Jalen Duren A No-Show At Pistons Training Camp; 4 Teams Bidding for Trade

September 28, 2026

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Jalen Duren was a no-show at Detroit Pistons Media Day, and will not be at training camp on Tuesday as he continues to be unsigned as an RFA.

What's worse than that though, is that he is said to be ghosting the Pistons and their president of basketball operations Trajan Langdon. He has not accepted the team's upgraded $200 million, five-year contract offer. 

Insider Marc Spears revealed four teams that are ready to make sign-and-trade offers if the Pistons finally surrender to Duren's demands to move on.

"Jalen Duren, he's not even talked to Trajan for months," said Spears. "A Pistons source told me that there's still optimism that they think he'll sign the big deal. But if not, I'm hearing from an NBA GM... the Milwaukee Bucks, the Atlanta Hawks, the Sacramento Kings and the Washington Wizards...have interest in a potential sign-and-trade." 

Duren has felt "disrespected" by the Pistons over the course of the summer, for not immediately meeting his $200M+ max contract demands. They've slowly increased their offer, bit by bit over the last few months, to get to this point they're now at. But it seems like it's too late for the All-Star center. 

The 22-year-old has the option of just taking the $9.6M qualifying offer and becoming an unrestricted free agent next summer. Is he ready to leave $190M on the table? 

He has until Thursday to accept the QO. 

 

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