Trade & Free Agency 2026/2027

[F Gump]

Until he takes the qualifying offer, I think this is just posturing.    I think he will wind up taking the Pistons offer.  Although making the Pistons sweat a little and maybe bump their offer up a little is the play here.   Pistons are pretty locked in.  They really can't afford pissing Duren off.   Even if he had a rough playoff series.

When a player doesn't get the offer he wants, AND no one else offers him the number he wants either, the market has spoken. He has already been offered what he's worth to GMs, and trying to force it never seems to work. If he's smart, he will take the best offer he's being offered and then get to work to get better.