Blazer's Edge · Apr 20, 2022
NBA Draft Profile: Jalen Duren
Photo by Joe Murphy/Getty ImagesThe Trail Blazers’ forgettable 2021-22 season is in the books and it is time to turn our attention to the 2022 NBA Draft. Unlike recent years, Portland possess multiple picks in this year’s process. After finishing the regular season with a 27-55 record, the Blazers enter the lottery draw with the sixth-best odds in the NBA. Buoyed by those odds, the Blazers are poised to exit the draft with the rights to a marquee prospect.
Today’s profile features Memphis center Jalen Duren. At just 18 years old, Duren might be the best pure center in the entire 2022 draft class.
Jalen Duren
Height: 6’11”
WT: 250
Wingspan: 7’5”
Shooting Hand: Right
Position: C
Age: 18