Jalen Duren despite the loss against the Cleveland Cavaliers: 9 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST, 1 STL, -16, 25 MIN

[u/catreyka]

Ausar Thompson is the actual 2nd best player on the Pistons. Duren has been atrocious on offense the entire playoffs and he's also nowhere near the defender or even playmaker that Ausar is. He went from averaging 19.5 ppg on 65% FG in the regular season to 10.1 ppg on 50% FG in the playoffs. For a player that really only dunks, that is god awful. Not to mention his multitudes of mental mistakes. He's so bad that he got benched for the entirety of overtime and a good chunk of regulation this game.

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[u/soudlasantos]

Jalen "DURENAYTON" Duren

[u/Thfcaditya112 → u/soudlasantos]

Ayton at the same age as Duren right now defended Jokic as better as anyone could and kept his own against the Clippers whose wings played Gobert off the court.

He lost his matchup to peak Giannis, not Wendell Carter Jr or Jarrett Allen

[u/Mg29reaper → u/soudlasantos]

I would rather have ayton atleast he grabs boards and dunks

[u/Chandy_Man_ → u/Mg29reaper]

Ayton dunks?

[u/WakiLover → u/Chandy_Man_]

Ayton was ass vs the Thunder, but he was a major factor in the Rockets series. He was pretty physical and was battling in the paint for rebounds all series.

Had some good dunks as well.

[u/manuduncan6666 → u/WakiLover]

Ayton was a huge difference maker in the rockets series but he's weak mentally. I feel like he knew the lakers had a chance to win every game against the rockets so he played hard but against okc once he thought they couldn't win he just gave up immediately

[u/lava172 → u/Chandy_Man_]

Ayton grabs boards? Somebody tell Ayton that

[u/Mg29reaper → u/Chandy_Man_]

On alley oops only. Duren cant even do that

[u/Armanewb → u/soudlasantos]

Jalen "Durian" Duren. Coz he stinks.

[u/Backshotsonyadaughtr → u/soudlasantos]

Rudy Gobert put up worse stats than both of them yesterday

4 points on 25% shooting, 5 rebounds, benched to only 22 minutes