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Detroit Pistons select Ausar Thompson with 5th pick of 2023 NBA Draft

/ CBS Detroit

CBS News Detroit Digital Brief for June 22, 2023

(CBS DETROIT) - The Detroit Pistons selected Ausar Thompson from the Overtime Elite league with the fifth pick of the 2023 NBA Draft Thursday night. 

Thompson, a 6-foot-7, 215-pound guard, is a two-time Overtime Elite champion and two-time Overtime Elite Finals MVP. 

The 20-year-old prepped at Pine Crest School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, before joining the Overtime Elite, a professional league for 16-20-year-olds, based in Atlanta. 

Ausar Thompson arrives at Barclays Center before the NBA basketball draft, Thursday, June 22, 2023, in New York. John Minchillo / AP

Thompson averaged 16.3 points, 7.1 rebounds and 6.1 assists per game with the City Reapers during the 2022-23 season. 

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