How Overtime Elite Could Become the Next Route to NBA Stardom

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🗓️ 26 October 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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The way NBA prospects get to the league looks nothing like it used to. We’ve been importing future MVPs from overseas for years now: that’s the story of Victor Wembanyama, next year’s projected No. 1 pick. And we’ve watched the G League become the NBA’s own minor league system. That’s the story of Scoot Henderson, projected to go No. 2. But the story of Amen and Ausar Thompson — who could maybe round out the top five in next year’s draft — is something very different. Israel Gutierrez explains the rise of Overtime Elite: a viral video account that’s become a league unto itself, where the Thompson twins have taken up residence, and where they’re getting everyone to click. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	These are good de-arras.
0:02.1	You're bringing us a story today about two young people that I apparently should have known
0:06.5	about but absolutely did not.
0:08.8	And the larger story that is essential to understanding them.
0:13.1	And so, who are these kids?
0:16.0	These kids are men and a sartons and they're 19 year olds from the Bay Area of California
0:22.5	who are playing for overtime elite.
0:27.0	Hello and welcome to the OTE Arena for OTE Opening Night!
0:33.7	Two identical twins who were the highlight signings for this organization.
0:39.9	No matter where we go.
0:41.6	We're going to show up.
0:45.6	Where are the times to twist?
0:48.9	It's not just a couple of really good players I've never heard of.
0:51.7	Oh, their identical twins.
0:53.5	Oh, they're both going the overtime elite route and skipping college and probably are
0:59.6	going to be drafted in the lottery in the 2023 draft.
1:06.1	Now normally, when I hear of players from the states that are projected to be lottery
1:10.8	picks, I pretty much have heard of who they are.
1:14.2	Yes.
1:15.2	These two players because they didn't go to college because they didn't go the Lamello
1:20.0	Ball Route, which is just something extravagant and out of nowhere, you probably didn't hear
1:24.9	much about.
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