All their life, the Thompson twins—Amen and Ausar—have played basketball collectively. On Thursday night time, the duo formally joined the NBA together—and created heritage in the procedure.
The Rockets chose Amen with the No. 4 select of the NBA draft, followed by the Pistons taking Ausar at No. 5. That helps make the Thompson twins the initially pair of brothers to every be drafted in the leading 5 in the same draft because the NBA/ABA merger in 1976, for every ESPN Stats & Data.
The Thompsons bypassed taking part in in college or university to as a substitute engage in in the Atlanta-dependent upstart Extra time Elite league, where by they put in the past two a long time. They are both lauded for their velocity and athleticism, and will now be aspect of youthful teams in want of talent infusions.
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In advance of the draft commenced, the duo tackled how they will cope with going off to distinct towns and no for a longer time residing jointly. In talking about how the twins have resolved to divvy up some of their shared possessions, Amen lamented how he felt he was getting the wrong conclusion of the offer.
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“He bought to retain the PS5, I’ve received to purchase me just one. Which is the most important just one so far,” Amen reported. “We’ve been preventing in excess of sneakers as well … I’m shedding every thing, it’s like a terrible divorce.”
Now that the two are lastly acknowledging their NBA dreams, ideally Amen can recuperate from Ausar’s clear benefit in the break up-up.
