksiB tier 3 aim

2022-05-07 23:45

Let amanek back over jackz. Amanek igl. Ez.

2022-05-08 00:22

this not happens

2022-05-07 23:01

+1 carlos please

2022-05-07 18:33

no jackz interesting

Jackz was part of the french g2 roster, so probably signing on different time

2022-05-07 18:38

yea that is true.

2022-05-07 18:42

Glad for the Boys but tbh brotherhood never works in comp scene. They would perform better separately

2022-05-07 18:07

It works when they both play like beasts. This is not hen1 lucas situation where one is a complete bot.

2022-05-07 18:28

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2022-05-07 18:06

come on

Nice 👍

goatz

they need more Kovac like that young talent from Slovakia

2022-05-07 18:09

Ladislav cyka kovac

2022-05-08 07:11

hellyeah

2022-05-08 10:51

🥶🥶 0 trophies Awarding failures is the new low

Last big contract before they are washed.

sad

When are they going to win a level 1 tournament? They haven't won anything for 4 years and they only have 4 trophies in their history! They're a joke.

bro huNter is 26, so he will soon turn 27, and if they got "multi-year contract" its probably for something like 3-4 years. And if huNter is turning 27, idk about 3 year contract, there isnt a top 20 player older than 28 if I am right. I feel like this is waste of money from Carlos, but he didnt have many options to get NiKo to resign, it would be much harder without huNter on the team

Hunter only started playing competitive csgo in his 20s, I’m sure he can stay motivated to play at the top level for more years.

2022-05-07 18:46

+1, totally different from people starting in their teens. Good teams can also stay together longer, since they motivate each other, but the second they fall they fall hard.

2022-05-08 00:24

carlos why dont you just give me the money

so niko signed for a year and a half at first

Another couple of years without trophies for g2 it is

Best year from NiKo in CS was alongside Karrigan.

2022-05-07 18:18

How niko really plays csgo 2 was insane.

>a clip montage was insane And?

2022-05-07 18:29

I bet I can count on fingers if you can bring up better "clip montages" of other pros, regarding aim, related to pro CS. so... if there ain't many.. wait my bad didnt see the flair. fell for the bait.

2022-05-07 21:09

The point is it's a montage, you can make make anyone look good in one. I agree that NiKo probably had his best year so far in 2021, but it's better to link statistics from HLTV than reference a video :)

2022-05-08 19:49

im waiting for you to find reaction time, mean xhair displacement in steradians stats in hltv. thanks in advance.

2022-05-09 09:07

Achievment vise yes, but his peak as a player was last year, arguably better than 2017/18

2022-05-07 23:05

this will either be the best move g2 cs has ever made or the worse one

2022-05-07 18:19

maybe NiKo has 3 more cousins so they can be #1 team forever

rip g2

NiKo will be the problem for years to come, great :)

Feel free 2 cry. GO G2 GO

Good stuff

hunter had serbian flag before?

True, because he represented Serbia at WESG one year

2022-05-07 19:51

so he changed nationality?

2022-05-07 19:54

HuNter is fakeflagging hltv confirmed ?

2022-05-07 23:06

No he played for serbia at wesg which is totally normal I think espiranto also played something like that

2022-05-08 23:23

Lets go bois!

lets gooooooo guys <3

2022-05-07 18:40

nice for g2...

Best decision ever made, G2 will win the major with niko and hunter, Either in Antwerp or in Brazil. Write it down. Let's go G2.

change your org name to g1 so trophies may come here finally.

rip FaZe Hunter and C9 NiKo :(

2022-05-07 18:50

many trophies to come!!! oh wait..

2022-05-07 18:52

interesting timeline, 2023 aleksib free, niko free, hunter free, ence all contracts expires and jamppis team liquid contract is done. ence 2023 aleksib jamppi sergej / xseven jimpphat oopee

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And Jimpphat's VAC-ban expires in January 2023 :D

yes, i had that in mine but forgot to say it lol

But if derke made a return to cs he would be in that team instead of oopee. That'd be a real Finnish superteam.

2022-05-07 19:53

nope, derke was awper wasnt he

2022-05-07 20:06

Current ence lineup >

2022-05-07 18:57

opinion rejected

oopee :DD

2022-05-07 20:00

yes? really good anchor and best finnish entry atm. Also remember hes in team under allu and twista currently so in 7 months he will be good. also aerial was really good under aleksib before so maybe him then

in 7 months?? where are you pulling these numbers from? who knows if temp even exists in 7 months

2022-05-07 22:43

in 7 months its january with my quick maffs, thats where i get it? well we dont know if it exists in 7 months, but thats kinda weird way to look teams "zywoo will be good in 1 year" "in 1 year?? where are you pulling these numbers from? who knows if zywoo even exists in 1 year?!!!"

2022-05-07 23:42

january? yes january, what the hell is so special with january? :D

2022-05-08 00:49

looking back at G2's history the switch away from the french scene has really not had the intended effect (winning)

expected

One of the best duos in CS, happy they got signed for a while

rip G2 out of top5, soon to be out of top10

Nik0

2022-05-07 19:13

RIP CAREER

2022-05-07 19:20

Cool

2022-05-07 19:25

Age is irrelevant im 31 and better than all of you mostly.

2022-05-07 20:51

Expecteed, great players with good synergy

congratz

kovac duo will continue to farm

2022-05-07 21:23

nice! 2 more years without titles for G2

2022-05-07 21:40

2022-05-08 00:09

g2 could be decent if they kicked niko, but gl

2022-05-07 21:51

Like Gaules calls him, Niko is a tilted old bloke that always choke. G2 won't be great with him.

2022-05-07 22:58

So NiKo will kick the other three after the major?

2022-05-08 00:10

If they don’t wanna say max 1-2 years

nice, Kovač brothers will stay together for a long time

2022-05-08 01:27

Now have to see what happens with Jackz, AleksiB and M0nesy have only just joined so Jackz is the one without a longer term contract. If Jackz doesn’t hit consistently decent ratings over the next few months then they may let him go.

2022-05-08 01:48

Jackz can be quite good sometimes. I don't think g2 would want to break their team just yet.

2022-05-08 07:57

jackz, m0nesy, and aleksib will be gone in 6 months.

2022-05-08 06:07

Made the right decision as always. Goat org. At this point you can't ever question what they do, it always turns out to be right. People have learnt this long time ago Btw how are some people so stupid to think that means the other 3 might be kicked based on that when their contract durations and standards are different? The only one who's at risk is Jackz

2022-05-08 07:34

i mean even if they dont win any trophies g2 prob still makes tons of money cuz of them lol.

2022-05-08 07:30

Nice boys

2022-05-08 10:07

hunter holding niko like his bae

2022-05-08 10:13

I tried to calculate their contract durations but I ended up with a problem. See, with formulas as shown by a simple google search: omgfacts.com/how-many-shitloads-are-in-a.. buttload X 10 = 1 butt ton butt ton X 10 = 1 assload assload X 10 = 1 asston asston X 10 = 1 shitload shitload X 10 = 1 shitton shitton X 10 = 1 fuckload fuckload X 10 = 1 fuckton I thought I could make it out cause their Twitter post states "fuckton and a half" which means it's 15 fuckloads. But video thumbnail states it's "a fuckload" of years. 1 Fuckload =/= 15 Fuckloads G2 needs to get on top of ther math game, @CarlosR ples fix

2022-05-08 10:33