Amen Thompson Q&A: 'When Ime Udoka speaks, I have to listen because he was there'
After a promising rookie season, Amen Thompson was selected as one of 15 players for the USA Select Team. Thompson stopped by briefly to chat with HoopsHype and the fast hitters about his experience playing with the Nationals, his rookie season, advice from his teammates, falling for Ausar, and more.
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Amen Thompson: It was nice to be chosen to come out here. Playing and competing against the best, it was a pleasure.
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AT: I didn't get too many tips but I looked them up and noticed. Watching LeBron [James] and see how he helps as a senior guard, some of the things I've been looking at.
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AT: Just take it a day at a time. It's your first game, so you think to do a lot and sometimes it doesn't happen that way. It's 82 games, so take it one game at a time, but my last game I had my best game of the year.
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AT: He is like other coaches I have had in the past. The unique thing about him is that he can join the crowd with us, as if he is a player. I have never had a coach who played in the NBA. When he speaks, I have to listen because he has been there for a long time. You are logically difficult for everyone. He's not crazy, but he's mentally tough.
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AT: DB, he's the coolest. I was surprised, to be honest. You are the coolest person ever. It's really cool. He works hard at everything. You prepare for games like you prepare for war, so I see you in that aspect. Coolest dude for real.
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AT: Just do something every day. If that's not basketball, work on your body. He is great at that. He does that every day.
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AT: Trust yourself. Be sure of what you can do. Go ahead and stay confident.
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AT: Cam Whitmore. He is unintentionally funny.
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AT: Nah. [Laughing] He's funny tho, he must be very funny.
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AT: To him? Nah. Because I know how good he is, I know where he's going to be later, so there's no point in riding him.
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AT: Both of them but I always say that I am better than him no matter what happens. He can win MVP, and I'm better than him.
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