Jalen Duren cool on Pistons' $200m offer with weight clauses
Detroit's five-year offer is $87m below the $287m Duren is eligible for as a restricted free agent, and talks have stalled over money and weight clauses.
Detroit's latest offer to Jalen Duren was a five-year, $200m contract with no team or player options, and it included clauses tying the deal to the centre's weight, The Athletic reported. By all accounts it was not well received.
As of Sunday evening nothing had moved. The Pistons had not raised the offer, and Duren had shown no readiness to accept it.
Duren, a restricted free agent, is eligible for a five-year contract worth $287m. The gap between that figure and Detroit's offer is $87m.
The Pistons can unilaterally extend the deadline on his one-year qualifying offer. It is not clear whether they intend to.
Duren made his first All-Star Game in 2025/26, the breakthrough regular season of his career. If the sides stay apart on the money and on the weight clauses, the qualifying-offer deadline may become the point where the talks either stall or are extended.
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