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The Detroit Pistons have found their secret weapon, and you can go as far as saying their next star as Ausar Thompson, drafted just this past year, has completely turned heads of not only the Detroit Pistons, not only the fanbase, but the national media, as this young star in the making showed his brilliance and pure dominance. And yes, just the preseason, but looking farther into Ausar Thompson, this truly unlocks the bench of the Detroit Pistons putting pressure on JB Bickerstaff we're gonna break down everything you need to know on Ausar Thompson what it means for this team moving forward and so much more in this episode you're not gonna want to miss it and yes I know everyone in the comments are going to say Mark it's just the preseason but Ausar Thompson has shown this at every single level and finishes off this preseason as one of the most exciting cases coming out from across the NBA with Ausar Thompson we can see in 53 preseason minutes 44 points 11 points per game in 13 minutes per game this is a kid that was in flow state someone that scores at will and only 19 years old he's making a case and truly pushing with JB Bickerstaff to earn legitimate rotation minutes heading into the regular season and it doesn't just stop there no of course versus the Raptors last night I understand Ausar Thompson was incredible it was a Raptors team that wrestled a lot of their star players but coming into the game we know two things about Ausar coming out of college this is a guy that can score at will and a guy that's genuinely one of the best players in this draft class at creating his own shot this is something that adds a lot of depth through the Detroit Pistons bench something that they struggled with last year when we've seen Cade Cunningham off the floor in the playoffs, Ausar's going to fill in if it's not at the start of the season this could stretch a little farther but this is a kid that's making a case and looking over the stretch of three games that he played seven points finishing off the Phoenix Suns with a game winner not subbing in until the fourth October 10th against Washington 14 points and six assists 14 points in nine minutes four for four shooting Ausar Kauri last night just continue the brilliance of a young kid that's 19 years old and truly has made a case that JB Bickerstaff do get him into the rotation. 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There's a really fun game to wrap up the preseason. Came out feeling better about a few of the 2A candidates, and also really nice to see the complete level to wire. a Kauri could be a ton of fun. Now, of course, everyone's praising him. It's going from the coaching staff again, and diving into, of course, how people within this organization are speaking on him. JB Bickerstaff have said some of the small things in his game are already very veteran like one of his abilities to finish his ability to do the small thing create leverage typical takes young guys years to figure out and he already has it he's an elite playmaker and passer and he's tougher than the size would suggest on the defensive end which works well this is a lot of praise for a young kid coming through and it's Star Thompson summed it up in a very few words that's a little Kyrie Irving and listen we've seen the trade reports of the Pistons being linked to Kyrie Irving we have Kyrie Irving at home there's no reason to go out and get him we have him in the making this is a kid that again when looking at the Pistons last preseason there was a lot of struggles when it came to Cade Cunningham coming off the floor we've seen a lot of times where they struggled to get shot creations Star Thompson is building into his own when it comes to that matter but creating advantage off the dribble getting defenders moving before the finish opening passing windows this is a guy that driving and kicking is one of his strongest suits strongest suit of course is scoring and getting to that basket is going to open up more opportunities for a very good bench that added shooters Kevin Huerter came back of course you still picked up Isaiah Joe you have Tobias Harris there's now shooters around this team and having a downhill force is someone that's going to be good now there's a test and it's not going to be about how he gets into this lineup and is dominant right away he needs to make the opportunity he needs to pass consistently he needs to hold up defensively he needs to finish against NBA size but the bench scoring and looking at the team the paint pressure finding the open shooter it's something that this kid is going to continue developing and working on looking like a pro already and the game again coming into that game he was efficient but last night 14 points four for four one assist one steal in 19 minutes this was coming off the backs of his first game where he didn't play until the final 10 minutes in the fourth quarter immediately hit a three he hit the game winner at Stanford almost none of his shots let alone threes were assisted he's a master at getting to the rim and creating his own shot also it's just stone cold nothing really phases him Abu Kakora just plays in flow state and again something this team truly needs off the bench and that's not hating on our bench because we have a very good bench genuinely one of the deepest teams in the NBA it's not going to be a clear path you have a lot of guys ahead of him Cade Cunningham a top player in the NBA is of course going to be the starter moving forward you have Jenkins that was this young growing player that joined this organization last year made a case for himself well not joining last year but making a case for himself last year Abu Kakora is going to fight but I genuinely wouldn't be shocked if we've seen Jenkins and Kakora some minutes together with this team again having the shooting on the bench of hopefully Kevin Huerter hitting his shots you still have Isaiah Joe Ron Holland not a shooter but still a good downhill wing and great defender Javante Green and Torian Prince good shooters this is a team that's truly building something special and fans I want to know your thoughts and I already can see the comments Mark it's just the preseason this is a kid that has a lot to grow I completely agree but again this is someone that went 17th overall and genuinely outplayed multiple guys when it comes to this preseason let me know your thoughts on Ibuka does he get a spot within this rotation is he going to make it impossible for J.B. Bickerstaff to not play him I want to hear all your thoughts around Detroit basketball down in the comments can't wait for the season to start take care Pistons fans go Detroit basketball and I'll see you in the next one