The Detroit Pistons’ 18-year-old center must learn to play the position to become a centerpiece
Jalen Duren, the 13th overall pick in the 2022 NBA Draft, will be the youngest player in the NBA this season. Marvin Bagley III’s bone bruise and sprained MCL means that Duren will see rotation minutes almost immediately, despite that fact. Troy Weaver kept telling us that Duren was more ready than we thought. And now, we’ll get to see if Troy was right.
So far, preseason results have been uneven but positive for such a young player.