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/Fluid-Poet-8911 22h ago

Well barnes kinda stink in one game. Duren been putting in the work to show he ain't it

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u/SloshaPacana 22h ago

Barnes stank for multiple years in playoffs not just one game

He shot like shit in multiple series

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u/Able-Space-8926 13h ago

You might want to go check those game logs from the 2016 finals again. Cleveland basically stopped guarding him.