Pistons, Ausar Thompson reportedly agree to five-year, $155 million contract extension

While negotiations drag on with one member of the Pistons’ young core — Jalen Duren — they have locked up another.

Detroit and Ausar Thompson have agreed to a fully guaranteed five-year, $155 million contract extension, news first broken by Shams Charania of ESPN and since confirmed by other reports.

Thompson is one of the NBA’s elite perimeter defenders and was named First Team All-Defense last season, while averaging 9.9 points per game and starting 73 games for a 60-win team. He averaged a league-leading two steals a game plus nearly one blocked shot a night. The Pistons see Thompson as a core part of their future (some would…

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