{"id":743403,"date":"2026-05-25T07:30:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T07:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/743403\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T07:30:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T07:30:27","slug":"jalen-duren-eligible-for-max-contract-after-all-nba-nod-latest-on-tyrese-maxey-supermax-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/743403\/","title":{"rendered":"Jalen Duren Eligible for Max Contract After All-NBA Nod, Latest on Tyrese Maxey Supermax Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Sunday&#8217;s All-NBA vote was of particular interested to Detroit Pistons center Jalen Duren and Philadelphia 76ers guard Tyrese Maxey.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Duren is now eligible to sign a five-year max deal worth up to 30 percent of Detroit&#8217;s cap, while Maxey will be supermax eligible next summer if he is voted All-NBA again:<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The 22-year-old Duren was an All-Star during the 2025-26 season, averaging 19.5 points, 10.5 rebounds and two assists per game while shooting 65 percent from the field. His Detroit Pistons finished with the best record in the Eastern Conference 60-22. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The contrast between Duren during the regular season and Duren during the playoffs, however, leaves Detroit with a very interesting decision to make this offseason. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">In 14 postseason games, Duren averaged 10.2 points, 8.5 rebounds and 1.2 blocks, shooting 51.4 percent from the field. The Pistons had a minus-0.3 net rating when he played and a plus-7.8 net rating when he sat, per <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/stats\/team\/1610612765\/onoffcourt-advanced\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">NBA.com<\/a>. That&#8217;s fairly damming, and while there is often noise in on-off rating, Duren didn&#8217;t exactly pass the eye test during the playoffs either.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Are the Pistons about to dedicate $287 million to Duren after that showing? It&#8217;s hard to imagine them doing so, with projections for his upcoming extension far lower:<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">On the other hand, one would imagine the Sixers would be just fine with Maxey becoming supermax eligible despite the massive extension it would qualify him to sign. The 25-year-old emerged as one of the best guards in the NBA this season, averaging 28.3 points, 6.6 assists and 1.9 steals per game, shooting 36.7 percent from three.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">While the Sixers have to ride out the contracts of Paul George and the oft-injured Joel Embiid over the next few years, the backcourt of Maxey and rookie standout V.J. Edgecombe has provided plenty of long-term optimism. Maxey maintaining an All-NBA level would only further fuel that positive outlook, regardless of the financial implications.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sunday&#8217;s All-NBA vote was of particular interested to Detroit Pistons center Jalen Duren and Philadelphia 76ers guard Tyrese&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":743404,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3769],"tags":[679,7,6,678,207,3817],"class_list":["post-743403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia-76ers","tag-76ers","tag-basketball","tag-nba","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-76ers","tag-philadelphia76ers"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116634047177856292","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/743403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=743403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/743403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/743404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=743403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=743403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=743403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}