JD Mall JDG Esports

Why aren't they just JDG Esports like they were last year? Anyone know the reason/context behind the new name?

Just putting their sponsor's full name at the beginning

JDG stands for Jingdong (京东）gaming. Jingdong is an amazon/rakuten-esque market place in China. They've been trying to expand into markets outside of China, so they're likely trying to make sure that people know what the company actually is.

they just realized they could put the company that you know, is the team, at the front of the name since nongshim redforce did it.