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The Jalen Duren offseason saga has reached its conclusion. The Detroit Pistons have reportedly agreed to sign Duren to a five-year, $200 million contract. The agreement ends a dragged-out negotiation between the All-Star big man and the team that …
It turns out that the Detroit Pistons aren’t going to include a weight clause in a new contract for star center Jalen Duren. Reports stated that the Pistons were going to have a requirement to monitor Duren’s weight in any new contract. …
At this point, there is a legitimate chance that All-Star center Jalen Duren won’t play for the Detroit Pistons this season. On Monday, Duren was not at the team’s media day or the start of training camp, as questions about his future …
Further context has surfaced about the Detroit Pistons’ controversial decision to include a weight clause in their offer to Jalen Duren. The Pistons’ weight clause for the restricted free agent center Duren featured a requirement for …
Jalen Duren and the Detroit Pistons are still not seeing eye to eye, and the impasse between the two sides is making speculation on his future grow louder. According to Sam Amick and Hunter Patterson of The Athletic, the Sacramento Kings have shown …
The Detroit Pistons are apparently trying to give Jalen Duren the Zion Williamson treatment. Duren’s situation with the Pistons remains “up in the air,” Shams Charania of ESPN reported on Monday. Charania adds that Detroit has …
A Detroit Pistons player is getting paid this week … but not Jalen Duren. Pistons forward Ausar Thompson has secured a sizable new extension from the team, Shams Charania of ESPN reported on Friday. Thompson is reportedly getting a five-year, …
Jalen Duren is apparently ready to take a leap of faith. The restricted free agent center Duren is feeling “emboldened” to take the one-year qualifying offer for next season, Bleacher Report’s Jake Fischer reported on Tuesday. …
Jalen Duren is apparently ready to get the hell out of Dodge. The restricted free agent center Duren is feeling “disrespected” by the Detroit Pistons and no longer sees his negotiation with the team as being about money, Marc J. Spears of …
Jalen Duren’s contract standoff with the Detroit Pistons has him considering the boldest and riskiest possible move he could make. Duren is very seriously considering taking the qualifying offer from the Pistons, according to Sam Amick and …
The Detroit Pistons might end up being an unexpected loser of the Kawhi Leonard scandal. The LA Clippers have now emerged as a potential new suitor for Pistons center Jalen Duren in 2027, Sam Quinn of CBS Sports reported on Friday. Quinn says that …
Jalen Duren and the Detroit Pistons still have a gap to bridge but not as big of one as you might think. The restricted free agent center Duren is roughly $5 million apart from the Pistons in their ongoing contract talks. Tim MacMahon of ESPN …
The Detroit Pistons are still not planning to write up the divorce papers. Detroit is “absolutely positively 100 percent” determined to keep restricted free agent center Jalen Duren, Tim MacMahon of ESPN reported this week on “The …
A long summer of bitterness may still be giving way to an ultimate reconciliation between Jalen Duren and the Detroit Pistons. The restricted free agent center Duren is still expected to re-sign with the Pistons on a new deal, Bleacher Report’s …
Jalen Duren may ultimately be trending towards a divorce from the Detroit Pistons. The restricted free agent center Duren’s negotiations with the Pistons have turned “awfully nasty,” Tim MacMahon of ESPN reported this week. MacMahon …
Jalen Duren remains unsigned up to this point of the NBA offseason, and it may have something to do with cold feet on the Detroit Pistons’ end. “A lot” of members of the Pistons organization believe that forward Ausar Thompson is …
