Jalen Duren just revealed the Truth on his contract...

After signing his massive contract to stay with the Detroit Pistons, Jalen Dern met with the media revealing key details of this offseason, his thoughts on this team moving forward and saying all the right things that have Pistons fans absolutely fired up heading into his season as the contract talks are finally behind them, we're gonna break down everything you need to know coming from Jalen Dern as he spoke to the media revealing key details and so much more surrounding the Detroit Pistons and you're not gonna want to miss it so let's just dive straight into today where Jalen Dern met with the Detroit Pistons media following signing his extension to stay with the franchise on a five-year deal, now with Jalen Dern of course there's a lot happening and there was a lot happening with the big man as he was leading into this offseason with no contract signed and going down to the wire on the qualifying offer expiry date but Jalen Dern of course if you missed it signed his five-year two hundred million dollar fully guaranteed contract with the Detroit Pistons and the contract breakdown is a lot better than people expected, now of course I'm gonna get into the quotes and exactly why fans should be fired up and why Dern said exactly what we wanted to hear but with the contract breakdown forty point one million dollars in the first season this upcoming season thirty six point nine thirty eight point nine before jumping up to forty this is a contract that's going to age very well as the rising capital with of course Jalen Dern continuing to progress as a player this opens up a window especially in the twenty twenty seven to twenty twenty nine season where Jalen Dern makes sub forty million dollars open up just that much more cap flexibility for Langdon to continuing to add to this group building a contender and building this Detroit Pistons team to win a championship for the city of Detroit once again and it all starts with this core that they've built. Now of course Jalen Dern there was a lot of talk we've seen the reports coming from absolutely everyone from Mark Spears, Mark Stein all the way to Shams speaking on his discomfort with the organization but Jalen Dern shut a lot of this down and of course Shams came out to say over the weekend Dern showed up to one of the only unofficial Pistons events that occurred that was Cade Cunningham's birthday in L.A. He also met with the owner discussing the restrictive free agency how he felt about it and how he wants to move forward. Now Dern did a lot speaking on the future and what this offseason was but before we hop into that I want to give a huge shout out to the sponsor of the video today which is Kelshi. On Kelshi you're trading directly against other users and not the house like the traditional sports book. You're buying yes or no contracts on the outcome across sports, politics and even the weather. 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Now of course this was a very long stretched out and probably way too long stretched out contract negotiations between Jalen Dern and Langdon as both sides continue to try to figure this out and hammer away at the contract which thankfully of course ended up in that five-year $200 million guaranteed contract. But with him and the biggest thing I've taken away from this is Jalen Dern truly loves the city. He bashed the media a bit, which of course a bit of blame on myself as well, but just continuing on with the reports we've seen, I've always seen myself finishing my career here and leaving a legacy in Detroit. I love that line. With that being said, I was introduced to the business side of the game. Now of course Jalen Dern in the regular season was one of the most dominant players in recent history when it came to his field goal percentage. What he brought to the court going out for an incredible season of 19.5, 10.5 points shooting 68.8% sure shooting. Again, I continuously fall back. There were legitimately tweets and stats coming up on Jalen Dern going out to say this was the last time someone did it since Will Chamberlain. This player was incredible in the regular season and then you got into the playoffs, you struggled versus the Orlando Magic against the Cavs. But again, 22 years old, wanting to build a legacy with this team, inking the contract to stay for five more seasons. Jalen Dern is well along the way, especially with the progression that we've seen with him season after season. What he truly built since coming to Detroit, coming in in the rookie season, putting up nine and nine all the way to three years later, 19.5 and 10.5. Jalen Dern is truly an all-star and again, All-NBA player just last season, but he continued on speaking on different situations that he has dealt with. Nothing came from me. Everything that was being heard was speculation. That was part of the media's job. I don't fault anyone for that. I do know a lot of things are false and people believe things without it coming from the source's mouth. Again, we've seen a lot of reports that came out all off-season. There were so many that I covered and again, we've seen ones coming from Mark Spears that he felt disrespected by the Pistons negotiation. But Jalen Dern completely cut off all this and went out to say that it was mostly all speculation and again, putting everything behind him. What we've seen out of him and the biggest pull away in my opinion and the media's opinion is that it was very genuine statements from Jalen Dern. Seems like he learned a lot from the process and happy to move forward. All the way to fans and media members saying that leaving the facility, Jalen Dern said all the right things. This is a big man that continues to grow. Again, adding a lot to the organization, losing quite a bit as well. He spoke on Tobias Harris and Isaiah Stewart to go out and say, those guys have been like brothers to me and was like a big brother. Sad to see those guys go, but happy with the direction we're moving in and again, looking at the direction and the way this team is growing. Yes, Langdon didn't get a big name, but you brought Jalen Dern back. You brought some key players within this organization back. From Javante Green, Paul Reed getting that extension, or not extension, but the guaranteed contract and even adding shooting in John Collins, Isaiah Joe bringing Kevin Herter back, Thorin Prince. This is the team that is truly one of the deepest in the NBA and Jalen Dern, of course, knows this. Fans, I want to know your thoughts on this entire offseason. What is your thoughts on Jalen Dern's extension? His quotes, again, incredible and A-plus coming from me. And again, with the Pistons, we're getting pre-season action coming up on October 5th, which is tomorrow, against the Phoenix Suns. What is the biggest standout you think will be in this game? Who do you think is going to shine? Let me know all your thoughts down in the comments, because again, I love reading through each and every one of them. I've been NoseMarked by Take Care Pistons fans. I hope you guys enjoyed this. If you made it this far, hit that free subscribe button. There's going to be so much news coming out, and go Detroit basketball.