Duren accepts 5-year, $200M deal as lengthy standoff with Pistons ends

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  Jamal CollierOct 1, 2026, 10:39 PM ET

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All-NBA center Jalen Duren has agreed to a five-year, $200 million fully guaranteed contract to return to the Detroit Pistons, agent Chafie Fields of THE•TEAM told ESPN's Shams Charania on Thursday night.

The agreement ends a four-month contract standoff between the sides that spanned throughout the summer and continued into the start of training camp this week.

Duren, a restricted free agent, remained unsigned at the beginning of camp, skipping media day and sitting out the first practices of the year after he did not initially accept a five-year, $200 million fully guaranteed contract offer from the team.

But he ultimately accepted the standing Pistons proposal. He had until 11.59 p.m. ET on Thursday to accept a one-year, $9.6 million qualifying offer, which would make him an unrestricted free agent next summer, but such a deal would be unprecedented for a player of his caliber.