If the Portland Trail Blazers keep the third overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft, could they select Amen Thompson?
It’s possible.
Thompson is an Overtime Elite player. He won his first OTE Championship with the City Reapers in 2022-23 and was named All-OTE First Team.
NBA DRAFT NEWS & RUMORS: Amen Thompson & Portland Trail Blazers Updates
Thompson averaged 16.4 points, 5.9 assists, and 5.9 rebounds during the regular season. Here’s more info about him from his player page:
“Won his first OTE Championship with the City Reapers. Amen was named to the All-OTE First Team after leading the City Reapers to the championship. He averaged 16.4 points, 5.9 assists and 5.9 rebounds per game during the regular season while averaging 27.5 minutes per game. In the playoffs, Amen stepped up his game averaging 17.2 points, 9.2 assists per game and 7.2 rebounds per game. The 9.2 assists per game through the playoffs led the league by more than two per game to the second place player. He had three double-doubles in the five games in the playoffs with two of those coming from having 11 assists. He scored in double figures in every game this season and posted over 20 points in five of those through the regular season.”
“He had over five assists and 11 of the 15 regular season games and in all five playoff games. The lowest number of assists Amen had in the playoffs was seven. On the defensive end, Amen had over three steals in nine games this season averaging 2.3 per game. Named OTE Player of the Week once.”
NBA DRAFT NEWS & RUMORS: Amen Thompson & Portland Trail Blazers Updates
Multiple reports have stated that superstar point guard Damian Lillard wants the Blazers to trade the third pick in the draft for a star player. What if Portland takes a young player and Lillard gets upset? Will he finally request a trade and play for a contender next season?
Only time will tell.
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