Oakland twin brothers Amen and Ausar Thompson were drafted back-to-back in the NBA draft with the fourth and fifth overall picks in a historic moment.
Amen was drafted first with the No. 4 pick by the Houston Rockets. Moments later, his brother Ausar was selected with the No. 5 pick by the Detroit Pistons.
"Just so with every time you're saying their name, there's that power behind it," their dad, Troy, said."Excellence, greatness — we always use all these power words and so do they, in their own expressions, so they're always thinking on that high note." Amen averaged 17.2 points, 9.2 assists and 7.2 rebounds in the playoffs to lead the City Reapers to the championship.
They enjoy teasing one another — and pushing each other. They're always in the gym, hoisting up shots or working on their footwork. They're competitive, too, whether it be in friendly games on the court or in the video game NBA 2K, where they're in agreement — Ausar reigns supreme on the video-game controller in hoops.
Their dad saw a path to the twins being elite when they were around 8 and going against players three, sometimes four, years older.
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