Amen Thompson is the Rockets' REAL franchise player

Sorry, but that pipedream will never happen.

 

Yeah, sure. Because, the Rockets getting Ausar to play with Amen at some point in their careers is just so far out of the realm of possibilities. You're right...there's absolutely NO WAY that could ever happen.

 

Having two cloned (literally in this case) high level players on the same team is a luxury most teams don't have.

 

I mean....how would you ever see that happening? Ausar at best goes to RFA and the Pistons match and he forces his way out but he isnt that kinda kid.

 

Yeah, it's not like there are a bunch of high level NBA twins out there.

Bust just thinking of guys off the top of my head it feels like most NBA twins play together at some point in their career...Really, brothers in general...

 

The same way any other player changes teams?

Lot's of players choose to go to another team at some point in their careers. Why would Ausar be any different from any other player that has chosen to go to a team for (insert reason here)?

Also, my first comment that started this was in made in jest, but there are seriously people think that there is NO possibility that this could happen? really? And I also said "at some point"...I didn't even say they'd both still be in their prime...No idea why you are bringing up RFA or whatever...

 

Not necessarily twins, but highly similar star players with a lot of overlapping skills. Overlapping is fine with role players for depth. But since you can't afford a lot of star players, usually not more than two, you want them to have diversified skillsets to complement each other.

 

I don't think they overlap much except that neither have been good shooters. though Amen has been better in that department. Amen is definitely more of a ball handler than Ausar.

People also said the same thing about Harden/CP3, Wade/Lebron, Kyrie/Luka...People said Tatum/Brown couldn't co-exist...

Good players can make it work even if they overlap some... and you certainly don't turn away good/great players when you have the chance to get them just because they have a similar skillset to someone you already have.

 

both need to be average to above average shooters or at least one need to be above average to elite shooter

 

Overlapping weaknesses is bad. Overlapping strengths that are complementary with diminished returns is fine.
Overlapping skills with additive or synergistic effects is great.

I'd mostly try to avoid overlapping weaknesses. One of the things I like about Amen is that his skillset (not talking overlapping here) has a lot of skills that can be additive or synergistic with other stars.

I'd put their shooting in the overlapping weaknesses group.
I'd put their defense in the additive or synergistic effects group.
I'd put their playmaking and cutting in the complementary with dismissed returns group.

If Amen improves his shooting such that they no longer have overlapping weaknesses, I could see them Rockets trying hard to get Ausar. While athletically they are similar in a lot of regards, Amen appears to have honed more quick twitch athleticism due to being more a PG.i just don’t see a match unless the shooting improves, but if if it does....yes please.

 

Well at least one of them is going to become a good shooter(Amen), so I don’t think overlapping skillsets will be an issue .

 

Yes, but videos like this give us hope until the season comes. They allow us to think he's solved everything in one off-season - his jumper is fixed, he has a tight dribble, his mid-range is perfected, etc. Then you realize nobody's really guarding him and when he's being guarded, it's by a part-time sacker from Sprouts waving a stick at him. lol. Just don't go looking at the Davion Mitchell video. He was having a few issues in that one.

 

so ausar and amen finna reunite and play for the pistons?