The Pistons have signed No. 13 overall pick Jalen Duren to his rookie contract, the team announced today (via Twitter). The move comes less than 24 hours after Detroit officially completed its draft-night trade with New York to acquire Duren’s rights.
Duren averaged 12.0 PPG, 8.1 RPG, and 2.1 BPG in 29 games (25.3 MPG) during his first and only college season at Memphis, earning AAC Freshman of the Year honors and making the All-AAC First Team.
As our rookie salary chart shows, Duren is set to earn $4.12MM as a rookie and would make $19.47MM over the course of his four-year deal, assuming he received the maximum allowable 120% of the rookie scale, which virtually every first-rounder does.
Twenty-three of this year’s 30 first-round picks have now officially signed their rookie contracts, including Duren and his new Pistons teammate Jaden Ivey.
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