{"id":4437,"date":"2025-05-24T09:20:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-24T09:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/05\/24\/three-players-earned-all-defensive-first-team-honor-for-the-first-time-in-their-careers-on-thursday\/"},"modified":"2025-05-24T09:20:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T09:20:17","slug":"three-players-earned-all-defensive-first-team-honor-for-the-first-time-in-their-careers-on-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/05\/24\/three-players-earned-all-defensive-first-team-honor-for-the-first-time-in-their-careers-on-thursday\/","title":{"rendered":"Three players earned All-Defensive First Team Honor for the first time in their careers on Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Last season, the NBA tweaked all defense votes. In the past, two security guards and three forwards\/centers have been selected. Currently, voting for all defense is positionless. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The top five players with the most votes are to create a defensive first team. On Thursday afternoon, the NBA announced its 2024-25 KIA NBA all-defensive first team. Three players, including Dyson Daniels, Lu Dort and Amen Thompson, earned the first team honors of All-Defence for the first time in their careers.<\/p>\n<h2>New Face Headline 2024-25 Kia NBA All Defensive First Team<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">2024-25 KIA NBA all defense first team!<\/p>\n<p>Dyson Daniels<br \/>There<br \/>Draymond Green<br \/>Evan Mobley<br \/>Amen Thompson<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NBAAwards?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#NBAAWARDS<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@mo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wflhuqvnJ6\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/wflhuqvnj6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>-NBA (@NBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA\/status\/1925614029436805476?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 22, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Dyson Daniel&#8217;s 2024-25 campaign with the Hawks was the 22-year-old breakout year. When the Hawks traded Dejounte Murray for the Pelican, Atlanta acquired Daniels. Previous first-round picks began 76 of the Hawks&#8217; 82 games during the regular season. Daniels averaged a career-high 14.1 points, 5.9 rebounds and 4.4 assists. 3.0 steel per game led the entire NBA from 2024-25. In addition to being selected as an NBA all-defensive first-team and steel champion, Daniel was the most improved player of the season. It was truly a career-best breakout season for defensive professionals.<\/p>\n<p>Another player who won the first team selection of the first NBA All-Defense team is Thunder&#8217;s Lu Dort. He is in his sixth season with OKC after being undrafted to begin his career. Dort is the team&#8217;s best lockdown defender and proves all of that season. Every night, Dort receives the #1 scoring option of the opposite team as his defensive assignment. During the 2024-25 regular season, Dort averaged 10.1 points, 2.9 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 1.1 steel per game. The 26-year-old is one of the toughest pound defenders in the NBA.<\/p>\n<p>In his second year, Amen Thompson continues to create his name in Houston. He became a fan favorite early and received the breakout campaign from 2024-25. Thompson played 69 of the Rockets&#8217; 82 games and got off to a 42 start. The 22-year-old has scored the starting point for former second overall pick Jabalismith Junior in 69 games for Houston this past season, with Thompson averaging a career-high 14.1 points, 8.2 rebounds, 3.8 assists, 1.4 steel and 1.3 blocks per game. The previous fourth overall pick became the Rockets&#8217; legal two-way player in 2024-25. If Thompson continues to develop offensively, he can become a player like Kawi Leonard.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last season, the NBA tweaked all defense votes. In the past, two security guards and three forwards\/centers have been selected. Currently, voting for all defense is positionless. The top five players with the most votes are to create a defensive first team. On Thursday afternoon, the NBA announced its 2024-25 KIA NBA all-defensive first team. 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