Ausar Thompson has established himself among the league’s elite defenders; he likely will receive significant All-Defensive Team attention at the end of the season.
“He’s Defensive Player of the Year for sure,” Jalen Duren said after the Pistons’ 129-108 blowout win over the New Orleans Pelicans on Thursday, March 26. “What he does to ball-handlers, harassing guys and getting through screens, is unreal. He does it so effortlessly night-to-night that it’s kind of like you get used to it. Even like us, we get used to everything he does to where if he has a lapse or anything it’s kind of like, ‘What happened?’ You expect him to be Superman.
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