Ausar Thompson gets honor no Detroit Piston has earned since Ben Wallace
Ausar Thompson has officially been named to the 2025-26 NBA All-Defensive team, doing something no Detroit Pistons player has done in 2 decades.
Detroit Pistons wing Ausar Thompson has officially been crowned as one of the NBA’s top defenders. Thompson was named to the 2025-26 NBA All-Defensive First Team, the league announced Friday, May 22. He is the first Detroit Pistons player to make a defensive team since Tayshaun Prince was named to the second team in 2007-08.
Ben Wallace was the last Piston to make the first team in 2005-06 . Thompson finished third in Defensive Player of the Year voting , revealed in April at the start of the playoffs. Thompson, 23, submitted a stellar defensive season , establishing himself as one of the best on that end in the NBA.
Thompson averaged 9. 9 points, 5. 7 rebounds, 3.
1 assists, an NBA-high two steals and 0. 9 blocks in just 26 minutes per game. He was the leader of the league's No.