Actually he can straight up talk shit now because all of his deal is guaranteed

He can probably take a shit mid court and still be paid

20 billion reasons, bro’s counting up your pennies atp

As a pistons fan, I wanted them to get the deal done. Not at this price, but I knew they were gonna have to bring the money out. It’s a gamble u almost have to take. U got a young that’s on the come up. U just gotta hope that Duren can come thru when it matters most and they can become an actual contender and not just a good regular season squad.

He’s guaranteed 200 million. The only one it could get “ugly” for is Detroit. Honestly, not even them if he’s just good in the regular season because a young all-star still has trade value to the bottom 10 teams in the standings.

So many offseason dramas and trade rumors and extension standoffs happened concerning even the highest echelon of stars over the years. But when the music stops and the playoffs arrive and if you walk the talk all these get forgotten just as it did for the Kobes and the LeBrons and the Duncans.

And that’s different from every other player how?

Get ugly for who? You? Yes

For him? He’s literally guaranteed the money

What are u going to do? Talk shit on social media and reddit?

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Pistons fans probably think of him as a Mini Dylan Larkin lmao.

I would argue they would have wanted him at even higher AAV.

He’s only getting paid like 35 this year. That’s pretty much 4th option money these days, less than many 3rd options.

there was a lot of reporting that the kings offered him the max, which is almost 60M a year. Granted thats probably coming from Duren’s camp and would have required him to take the QO

I think it got lost in the negotiation rancor (and speculation) that this dude was really good last year. There’s no shame in having to adapt to the playoff game as a young big.

I think Duren has another gear and will show improvement this year.

itll be all forgotten unless he shits the bed for the third post season in a row

Sorry. I’ve been in a coma for a week. Didn’t this guy and his terrible agent already fumble the bag?

I don’t love the contract at this point but you’re right. Objetively he didn’t make a single comment all summer, and he had no reason to cave before the QO deadline.

No one will care if he shows up and performs like last season. If he plays like an all-star in the playoffs next year he’s also easily worth the contract.

Waiting until the deadline and then taking the best deal was reasonable.

No. He played the game and he won. A lot of guys have done the same and haven’t gotten paid. He just better hope he performs or the Detroit fanbase is going to remember this

You’re not allowed to attend official team activities while unsigned

You obviously dont know the rules of media day.

He wasn’t signed on media day

He wasn’t allowed to go to media day as an unsigned free agent. And it’s not really his job to decide what contract to sign and when, his job is to play basketball and let his agent worry about the contract negotiations

I can’t believe this is currently one of the top comments.

He literally was not allowed to be at media day.

It’s business

Duren didn’t make a single comment during this whole free agency. Pistons GM confirmed he never even spoke with Duren.

All the noise was Durens agent trying to maximize the contract. They had no reason to cave before the deadline.

Did he go on a podcast and say the shit? Yall act like he was doing the Micheal porter tour and talking on every podcast this summer.

Clickbait media making up shit to get through the summer months.

Well if couldn’t have been from him if he didn’t show up

He didn’t have a contract he wasn’t allowee

i want in on saying “he couldnt go to media day because he wasnt signed.

It’s true. Duren’s job is to play basketball, it would be stupid of him to interfere with his agent doing what he gets paid to do

Almost as if that’s exactly how the system is supposed to work

It’s not that bad lol

That’s like bottom half of the league for a core 3 cap percentage leaving plenty of room to add another major piece and fill out the rest of the roster with existing bird rights and tax mles once it gets to that point.

Philly has around 98% of the cap tied up in three players this year on a team that lacks depth and still needs to prove they can play together. That a way more concerning situation than a 60 win core with plenty of financial flexibility going forward.

Proof that bad fans do exists

We need him. Let’s move on.