[2023 NBA Draft/1-4] Amen Thompson, G, Overtime Elite

I appreciate how raw the video is. None of this edited stuff to show only makes.

 

but his misses are so far off, can't not question if he'll ever be a reliable shotmaker in this league

 

edit I can’t delete it. Someone beat me to it

 

Well, on the bright side he made more shots than Wemby did in his video.

 

Amen can develop a jump shot which means his ceiling is now higher than Ben Simmons.

Cam Whitmore has a smooth delivery from 3...

 

These 2 wasted no time getting in the lab.

 

I guess it's always a good thing when Amen's working out and shooting and it's the OTHER guy they're calling "Brickley"!

 

Brickley really needs to change his name to Swishley.

 

The more I see of him, the more impressed I am. He's so business like and focused, very appealing in a PG.

 

All we can do is hope he becomes great. Rooting for him.

 

Agreed. In all honesty, I'm rooting for all of our guys. I'd be pretty disappointed if we lost Green, Sengun, Bari or Tari. That's one thing I do like about rebuilding and getting draft picks, you get more of a sentimental attachment to them (probably a big part of the weird OF wars) compared to a revolving door of roleplayers around your star. I always loved those scrappy Adelman teams even though we were on the mediocrity treadmill, going through the struggle I think brings you closer to the players (much like winning it all does) because in those moments we're all united in our emotions. Same way that despite his shorter tenure, CP3 is one of my favourite players (much like a couple of roleplayers of that time) because we all went on that journey and got SO ****in close, it makes you care more than the guys who might've been here longer but were part of that inbetween growth phase where we were neither struggling or contending really (Dwight being a prime example.) Hell, there's a part of me that's really rooting for KPJ to blow up and get that Cinderalla story after being basically discarded and in a make or break situation.

 

Im telling you he is new McGrady. TMac had bad shot too as a rookie. They moove the same like they gliding, similiar length and athleticism, both have superb dribbling and passing fot a size

 

McGrady had more wing span but with anyone the journey is important. McGrady jumped into the league from high school and not OTE.

McGrady said he did not even know Vince was his cousin for a very long time.......he found out during a family meeting.

They were not even that close back then.

 

I'm encouraged by the videos, but his release point seems fairly low. I worry a little bit that his shot will be blocked a lot. Or am I just being crazy?

 

it’s fairly low but the coverage that he’s likely to get is people daring him to shoot—at least at first.

 

That is still the ugliest form I’ve ever seen.