{"id":854817,"date":"2026-09-20T23:36:54","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T23:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/854817\/"},"modified":"2026-09-20T23:36:54","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T23:36:54","slug":"pistons-sign-thompson-to-5-year-155m-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/854817\/","title":{"rendered":"Pistons sign Thompson to 5-year, $155M extension –"},"content":{"rendered":"

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From left, the Detroit Pistons’ Ausar Thompson and Cavaliers’ Max Strus reach for the ball over the Pistons’ Caris LeVert in the first half of Game 6 of their second-round NBA playoff series on May 15 in Cleveland. (AP file photo)<\/p>\n

The Detroit Pistons and Ausar Thompson have reached an agreement on a five-year, $155 million contract extension, according to a person familiar with the situation.<\/p>\n

The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Saturday because the deal had not been announced. ESPN first reported the agreement.<\/p>\n

With a little more than a week left before training camp begins, the Pistons have not re-signed restricted free agent Jalen Duren.<\/p>\n

Detroit drafted Thompson out of the Overtime Elite developmental program in 2023 with the No. 5 pick and he has developed into one of the NBA\u2019s best defensive players.<\/p>\n

Houston selected his twin brother, Amen Thompson, with the No. 4 pick and they became the first set of twins to be selected in the top 10 in the same draft.<\/p>\n

Ausar Thompson was on the NBA All-Defensive team last season and finished third in Defensive Player of the Year voting after averaging a league-high two steals per game. He is limited offensively, mostly to dunks and layups, and averaged 9.9 points a game last season and 9.6 points a game over his three-year career.<\/p>\n

Duren was selected No. 13 overall out of Memphis in 2022 by Charlotte, and the Pistons acquired him in a draft-night trade. Duren became a first-time All-Star last season and the 6-foot-10 center earned a spot on the All-NBA third team, averaging nearly 20 points and more than 10 rebounds a game. <\/p>\n

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From left, the Detroit Pistons’ Ausar Thompson and Cavaliers’ Max Strus reach for the ball over the Pistons’ Caris LeVert in the first half of Game 6 of their second-round NBA playoff series on May 15 in Cleveland. (AP file photo)<\/p>\n

From left, the Detroit Pistons\u2019 Ausar Thompson and Cavaliers\u2019 Max Strus reach for the ball over the Pistons\u2019 Caris LeVert in the first half of Game 6 of their second-round NBA playoff series on May 15 in Cleveland. (AP file photo)<\/p>\n

The Pistons won an Eastern Conference-high 60 games last season, finishing first in the Central Division and advancing in the playoffs for the first time since 2008. They were routed by Cleveland in Game 7 of their second-round series.<\/p>\n

While some teams in the East made major moves this offseason, Detroit did not add much to its young team and lost two key players.<\/p>\n

The Pistons acquired Isaiah Joe in a trade with Oklahoma City to add a desperately needed 3-point shooter and signed veteran forward John Collins to a three-year, $51 million contract. They lost third-leading scorer Tobias Harris in free agency to San Antonio and traded Isaiah Stewart to Memphis.<\/p>\n

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AP NBA: https:\/\/apnews.com\/nba<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Michigan Sports From left, the Detroit Pistons’ Ausar Thompson and Cavaliers’ Max Strus reach for the ball over…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":854818,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[361027,361028,47943,72976,4576,5050,148151,355,112718,153252,361029,99,361030],"class_list":["post-854817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-3rd-in-defensive-player-of-the-year-voting","tag-5-years-for-155-milllion","tag-amen-thompson","tag-ausar-thompson","tag-detroit-pistons","tag-houston-rockets","tag-jalen-duren","tag-nba","tag-overtime-elite","tag-pro-basketball","tag-signs-contract-extension","tag-sports","tag-top-defensive-player"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=854817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854817\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/854818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=854817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=854817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=854817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}