Oct 4, 2026 · 29 min · 13 segments
This week on *Go Team Score Points*, we dig into the weird, messy, and surprisingly human side of the NBA. We talk about Jalen Duren’s massive new contract and whether the Pistons can realistically…
I have a small update from last week.
Oh.
Yes.
Yeah.
So last year he was awesome, like, kind of in the truest sense of the word.
He's just, like, too big and too strong to be allowed, and then in the playoffs was a nightmare.
Mm-hmm.
The Pistons lost in the second round of the playoffs.
They won their first round series in seven games against the Magic, who were... who had been very underwhelming, but all of a sudden Jalen Duren was terrible.
He went from, like, 20 points and 10 rebounds to I don't know the actual numbers, but way less than that in the playoffs.
Yeah.
And I think it cost him a lot of money.
A couple days ago, he signed for the Pistons a five-year contract-
Oh, good
... for like $200 million.
Oh, good.
So the whole thing is weird.
So I read this from cbs.com. It... the... based on the projections for the salary cap, if he hadn't signed, if he had signed...
We talked last week about the qualifying offer.
Mm-hmm.
Which is this very small amount of money for the last year of his contract with the Pistons, and then he would be able to sign wherever he wanted next year.
Right.
This didn't make perfect sense to me, but based on what this CBS article said, the salary cap projections plus the CBA-
I have a small update from last week.
Oh.
Yes.
Yeah.
So last year he was awesome, like, kind of in the truest sense of the word.
He's just, like, too big and too strong to be allowed, and then in the playoffs was a nightmare.
Mm-hmm.
The Pistons lost in the second round of the playoffs.
They won their first round series in seven games against the Magic, who were... who had been very underwhelming, but all of a sudden Jalen Duren was terrible.
He went from, like, 20 points and 10 rebounds to I don't know the actual numbers, but way less than that in the playoffs.
Yeah.
And I think it cost him a lot of money.
A couple days ago, he signed for the Pistons a five-year contract-
Oh, good
... for like $200 million.
Oh, good.
So the whole thing is weird.
So I read this from cbs.com. It... the... based on the projections for the salary cap, if he hadn't signed, if he had signed...
We talked last week about the qualifying offer.
Mm-hmm.
Which is this very small amount of money for the last year of his contract with the Pistons, and then he would be able to sign wherever he wanted next year.
Right.
This didn't make perfect sense to me, but based on what this CBS article said, the salary cap projections plus the CBA-
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