Jalen DurenDetroit Pistons · #0
Jalen Duren is a young double-double machine at center for the Detroit Pistons and a 2026 All-Star. Drafted 13th overall in 2022 (by Charlotte, routed to Detroit), he became one of the league's premier rebounders and rim-running lob threats. In 2025-26 he averaged 19.5 points and 10.5 rebounds on 65% shooting, posting the first four straight 25-and-10 games by a Piston since Bob McAdoo in 1980 and making his first All-Star team.
Jalen Duren — the report card
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Where Jalen Duren stands
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Jalen Duren — every number, three levels deep
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How the model sees Jalen Duren
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Jalen Duren career stats, season by season
| Season | GP | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG% | 3P% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 67 | 24.9 | 9.1 | 8.9 | 1.1 | .648 | .000 |
| 2023-24 | 61 | 29.1 | 13.8 | 11.6 | 2.4 | .619 | .000 |
| 2024-25 | 78 | 26.1 | 11.8 | 10.3 | 2.7 | .692 | .000 |
| 2025-26 | 70 | 28.2 | 19.5 | 10.5 | 2.0 | .650 | .000 |
| Career | 276 | 27.0 | 13.5 | 10.3 | 2.1 |
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Are the Detroit Pistons built to win?
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The Ballad of Jalen Duren
Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.
The beginning
A powerful, rebounding, lob-catching young center — Detroit's double-double machine and first-time All-Star.
Turning pro
Drafted 13th overall, 2022 as a Center.
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A reclassified teenager who became a double-double machine — and, at 22, an All-Star anchoring a 60-win team.
Chapter
Born in Sharon Hill, PA and raised in Delaware, Duren starred at Montverde, reclassified to reach Memphis a year early, and was drafted 13th in 2022 (routed to Detroit).
Chapter
He opened with a 14-10 debut and grew into one of the league's best young rebounders.
Off the court
- Height
- 6' 10"
- Weight
- 250 lbs
- College
- Memphis
- Experience
- 4th Season
- Draft
- 13th overall, 2022
- Born
- Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania
- Age
- 23
- Jersey
- #0
Duren's rise was fast and young: he reclassified up a grade to reach college and the NBA sooner, entering the league at 18 as one of its youngest players. Raised primarily by his mother after the family moved from Pennsylvania to Delaware, he was regarded in his draft class as the best true post player — a throwback center in an era of stretch bigs.
His game is built on strength, athleticism, and footwork around the rim, drawing pre-draft comparisons to Bam Adebayo. As the interior anchor of Detroit's turnaround alongside Cade Cunningham, he represents the modern lob-and-rebound center — the finisher and glass-cleaner who lets a jumbo playmaker orchestrate everything around him.
A powerful, athletic young center — a relentless rebounder and efficient rim-finisher.
Jalen Duren — frequently asked
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