Houston Rockets second-year forward Amen Thompson was selected for the NBA’s Rising Stars Challenge on Tuesday, an unsurprising development for the 21-year-old who has become a league-wide sensation.

I t wasn’t hard to come up with a list of reasons for why Amen Thompson could bust in the NBA when he entered the 2023 draft. Amen and his twin brother Ausar took a novel path t

Yahoo Sports senior NBA analyst Kevin O’Connor and 3-time NBA champion Danny Green look at Thompson's January surge and explore similarities with a former Finals MVP. Hear the full conversation on “The Kevin O’Connor Show” and subscribe on Apple Podcasts,