{"id":814303,"date":"2026-07-20T14:27:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T14:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/814303\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T14:27:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T14:27:10","slug":"new-nba-rumors-on-jalen-duren-and-pistons-contract-talks-sign-and-trade-buzz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/814303\/","title":{"rendered":"New NBA Rumors on Jalen Duren and Pistons Contract Talks, Sign-and-Trade Buzz"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Detroit Pistons and center Jalen Duren have only made “modest” movement toward an agreement on a contract, according to The Stein Line’s Marc Stein<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“Sources say that the Pistons, though, also continue to brush aside any introduction of sign-and-trade scenarios to the talks that would land Duren elsewhere,” Stein reported Sunday.<\/p>\n

“Team officials have consistently described re-signing Duren as the top priority of an offseason that has already resulted in the Pistons acquiring John Collins, Isaiah Joe, Gary Harris Jr. and Taurean Prince.”<\/p>\n

Duren’s bind was foreseeable on the heels of his tough playoffs run. The 2025-26 All-Star averaged 10.2 points and 8.5 rebounds during the Pistons’ 14 postseason contests, and he performed notably worse than he had in the regular season.<\/p>\n

The 22-year-old likely cost himself<\/a> a good chunk of change.<\/p>\n

Being a restricted free agent isn’t helping his cause because teams were dissuaded from making an offer from the start if they thought the Pistons would simply match it.<\/p>\n

And now, there’s hardly any cash to go around. The Chicago Bulls, Memphis Grizzlies and Brooklyn Nets are the only teams under the salary cap<\/a>, and none can come close to giving Duren the kind of payout he’s seeking.<\/p>\n

The signs are pointing toward a reunion between he and the Pistons. The question is whether he settles for a middle ground on a long-term deal or bets on himself by signing the qualifying offer.<\/p>\n

The latter tactic would be pretty risky.<\/p>\n

Cam Thomas remains unsigned after opting for that route last summer. Quentin Thomas fared better by getting $60 million<\/a> over four years from the Los Angeles Lakers. Much further back, Nerlens Noel badly overplayed<\/a> his hand and never rebuilt his value on the court.<\/p>\n

For Duren, something like Jonathan Kuminga’s two-year deal with the Golden State Warriors last summer might be better than nothing. The Atlanta Hawks wound up declining his $24.3 million option, but Kuminga’s representatives at least created the opportunity for him to re-enter the market in his prime after earning good money.<\/p>\n

Considering it’s still mid-July, the saga could continue to drag on without a resolution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Detroit Pistons and center Jalen Duren have only made “modest” movement toward an agreement on a contract,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":814304,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":["post-814303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=814303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814303\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/814304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=814303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=814303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=814303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}