It just got even worst than we expected...

This is even worse than we expected as we get a brand new report coming from Mark Spears revealing the terrifying reality of Jalen Dern and the Detroit Pistons going as far as saying the big man has a preferred destination when leaving Detroit. We're gonna break down everything you need to know on Mark Spears comments. Wyatt Langdon has his back against the wall and what this truly means for the Pistons moving forward as they're all NBA big is still not signed. We have so much breakdown in this episode so let's waste no time where of course Jalen Dern is still unsigned and camp is just around the corner. Now with Jalen Dern and the reports we've been seeing of course both sides are still millions of dollars apart and it seems like both sides still don't want to budge off the offers of we've seen the Pistons upwards to 37 million dollars a year and Dern and his camp are still demanding 40 plus million AAV heading into this new contract. Now Mark Spears spoke today and revealed quite a bit a terrifying reality for the Pistons. The first report out of multiple Jalen Dern has a close relationship with Sacramento Kings GM Scott Perry and likes Sacramento a lot. This came from Mark Spears on NBA Today and looking at the exact quote revealing the relationship. He has a relationship with Jalen Dern dating back to when he was trying to get the Knicks to draft him which they did but they traded him to the Pistons. Dern likes Scott Perry a lot he likes Sacramento a lot but the Pistons they're focused on bringing him back they have some optimism but it's complicated. Now of course looking at this and the multiple reports coming out around Jalen Dern and his camp going into stuff that we've seen from Vincent Goodwill and other reporters going in to say that both sides are still millions of dollars apart Jalen Dern and his camp haven't budged off the asking price of their money specifically after we've seen some of the deals that rolled through including Amman Thompson getting 41 million dollars a year. This made it very difficult for Jalen Dern and his camp to even look at a number starting with the number three so it feels like both sides are still miles away on their asking price. Now of course before we get too much into the reports because there's a lot more to break down I want to give a huge shout out to the sponsor of today's video which is Kelshi. On Kelshi you're trading against other users and not the house like the traditional sports book. 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Once again huge shout out to them and let's head right back into the news where Mark Spears revealed an even more terrifying update surrounding the Pistons and Jalen Durant. Durant feels disrespected by the Pistons and negotiations are no longer about the money. Detroit is trying to heal the relationship before training camp. Now of course seeing this money is one thing you can continue to work up but the relationship that we see Mark Spears speak on he feels disrespected. There's a black cloud going into camp they got to try to fix it and I don't know if they have time to do it. Now looking at Jalen Durant and again this camp wanting the 40 million dollars if these reports are truly accurate of Jalen Durant and his camp are at the point now where they feel disrespected after a poor performance in the playoffs which of course dropped the numbers for the Pistons we can dive into even that Pistons believe they sent a fair offer considering the totality of last season including his underwhelming playoff performance while Durant feels like he checked all the boxes to get more. Now of course the boxes this big man checked was All-NBA and All-Star a starting caliber center making the second round after of course two disappointing rounds but even going further into the reports of he's seeking at least 200 million dollars the talks have been stalled. You look at stalled talks with a black cloud going into camp this feels like one of the situations that both sides are sitting firm at the dollar amount and again I don't know how you're going to get to the point of telling Jalen Durant that he is not worth the 40 million dollars if he's looking on the other side in the west coast and seeing the Sacramento Kings lining up where Zach Levine's contract is coming off the book DeMontis Sabonis is in trade rumors. You have DeAndre Hunter multiple guys are hitting UFA heading into next season not this upcoming one at least which clears up so much money and the Sacramento Kings are again reportedly open to going out and spending the bag to bring in Jalen Durant and a Sabonis for Durant trade doesn't really make sense as you would be trading for a contract that's again bigger than what you're seeing with Jalen Durant and his reported asking price at least but again looking at this Pistons team and moving forward if this is a team that truly has no other save but to sign Durant to the qualifying offer this is going to be a center that's going to be disgruntled I love b-ball Paul but again not a starting caliber center especially on a team that is inspiring to go out and win the conference again to go into the playoffs make noise make the conference finals make it to the finals and of course hoist the trophy this is now a team that's going to have no leverage if Jalen Durant takes a qualifying offer with all the trade protection that the big man will get you're now looking at a world where it seems like it's falling down to two options the qualifying offer and a trade or getting a signing trade done we know the Pistons have made it very clear that they do not want to go out and trade Jalen Durant but again looking at the stuff that's coming through from Mark Stein one source believed on the process says Durant is increasingly prepared to play out the upcoming season on his 9.6 million qualifying offer if no deal with Detroit materializes by the end of September the Stein line Mark Stein of course went in to say even more this is a situation that continues to get uglier to the point where we're seeing Draymond Green out of all people of course he loves to say his words but Draymond Green speaking on on one of his podcast episodes warning Jalen Durant that do not go out there and press that button you see what happens to Jonathan Kaminga where now Kaminga is making under 10 million dollars playing for the Minnesota Timberwolves fans what is your thoughts on this I understand it's a very tiring topic it's hard to continuously talk about it but with the reports coming out that people are making it very clear that Jalen Durant and his camp feel disrespected by what Langdon's offering Langdon sitting tall by saying we're offering you a fair contract things are starting to get scary because again if this goes into a qualifying offer you're looking at a world where Langdon needs to look for trade value Durant gets his say in pretty much where he wants to go and again if the linkage continues and he makes it clear hey the team I want to go to is the Sacramento Kings like we've seen from the reports from Mark Stein today then you're from Mark Spears today of course you're looking at a world where Sacramento gets the leverage you're looking at a disgruntled guy that doesn't want to be here fans let me know your thoughts down in the comments because this situation is getting very tiring but at the end of the day something has to give at some point it doesn't seem like Jalen Durant and his camp are going to let me know your thoughts down in the comments go Detroit basketball I've been your host Merrick bye and take care of business fans