Atlanta-based Overtime Elite is forging a new path to the NBA

Overtime Elite hosts a takeover event at OTE Arena in Atlanta, their version of the NBA’s all-star weekend loaded with celebrities and events. (Marlon Hyde/WABE)

It’s late June, and hundreds of people gather in State Farm Arena, watching the NBA draft on a massive video board, waiting to see who the next NBA star could be.

As NBA commissioner Adam Silver calls Ausar Tompson from Overtime Elite, the crowd erupts.

Ausar and his twin brother Amen became the first pair of brothers selected in the top five picks of the NBA draft.