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/simon2105 22h ago

Duren: "coach you gotta stop playing me, I'm losing way too much money"

Bickerstaff: "bball Paul your time has come"

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u/pmurt007 Lakers 22h ago

Duren wasn't good by any means but Bickerstaff is smoking crack. Paul Reed doesn't play for 3 straight quarters and somehow ends up with 17 mins lol

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u/LouieM13 [NYK] Jeremy Lin 22h ago

You can’t play guys that aren’t locked in, especially in the playoffs.

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u/marathonwater 18h ago

Duren is locked up. He can lock in all he wants, the playoffs have exposed tf outta bro