I get why Duren wants more, as he did what the Pistons asked, and his fluky addition to the All-NBA team <\/a>made him eligible for a supermax deal worth $287 million.\u00a0<\/p>\n The reality is much different, and\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0time Duren accepts it.\u00a0<\/p>\n Jalen Duren is not getting a max deal from anyone\u00a0<\/p>\n Duren has\u00a021 days\u00a0before media day, which is when things will get ugly<\/a> if he is not signed. Training camp starts the next day and if\u00a0he\u2019s\u00a0not there, his offseason drama starts leaking into the season.\u00a0<\/p>\n And at this point, there\u00a0isn\u2019t\u00a0any reason to continue this nonsense.\u00a0<\/p>\n Any team that wanted to offer Duren a max contract could have done it, but not a single offer sheet came in for the Pistons\u2019 center.\u00a0<\/p>\n One reason is that Detroit promised to match any deal, but we all know there is a number they wouldn\u2019t have touched, so if some team really wanted Duren, they probably could have stolen him or at least worked out a sign-and-trade.\u00a0<\/p>\n But there was never a palatable deal on the table, and since there are no teams left with cap space, the Pistons hold\u00a0all of\u00a0the cards here. The market has spoken, and it said Duren is not worth $40 million a year.\u00a0<\/p>\n That\u2019s\u00a0not just the\u00a0Pistons,\u00a0that\u2019s\u00a0the rest of the league.\u00a0<\/p>\n The deal the Pistons are offering is at least as much, if not more, than any other team can or will offer for Duren, at least right now.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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