To prepare himself for his new assignment this season, Thompson studied alot of tape of a compilation of point guards. Rajon Rondo is one who has especially stood out to Thompson, as he told long-time NBA analyst Marc Spears. "I started watching Rondo and was like, ‘Yo, this man is nice.’

Thompson's willingness to make plays that often go unnoticed is part of what makes him such an important player.

He’s been playing point guard his whole life,” Rafael Stone says of Amen Thompson. “We always had him as a 1. He’s a really good basketball player.”

Much was made about Reed Sheppard taking on a bigger role for the Houston Rockets this past offseason. Understandably so, as Houston was relatively thin at guard at the time, with Fred VanVleet being the only other point guard. The Rockets went on a well ...

The Rockets, who lead the league by far in rebounding and offensive rebounding, only won the rebounding battle 41-39 in the first meeting, and the Suns will look to employ their same strategy of putting multiple bodies on Steven Adams, although the loss of Sengun could hurt the Rockets in imposing their will down low.

The Rockets pulled away from the Mavericks in the closing minutes, with their young stars stepping up in crunch time.