Yet another accolade for the Aussie.
After being named this season’s Most Improved Player and finishing second in the Defensive Player of the Year voting, Dyson Daniels needs to clear out some more space in his trophy cabinets.
Daniels has been named to the All-Defensive First Team after a historically great season for the Australian international:
The 2024-25 Kia NBA All-Defensive First Team:
▪️ Dyson Daniels of @ATLHawks
▪️ Luguentz Dort of @okcthunder
▪️ Draymond Green of @warriors
▪️ Evan Mobley of @cavs
▪️ Amen Thompson of @HoustonRockets pic.twitter.com/5PVe0iHPAn— NBA Communications (@NBAPR) May 22, 2025
Daniels averaged 3.0 steals in 33.8 minutes per game in 76 games (all starts) this season after coming over from New Orleans in a big trade this offseason. His 231 total steals were the most in a season since Gary Payton’s 1995-96 campaign — a campaign that earned him Defensive Player of the Year back then.
It’s the most recent First Team All-Defensive Team nod a Hawk has received since the late great Dikembe Mutombo made it in 1997-98.