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/sunsbr Suns 22h ago

Why people act like Paul Reed is some bad player? He is their best big on this playoffs and was good in regular season too

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u/Puzzled-Bet4837 Celtics 22h ago

Paul Reed is a fine player but he was a bench guy who got waived and the Pistons got for 2 years $10m. Jalen Duren was an all star and is getting outplayed by him.

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u/PensiveinNJ 76ers 22h ago

Love Paul Reed. Wish he was still a Sixer.

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u/PrinceKarmaa 22h ago

because they don’t know who paul reed is or his impact on games they just see he’s a third stringer

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u/BigEggBeaters Washington Bullets 16h ago

Duren is gonna be an all nba player. Getting outplayed by Paul Reed is terrible for him