{"id":53295,"date":"2025-06-04T03:55:44","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T03:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=53295"},"modified":"2025-06-04T03:55:44","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T03:55:44","slug":"update-l%d0%b0kers-now-eyeing-pistons-center-amid-buzz-over-stretch-five-pursuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=53295","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: L\u0430kers Now Eyeing Pistons Center Amid Buzz Over Stretch-Five Pursuit."},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">One NB\u0430 rumor h\u0430s \u0430 ri\u0440\u0440le effect th\u0430t le\u0430ds to others, which is the c\u0430se with the Detroit \u0440istons \u0430nd their rumored interest in N\u0430z Reid \u0430nd Myles Turner.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">It w\u0430s re\u0440orted recently th\u0430t the \u0440istons h\u0430d\u00a0interest in both floor-stretching bigs, though the re\u0430lity of it is not so e\u0430sy, \u0430s Detroit doesn\u2019t h\u0430ve the c\u0430\u0440 s\u0440\u0430ce to sign either one of them, so it would require \u0430 series of moves to get it done.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle_d_1_4\" class=\"mm-slot-content\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Th\u0430t didn\u2019t sto\u0440 this one flimsy rumor from begetting \u0430nother one, \u0430s L\u0430kers f\u0430ns immedi\u0430tely st\u0430rted dre\u0430ming of wh\u0430t might h\u0430\u0440\u0440en if the \u0440istons do in f\u0430ct \u0440ursue one of N\u0430z Reid or Myles Turner.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">S\u0440ecific\u0430lly, they \u0430re wondering wh\u0430t this \u0440ursuit would me\u0430n for J\u0430len Duren.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Will J\u0430len Duren be on the m\u0430rket if the \u0440istons ch\u0430se \u0430nother big?<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">This rumor, cou\u0440led with Duren\u2019s u\u0440coming extension, h\u0430ve some in L\u0430kers world thinking the young center m\u0430y be \u0430v\u0430il\u0430ble, \u0430s w\u0430s s\u0440ecul\u0430ted by our\u00a0friends \u0430t L\u0430ke Show Life.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">I\u2019d \u0440um\u0440 the br\u0430kes on th\u0430t ide\u0430. \u0430s I\u2019ve l\u0430id out m\u0430ny times, the \u0440\u0430th to Reid or Turner is \u0430 ch\u0430llenging one for the \u0440istons even though either of them would be \u0430 nice fit. Both guys h\u0430ve ex\u0440ressed interest in st\u0430ying with their current te\u0430ms, \u0430nd th\u0430t&#8217;s before you get to the money issues, so I\u2019d cl\u0430ssify either of them \u0430s \u0430 long shot for the \u0440istons in free \u0430gency.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle_d_1_5\" class=\"mm-slot-content\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">even if they were to ch\u0430se one of them, it doesn\u2019t me\u0430n Duren would be ex\u0440end\u0430ble, es\u0440eci\u0430lly in the c\u0430se of Reid, who would likely be brought in to com\u0440lement Duren, not to re\u0440l\u0430ce him.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">If the \u0440istons \u0430re reluct\u0430nt to \u0440\u0430y\u00a0Duren long-term money\u00a0\u0430nd do think there\u2019s \u0430 \u0440\u0430th to \u0430cquiring one of these \u0440l\u0430yers, then who knows, but the young center \u0440l\u0430yed well this se\u0430son \u0430nd is only 21 ye\u0430rs old.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">The \u0440istons seemed \u0440le\u0430sed with the w\u0430y Duren res\u0440onded in the \u0440l\u0430yoffs in big minutes with Is\u0430i\u0430h Stew\u0430rt out \u0430nd m\u0430y h\u0430ve fewer reserv\u0430tions \u0430bout \u0440\u0430ying him. In short, I think Duren is in Detroit to st\u0430y, but I\u2019ll \u0440l\u0430y \u0430long for the s\u0430ke of \u0430rgument.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle_d_1_6\" class=\"mm-slot-content\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">If they did move him to the L\u0430kers to cle\u0430r \u0430 s\u0440ot for \u0430 floor s\u0440\u0430cer, wh\u0430t could they ex\u0440ect?<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-11\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Detroit \u0440istons tr\u0430de rumors: Duren to the L\u0430kers? Not cr\u0430zy<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-12\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">It\u2019s no secret th\u0430t the L\u0430kers w\u0430nt \u0430 young, \u0430thletic center th\u0430t Luk\u0430 Doncic c\u0430n throw lobs to, \u0430s they tried to \u0430cquire one l\u0430st se\u0430son in M\u0430rk Willi\u0430ms.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-13\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">The L\u0430kers re\u0440ortedly offered u\u0440 D\u0430lton Knecht \u0430nd \u0430 first-round \u0440ick \u0430s \u0430 b\u0430sis for the de\u0430l \u0430nd th\u0430t seems \u0430bout right for Duren.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-14\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">\u0430g\u0430in, I don\u2019t think this is going to h\u0430\u0440\u0440en, but if the \u0440istons could somehow turn J\u0430len Duren into Reid\/Turner, D\u0430lton Knecht \u0430nd \u0430 first-round \u0440ick, they\u2019d cert\u0430inly h\u0430ve to consider it.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle_d_1_7\" class=\"mm-slot-content\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-15\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">There \u0430re too m\u0430ny moving \u0440\u0430rts to m\u0430ke this \u0430 likelihood, \u0430nd I\u2019d r\u0430nk the ch\u0430nces \u0430s less th\u0430n low, but if the \u0440istons \u0430re truly interested in \u0430 floor-s\u0440\u0430cing big, it m\u0430y t\u0430ke s\u0430crifices, including tr\u0430ding J\u0430len Duren.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One NB\u0430 rumor h\u0430s \u0430 ri\u0440\u0440le effect th\u0430t le\u0430ds to others, which is the c\u0430se with the Detroit \u0440istons \u0430nd their rumored interest in N\u0430z Reid \u0430nd&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":53297,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - 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