Same here in Detroit lol. Cmere you broccoli headed albatross!

Any highly acclaimed player who disappears completely in the most important series of their lives shouldn’t be a max player. This is the entire argument against Duren potentially getting paid more than Ausar (he won’t be), there’s no reason to pretend it doesn’t apply to Chet’s 4 points in 33 minutes for Game 7. Duren can’t be a playoff performer, Chet can’t outplay Wembenyama. Same shit, different team.

The only reason Chet has the max or however much is because the CBA is for shooting money cannons at big names. He’s getting paid both to look good in the regular season, and to get bent over by Victor for the next 10 postseasons if he’s in Oklahoma that long. Shipping Chet out in 3 years when he obviously won’t have been worth the max will be sad for the Thunder but necessary. No accolade matters unless he can outplay Victor in a 7 game series, meaning the max was a mistake the Thunder have to live with.

And also basically the same player, but better in every basketball way that matters / top OAT potential. It’s a rough one.

Does not matter unless he can outplay Victor in a seven game series which won’t happen.

You are correct, I thought this dude was posting satire or something lol.

Exactly. Chet was outplayed by a GOAT candidate. Duren was probably the worst starting big man in the playoffs.

max chet is playing against a player worth 3xmax

Our bandwagon fans get on this sub and say anything for likes.

Just looked at these message and lord y’all misread this shit

That’s just not true lol. If he takes the QO and screws the next season up he’s going to miss out on a ton of earnings

The worst realistic case is he has a terrible season because people learn from thrle playoff tape and then he tears his ACL near the end of the season.

That will absolutely cost him a huge amount of money.

I think there is a high chance Duren flops relatively to his demands next season and never sees close to 30M/Yr

even if he tears his achilles?

Justify your post dude.

Pistons hypothetically can offer a super max, but their current offer is nowhere near that.

It’s close to the normal max that Kings can offer.

he played with Cade though. if he goes to Kings he won’t have one of best playmakers in the league on the team

And got absolutely exposed in the playoffs. You don’t think teams are gonna use what happened to him in the playoffs, in the regular season?

He was in an all NBA team because better players were not able to reach the 65-game requirement. That’s the only reason.

And completely shit the bed in the playoffs. Which is why he’s not getting max money.

Duren was 3rd All-NBA by default because other players missed too many games. He wouldn’t even get a single vote if weren’t for that.

If he’s on Sacremento next year he won’t make more than Jarrett Allen

Any real fan knows he only got that all nba on a technicality since everyone was injured and the 65 game rule came into affect

It could be both but any agent would want there client to make the most money available.

Which is why he should take the deal

Except he can’t.

The max he can get if he signs the QO this year and a FA deal next is $198m.

Its just career malpractice for him to keep trying to get more money on his part. He was offered more than he shouldve and it still wasnt enough.

All NBA guys shouldnt get outplayed by decent players. Its literally a top 15 list, superstars and high level stars belong there.

But since the center position is very shallow and often injured Duren was allowed to think hes way better than he was. Not too dissimilar to Deandre Jordans all nba team except Deandre was always a great teammate and didnt cause drama like that, not by himself at least.

Duren is activelly ruining the great season and core the Pistons had with his bs. Team chemistry is an important factor when trying to contend and hes flushing it all down the drain over his own ego.

By all reporting, no one was interested in a max sign and trade this offseason. So why would they be interested in paying him next season coming off injury or a down year?

I can’t imagine there’s anyway Duren and his camp operate this way, unless they know there’s a max offer out there. Also if has been reported both Sacramento and Milwaukee would have serious interest in paying him. With that being said I think this is a bad idea by Duren.

Multiple different reporters have said there are. Theres no way for us fans to have evidence

Apparently the Kings, Bucks, and Clippers would all be willing to pay him max money, but the issue is that the Pistons aren’t entertaining any sign and trades due to CBA rules and those teams don’t have max cap space slots to just offer him that much straight up.

Bucks and Kings.

Pistons also have raised their offer 3 times now reportedly.

You said it in your own post. ‘Agents telling them to turn down a deal.’ The agents can’t turn anything down. Only advise. The player makes the decision. It’s not a hard concept.

Like I said. The agent advises. The player makes the decision. I’m right, you were wrong.

Pistons incresed the offer to Duren from 35 to 40 mil per year. But the agent is inept.