of 2023 NBA Draft Thursday night was packed with young basketball players watching their professional careers take off and their dreams come true.
Two dreams come true for one family.
Orser and Armen Thompson speak to the media after being selected by the Houston Rockets and Detroit Pistons in the 2023 NBA Draft at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY June 22, 2023. (Kostas Limpelopoulos/NBAE via Getty Images)
Armen Thompson and Orser Thompson became the first brothers to be drafted together in the top five in the same draft. NBA Draft Since the 1976 NBA-ABA merger, according to ESPN.
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Armen Thompson was named 4th overall. Houston Rockets, Meanwhile, Orser Thompson finished fifth overall with the Detroit Pistons.
The two brothers played in the Overtime Elite League last season, both playing for the City Reapers.
Overtime Elite is a professional league for 16-20 year olds based in Atlanta, Georgia.
Armen Thompson and Orser Thompson pose for a portrait after being selected in the 2023 NBA Draft at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY on June 22, 2023. (Brian Babineau/NBAE via Getty Images)
“I think it’s kind of cool to be No. 1,” Amen said, according to ESPN. “It means a lot to my family.” “Me and Orsar were going to be happy no matter who got first. But it means a lot to our family to see our hard work pay off. We’re back to back, top in the same draft. We’ll be the first twins to enter 5. It means a lot.”
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Both brothers are expected to help rebuild the young team in its first season in the NBA.
“I’m so excited. I’m so excited to meet my coaches and teammates and grow with them,” Orser said. “I am trying to fight.”
The 2023 NBA Draft highlights one of the most high-profile prospects since LeBron James as a French prodigy. Victor Wenbanyama They beat the San Antonio Spurs in first place overall.
Victor Wenbanyama poses for a photo with NBA Commissioner Adam Silver after being selected No. 1 overall in the NBA Basketball Draft by the San Antonio Spurs on Thursday, June 22, 2023 in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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The 7-foot-5-inch center is considered a generational talent. NBA Scout He has the ability to shoot from the outside and protect the paint.
“He’s got a great temperament, he’s got intellectual ability and intelligence at heart at the same time,” Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich said, according to ESPN. “He understands what the hype is about. He understands all the attention he’s getting, but he still welcomes it and he’s dealing with it… so he’s dealing with that responsibility. But I think he understands that there are still ways to make people feel a certain amount of kinship with him.” So he doesn’t need a lot of advice in that area. “
