Detroit Pistons big Jalen Duren reportedly has interest in signing with Boston Celtics

Could there be mutual interest in a trade that sends star Boston Celtics forward Jaylen Brown to the Detroit Pistons for rising Pistons big man Jalen Duren? Based on what Bleacher Report contributor Jake Fischer has been hearing, while all parties that would be needed to sign on for such a move to happen are not publicly signaling that such a trade might actually go down, there are some rumbles that hint that this might be something to keep an eye on as well.

According to Fischer in a recent video with his Stein Line substack co-contributor Marc Stein, we should not yet discount the possibility. “Would Detroit be interested in Jalen Brown for Jalen Duren?” he asked. “So far, I have been told that the Pistons don’t really have interest in signing and trading Jalen Duren at all. But the gap in negotiations is big enough that Duren is out here meeting with (the) Sacramento (Kings) and meeting with the (Los Angeles) Lakers.”

“And … I have been told that Duren has interest in going to Boston in the event that those talks could happen,” he added, which would presumably use Boston’s $27.7 million Anfernee Simons Traded Player Exception to pull off. “The longer that Jaylen Brown lingers … out there as being available, I do wonder if Detroit would talk themselves into (saying), ‘Man, we can’t find a resolution here with Duren; would bringing back an MVP candidate in Jaylen Brown be something that makes sense for us?’ I do wonder.”

“It’s not something that’s going to happen tonight,” said Fischer. “But if we wake up on Friday and Jalen Duren is still unsigned – and we know how this restricted free agency dynamic can stretch out. All of Josh Giddey and Quentin Grimes and Jonathan Kuminga lasted into September last year.”

I’m not saying right now I’m forecasting that either Jalen Duren or Walker Kessler are going to linger that much longer. But I don’t see an end point right now. Those sides are far apart, Duren and Kessler himself with (the) Utah (Jazz) and Detroit respectively.”

For now, there’s not a lot of substance to this tidbit. But it is still one of the better options Boston could build a deal around that works for both sides. Still, it seems probable that Boston would have to send out Neemias Queta as well or for Boston or Detroit to find a third team with a starting-level big for a move like this to work.

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