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Twins Make NBA History as First Duo Drafted in Top 10

  • Twin brothers Amen and Ausar Thompson were selected fifth and sixth overall in the 2023 NBA Draft, becoming the first twins drafted in the top 10 in the same year.
  • The Thompson twins are 6-foot-7 guards who played for Overtime Elite in Atlanta.
  • The Thompsons said their mother named them after the 1980s pop band but they are not related to the musicians.
  • The Lakers and Bucks traded up to acquire picks Nos. 40 and 36 to draft the Thompson twins.
  • Brook and Robin Lopez and Marcus and Markieff Morris were twins drafted in the first round of the same year but not in the top 10.
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