{"id":788537,"date":"2026-07-17T01:27:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T01:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/788537\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T01:27:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T01:27:13","slug":"pistons-rumors-duren-thompson-stars-stewart-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/788537\/","title":{"rendered":"Pistons Rumors: Duren, Thompson, Stars, Stewart, More"},"content":{"rendered":"

Little progress has been made in contract negotiations between the Pistons and restricted free agent center Jalen Duren<\/a>, according to Hunter Patterson of The Athletic<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As Patterson writes, while Duren met with the Lakers and Kings when free agency opened to explore the possibility of sign-and-trade scenarios, there\u2019s no indication that Detroit seriously entertained the possibility of actually moving him. Los Angeles subsequently acquired Walker Kessler<\/a> from the Jazz, further limiting Duren\u2019s leverage.<\/p>\n

Retaining Duren remains the Pistons\u2019 top offseason priority and the team is \u201cconfident\u201d an agreement will eventually be reached, a league source told Patterson. That same source said both parties hope to work out a deal that\u2019s mutually beneficial, and \u201call signs\u201d currently point to the All-NBA big man re-signing with Detroit.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s more on the Pistons from Patterson:<\/p>\n

Signing Ausar Thompson<\/a> to a long-term rookie scale extension is another offseason priority for the Pistons, according to Patterson, but it\u2019s less pressing than reaching a deal with Duren, since Thompson won\u2019t be a restricted free agent until 2027.
\nAlthough Detroit looked into trading for several big-name players \u2014 including Kawhi Leonard<\/a>, Kyrie Irving<\/a>, Kevin Durant<\/a> and Trey Murphy III<\/a> \u2014 the team balked at the high asking price to make a move of that nature, multiple sources tell Patterson. Still, the front office likes the roster it has assembled, Patterson writes, and was pleased with the shooting help it acquired (Isaiah Joe<\/a>, John Collins<\/a>, Taurean Prince<\/a>, Gary Harris<\/a>).
\nThe Pistons\u2019 decision to trade Isaiah Stewart<\/a> to Memphis was financially-driven, according to Patterson, who points out that backup big man Paul Reed<\/a> (non-guaranteed $5.6MM) makes far less money than Stewart (guaranteed $15MM) in 2026\/27. Patterson also notes that Stewart had multiple public spats with the coaching staff in the playoffs over his limited playing time, though those incidents don\u2019t seem to have factored much into the decision to move him.
\nWhile the Pistons had some interest in re-signing Tobias Harris<\/a> and briefly talked to him about a new deal, those initial conversations revealed a gap in valuation, a source tells Patterson, which led to Harris signing a two-year, $31MM<\/a> deal with San Antonio. Detroit, meanwhile, gave Collins a three-year, $51MM contract via sign-and-trade<\/a>, but only the first season<\/a> is guaranteed.
\nDetroit is optimistic Collins can be a long-term answer at power forward, per Patterson. He\u2019s six years younger than Harris and the team thinks his ability to be both a lob threat and floor spacer should complement its young core of Cade Cunningham<\/a>, Duren and Thompson.
\nPatterson gets the sense that the Pistons are unlikely to make another significant external addition this offseason and wouldn\u2019t be surprised if the opening night roster is similar to how it looks now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Little progress has been made in contract negotiations between the Pistons and restricted free agent center Jalen Duren,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":788538,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3773],"tags":[1026,7,909,296,188,3860,404,1624,1016,912,6971,529,938,967,6,2617,297,281,933,4203],"class_list":["post-788537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-detroit-pistons","tag-ausar-thompson","tag-basketball","tag-cade-cunningham","tag-detroit","tag-detroit-pistons","tag-detroitpistons","tag-gary-harris","tag-isaiah-joe","tag-isaiah-stewart","tag-jalen-duren","tag-john-collins","tag-kawhi-leonard","tag-kevin-durant","tag-kyrie-irving","tag-nba","tag-paul-reed","tag-pistons","tag-taurean-prince","tag-tobias-harris","tag-trey-murphy"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116932722234047180","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788537","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=788537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788537\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/788538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=788537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=788537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=788537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}