Maybe Victor Wembanyama is not the only player to emerge from the Draft 2023 that becomes a Superstar. And, in the shadow of the Frenchman from the Spurs, two other rookies they start to look like futures cracks in Charlotte y Houston.
On the Hornets side, Brandon Miller. The number 3 in the Draft had a slow start to the season, but in recent months, he has begun to demonstrate his enormous offensive potential, as one of those creative eaves so valued around the league.
This Wednesday, Miller noted 31 pointswith a 7-13 in triples, during Charlotte’s good victory over Cleveland. The former Alabaman has already averaged 20.5 points in 13 games in February and continues at that level in Marchwith an average of 18.8 so many.
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The LaMelo Ball out has given him many more balls and, if something stands out about Miller, it is precisely his ability to generate play with the ball. Whether as an excellent triple shooter – 37% on the season – or with his athletic explosion to attack the rim.
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Los three level scorers -long, medium and short distance- above 2 meters there are no leftovers And day by day, Brandon Miller looks more and more like one of them. A light within the darkness that has been the Hornets’ 2023-2024 season.
The other rookie who impresses in these weeks is Amen Thompsonkey to the streak of 10 consecutive wins for the Houston Rockets and his progress towards Play-In del Oeste. Because although the twin – his brother Ausar also stands out in Detroit – does not have Miller’s scoring ability, his comprehensive contribution in all areas, they begin to justify their place as the fourth pick del Draft 2023.
Thompson is a athlete from another world, capable of impacting the game on both sides of the field, without the need to be scoring… Although he can also do it. As he demonstrated this Wednesday, with 25 decisive points, so that Houston disappears triumph on the Oklahoma City field.
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The three-pointer remains a clear deficit in Amen Thompson’s game, but his speed to attack the rim, defensive versatility and passing vision, there is not much around the league either. After all, he is a player so capable of generating play as a point guard or, as in this Houston context – with other managers like Jalen Green or Fred VanVleet -, fulfilling a role as a definerwaiting for assists near the rim.
Thompson has now started 14 games for the Rockets and averages 14.2 points, 10.5 rebounds!, 3.4 assists, 1.4 steals and an amazing 60% from the field. And again, most importantly, being integral to his team’s victories.
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Yes, Victor Wembanyama is unique and is justified in all the attention he receives as the great gem from the past Draft. But the greatness of the Frenchman does not mean that there are not other teams that may be excited about what they have in their hands. And without a doubt, Charlotte and Houston are two of them.
2024-03-28 03:41:10
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