Jalen Duren

I think they will win two of these three.

Which of the two? Who knows? The opportunity for you to take 3-0 is still on the board as the Pistons will be without Jalen Duren and possibly Asar Thompson.

The Bulls, as you mentioned, not a great team, although Caleb Wilson did have a very good game, stuffed the stat sheet quite nicely.

A lot of those, I love the activity for him, but did you notice that a lot of those came at the rim? So he's finishing.

All of that can be true at the same time.

Now, what I will also say is, you know, for those who would say, well, shoot, if you would have just offered a max contract, what if Utah matches? And now you're looking at Jalen Duren.

And I do think Walker Kessler is quite a bit better than Jalen Duren.

Um, so fair.

Um, and then we also saw Detroit match on, on Jalen Dern or, or basically give him the contract or something close to the contract that the Lakers would have given him.

All of that can be true at the same time.

Now, what I will also say is, you know, for those who would say, well, shoot, if you would have just offered a max contract, what if Utah matches? And now you're looking at Jalen Duren, and I do think Walker Kessler is quite a bit better than Jalen Duren.

Um, so fair.

Um, and then we also saw Detroit match on, on Jalen Dern or, or basically give him the contract or something close to the contract that the Lakers would have given him.

It's one of their superpowers.

You mentioned Jalen Duren's injury.

He's out multiple weeks.

Isaiah Joe is questionable in this game with a hip injury.

man.

Jalen Duren's hurt.

Paolo Boncaro's hurt.

Thankfully, Jalen Sugg's injury was only a bone bruise.

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He's looked pretty good, so we'll talk about it as well.

But we want to start with...

the Pistons, and how they're going to play without Jalen Duren.

You know, I don't think the Jazz are going to get a star center.

I don't think they're going to trade Lowry for Jalen Duren.

Like, maybe it's on the table.

You never know.

I love the rotation.

I think the biggest question for this team is, you know, does the Jalen Duren injury hurt them? Does it go past two weeks? And what does that really look like for them long-term now?

Yeah, and that's what worries me too when – This kind of goes to the contract stuff we were talking about.

We give Duren this contract, and nobody can predict injuries, obviously, but three games into the season, now Duren's out for two weeks.