Amen & Ausar Thompson become first brothers in NBA history to earn $100 million deals

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/thompson-amen/MHqT31bM/"]Amen[/a] signed a five-year, $208 million deal with the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/houston-rockets/Sr9PQALP/"]Houston Rockets[/a] back on September 3rd, while [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/thompson-ausar/GA3f2MiL/"]Ausar[/a] signed a five-year, $155 million deal with the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/detroit-pistons/UcjMRj6J/"]Detroit Pistons[/a] on Friday.[/p][embed guid="f4c86525-b1ce-4a41-b812-c40492235ddb" url="https://x.com/ShamsCharania/status/2101076358038433954?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Both Amen (2024) and Ausar (2025) are both All-Defensive forwards coming off career years for one reason or another. [/p][p]Amen, 23, finished last season with a career-high in points per game (18.3), assists per game (5.3), steals per game (1.5), and free throw percentage (77.9%). Meanwhile, Ausar, 23, is the reigning steals champion after averaging 2.0 per game. [/p][p]He finished third in Defensive Player of the Year voting, while also averaging 9.9 points, 5.7 rebounds, and 3.1 assists per game. Amen, despite having more of a down year defensively, still finished eighth in DPOTY voting last season.[/p][p]Both were selected 4th (Amen) and 5th (Ausar) overall in the 2023 NBA Draft, becoming the first brothers duo ever to be drafted top five in the same draft. [/p]