Amen also becomes the fifth ever Houston Rocket to make the NBA All-Defensive First Team, joining the likes of Hakeem Olajuwon, Rodney McCray, Scottie Pippen and Patrick Beverly. All who played decorated respective NBA careers.

A whole generation of opponents are going to learn the same lessons about the Rockets' stand-out defensive guru that Steph Curry already did.

The NBA Playoffs are proof that the Houston Rockets need to be extremely stingy with Reed Sheppard in future trade talks.

In the last 43 years, only five players have earned All-Defensive First Team honors within their first two NBA seasons. Amen Thompson is one of them.

Amen Thompson took a major step forward in Year 2, and he's just one of the many talented players that make up the youth movement in H-Town.