{"id":455981,"date":"2026-02-03T16:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T16:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/455981\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T16:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T16:00:08","slug":"sources-pistons-jalen-duren-joins-nba-slam-dunk-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/455981\/","title":{"rendered":"Sources: Pistons&#8217; Jalen Duren joins NBA slam dunk contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-clubhouse-guid=\"4e096981-dc02-51d0-3dcd-2468fcc1e22d\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/team\/_\/name\/det\/detroit-pistons\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Detroit Pistons<\/a> center <a data-player-guid=\"6e30fca4-6751-37b6-b09a-2e4ecbec716e\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/4433621\/jalen-duren\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jalen Duren<\/a>, a first-time All-Star, has accepted an invitation to participate in the NBA slam dunk contest at All-Star Weekend in Los Angeles, sources told ESPN&#8217;s Shams Charania on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Editor&#8217;s Picks<a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/47769695\/lakers-hayes-spurs-bryant-accept-slam-dunk-invites\" class=\"img-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/r1467116_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&#038;w=130&#038;h=130&#038;scale=crop&#038;location=center.jpeg\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/a><a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/47802106\/nba-all-star-game-reserves-named-lakers-lebron-james-earns-record-extending-22nd-selection\" class=\"img-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/r1609071_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&#038;w=130&#038;h=130&#038;scale=crop&#038;location=center.jpeg\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>1 Related<\/p>\n<p>Duren, 22, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/47802106\/nba-all-star-game-reserves-named-lakers-lebron-james-earns-record-extending-22nd-selection\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">chosen to the All-Star Game<\/a> as a reserve. He joins <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"2876e98b-b9bc-2920-4319-46e6943f8be4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/team\/_\/name\/lal\/los-angeles-lakers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> center <a data-player-guid=\"4cd92ac1-73ce-653d-c3b1-9c68e9c7a4d0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/4397077\/jaxson-hayes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jaxson Hayes<\/a> and <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"8aef8547-32f5-0943-a1de-e734567674cc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/team\/_\/name\/sa\/san-antonio-spurs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Antonio Spurs<\/a> rookie <a data-player-guid=\"bf077b0c-98d4-3009-bb34-a07e5a64f4d2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/5061568\/carter-bryant\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Carter Bryant<\/a> in the dunk contest field.<\/p>\n<p>The 6-foot-10 Duren, the 13th overall pick in the 2022 draft, is averaging 18.0 points and 10.7 rebounds for the Pistons this season.<\/p>\n<p>All-Star Weekend will be held Feb. 13-15 at the Intuit Dome. The dunk contest will take place on Feb. 14.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Detroit Pistons center Jalen Duren, a first-time All-Star, has accepted an invitation to participate in the NBA slam&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":455982,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":["post-455981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=455981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455981\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/455982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=455981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=455981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=455981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}