According to Varzesh3, the worst possible news for the Detroit Pistons became official, and Jalen Duren, the 22-year-old center who this very month signed a 5-year, $200 million contract, because of a hamstring strain is away from the competitions for at least two weeks and will be evaluated again afterwards. On Friday night in the game against Miami he played only 10 minutes, and after a spin on Giannis, he grabbed the back of his leg and went limping to the locker room. In his only full game of the season against Boston, he had taken 22 points and 9 rebounds and was the defensive pillar of his team.
But he is not Detroit's only absentee against Philadelphia, and Ausar Thompson, whose ankle twisted on Andrew Wiggins' foot in the same game, did not take part in the Sunday morning shootaround and has an unclear status for tonight's game against Philadelphia.
If he is absent too, Detroit enters the war for the top of the East without two starters. The good news is the brilliance of Paul Reed, who against Miami took 19 points and 11 rebounds and now becomes a starter, and Ron Holland II and Javonte Green also get more minutes.
Bickerstaff said his team has a good squad and makes no excuses, but losing Duren, the 200-million man, will make this team's work harder.
Source: Varzesh3
