I’ve been fascinated with the Thompson twins since they were at OTE, and both had a good preseason showing. Which one do you think ends up being better? Both are incredible athletes with massive upsides as defenders/playmakers, especially at the PG spot, but they are in very different situations on their respective teams.

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    11 months ago

    Ausar. He’s gonna get love from all three of their ball handlers and be the only “sure thing” on Detroits roster till they can figure out Cade/Ivey in the backcourt and Duren/BeefStew in the front court.

    Amen’s the better player IMO but he’s been drafted by a team that values Jalen Green, Jabari, and Sengun more. He’s gonna have to work much harder to develop correctly but if he does will be an All NBA player.

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      11 months ago

      The spacing in a Cade/Ivey/Ausar/Stewart/Duren lineup is atrocious. They might bench Ivey or Ausar to start a shooter at the wing

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        11 months ago

        I agree the spacing is bad, Monty seems to like Ausur and will likely pull two of the other guys out for spacing, since Ausur is the “best” shooter outside of Cade in that lineup.

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    11 months ago

    i’m personally taking amen. as i understand, he’s the better athlete and passer, while ausar is the better shooter. given both are similar in terms of being freak athletes positioning to leverage that as passers and defenders, i’m taking the twin who specializes more heavily over the generalist, the former archetype seems more consistently valuable

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      11 months ago

      Ausar is a better shooter but he’s still far from good as well. And Amen has been better than expected as a shooter so far. He can make his free throws and 3s off the catch

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        11 months ago

        yeah that’s exactly what i mean. i’d rather have the thompson twin that’s better at the thompson twin specialties than the one who’s a slightly less shitty shooter

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    11 months ago

    I was just talking about this yesterday lol

    Ausar is a better shooter and is a wing, Amen is a better athlete and playmaker and is a PG

    Imo Ausar has the higher floor and Amen has the higher ceiling. I’ll take the ceiling guy usually since Amen’s floor is pretty good also