{"id":912235,"date":"2026-09-28T01:12:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T01:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/912235\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T01:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T01:12:09","slug":"jalen-duren-expected-to-miss-pistons-media-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/912235\/","title":{"rendered":"Jalen Duren Expected To Miss Pistons Media Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Despite reports<\/a> that the Pistons had tendered their largest offer yet to restricted free agent Jalen Duren<\/a> \u2014 a fully guaranteed five-year, $200MM deal \u2014 it appears that there is still no movement on an agreement. As a result, Duren is expected to miss the team\u2019s media day on Monday, Sam Amick and Hunter Patterson report for The Athletic (subscriber link<\/a>).<\/p>\n

\"\"As Duren is not technically on the Pistons\u2019 roster at the moment, he was not scheduled to take part in media responsibilities with the team, but he had been considering a show of face to demonstrate camaraderie with the roster, according to Amick and Patterson\u2019s sources. This about-face is yet another indication of the tension between the two sides of the negotiations.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0widely reported<\/a> weight clause in the latest offer has apparently rubbed Duren the wrong way. As of Sunday, neither side has indicated being willing to budge.<\/p>\n

In addition to concerns about Duren\u2019s weight and playoff struggles, the luxury tax is a concern for the team, which has Cade Cunningham<\/a> already on a rookie-scale max contract<\/a> in addition to the recently-extended<\/a> Ausar Thompson<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Detroit could extend Duren\u2019s qualifying offer deadline, Amick and Patterson note, though there have been no signs that they\u2019re considering doing so. The All-NBA big man has until Thursday to make his decision. If Duren misses media day, there\u2019s a good chance he also misses the beginning of training camp, which starts on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The Kings and Bucks are reportedly interested in Duren\u2019s services, Amick and Patterson reaffirm, but the Pistons remain steadfast that they have no interest in sign-and-trade scenarios.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Despite reports that the Pistons had tendered their largest offer yet to restricted free agent Jalen Duren \u2014…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":912236,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,18735,459,82],"class_list":["post-912235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-jalen-duren","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/912235","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=912235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/912235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/912236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=912235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=912235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=912235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}