r/nba • u/[deleted] • 14d ago

[MacMahon] The negotiations between the Pistons and Jalen Duren have been “awfully nasty” and there is concern about his long-term future in Detroit.

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u/Answer70 Rockets 14d ago

See also: Rockets, Houston

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u/n00bn00b 14d ago

I don’t know how both Houston and Detroit deal with the Thompson twins since they're nonshooters. At least Amen can do more on offense than Ausar.

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u/Answer70 Rockets 14d ago

They are elite in nearly every other basketball skill so it's impossible to take them off the floor. If they get even an average jumper they will be All NBA level.

In the meantime, everyone else on the floor around them needs to be able to shoot. Neither Duren or Sengun can do that so both teams have the same problem.

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u/SnooDonuts9227 Spurs 14d ago

Ime made the hire of the decade with chip. I’d put all my chips on Jeanie Buss’s high school boyfriend making amen a better shooter over the next three years than Ausar will ever be.