The Jalen Duren contract details have been revealed.
The Detroit Pistons and Duren agreed on a five-year, $200 million deal late Thursday, Oct. 1, with $40 million in average annual value making him the No. 8 center in the NBA in AAV.
The contract declines in money for the 2027-28 season and then rises every season afterwards, according to Michael Scotto of HoopsHype on Friday night.
Spotrac, an oft-cited contracts website, also has the same structure for Duren's new deal. This gives the Pistons a touch more flexibility next summer, when Ausar Thompson's new contract kicks in. Thompson's deal is structured differently with the more standard approach of 8% raises each year.
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Here's the reported breakdown of Duren's contract:
- 2026-27: $40.16 million, 24.35% of league cap
- 2027-28: $36.95 million, 20.99% of projected league cap
- 2028-29: $38.96 million, 21.08% of projected league cap
- 2029-30: $40.96 million, 21.11% of projected league cap
- 2030-31: $42.97 million, 21.09% of projected league cap
Sources: The Detroit Pistons signed Jalen Duren to a 5-year, $200 million deal, which declines for the 2027-28 season and then rises every season afterwards.
— Michael Scotto (@MikeAScotto) October 3, 2026
2026-27: $40.16 million
2027-28: $36.95 million
2028-29: $38.96 million
2029-30: $40.96 million
2030-31: $42.97 million
The Pistons are not projected to have cap space in the near future, with Cade Cunningham now in Year 2 of his supermax at 30-31% of the cap (five years, $269 million through 2030) and Thompson's cap hit accounting for roughly 16% each year.
Teams are not penalized for going over the cap, and each team has mechanisms to do so, but the luxury tax and first apron and harsh second apron bring constraints in the types of transactions that can be made.
This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Jalen Duren contract has interesting wrinkle in details on Pistons cap
