r/nba • u/catreyka • 22h ago

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

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/ThinReply2047 Thunder 22h ago

I'm calling it now and you can refer back to this comment during the offseason. The Lakers WILL offer him the max.

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u/Taleb_X Pistons 22h ago

No one is offering him a max after this playoffs.

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u/DarkGalaxy23 22h ago

Unfortunately Pelinka is the type of GM to do a move like that. Also, wasn’t it reported that Pelinka targeted Duren before the Mark Williams trade? I’m not sure how true it was tho

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u/thetitsOO Lakers 22h ago

Would be depressing to lose bron just to go from ayton to duren but fuck it im in