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Jalen Duren is the MOST POWERFUL DUNKER in the NBA! | 2024-25 Dunk Tape



Jalen Duren is the MOST POWERFUL DUNKER in the NBA! | 2024-25 Dunk Tape

Tobias hands it off to Jaylen Duran for a jam. Hey, a moment ago it was the other way around. It was Kade to the lane. Lobs to Duran for a dunk. Beautiful. 90 to 85 Piston League inside for Jaylen Duran and a jam. Wow. How quickly did Jay Knight had an opportunity to shoot it or get transition basket stumbles gets it off to Duran. Dur the shot clock with a dunk. Pokes it free. Ivy ahead to Jaylen Durham with a step and a dunk. Say that again. Tough beat in this game. Hardway shot no good. Duran on the offensive glass and another stick back. Duran got the mismatch. Kept the dribble alive and another dunk. Got three dunks for Jaylen Durham. He’s getting it at point blank range, but can’t be trading twos for threes. Cunningham lob. Jaylen Durham with another flush. Well, Piston’s not going quietly into the night. They got it down to 12. Special K dumps it off underneath. Got to get it out and he does. Jaylen Darren with another dunk. Now that was a good play by you got to play him tight. Wow, what a perfect pass by Kate Cunningham and a crushing finish for the 20 ball. Hunter hammers it down. Jaylen Duran with eight points. The Pistons have come all the way back. Vicker staff to the basket goes paid. Somebody gets a hand on it, but Jaylen Duran gets it back and jams it. Hey, as long as there’s no whistle, Jaylen Dur gets the opportunity to to get that off. Here’s Duran again using his size. It’s just a really tough match up for Finny Smith. It is. And we’ll see how much that’s on my list. Ivy lobbing it up. Dur comes down and finishes. It We’re talking about running. That’s comes Harris. Harris unable to finish. Duran 10 and the lead has been shaved down to two. Ivy dumps it down. Dur twisting and finishing. [Applause] Seeking a whistle there. Detroit with numbers the other way and Duran flushes it down. It we’ve kind of seen the same things over and over again the half. Kate into the corner. Ron Holland for three. In and out. Jaylen Dur follows with a flush. Didn’t want to disappoint you. And he got there on the subway. That’s amazing. to the New York City. Gives it up to Jaylen Dur. Now Kade takes a hand off. Lobs it to Jaylen for a jam. What a play. First to Kade in the middle of the floor. Lobs to Jaylen for a jam. Beautiful. And again, think about it folks. Get it up quickly. M. Ball tapped around. Controlled by Jaylen Duran with a jam. Good has a quick pass that time by Jay Kn. They back off. Lob it inside. Jaylen Dur with the jam. What an out- of- bounds play. Point attempt. Just want to He got blocked, but Dur. That’s not his first two-point attempt of the season. David Dur, I mean, it’s not his forever. He time. Good job, Toran. Concentrating all the way through. Oh my goodness. Play for the answer. Tied at 108. This dude has a Did they went out and they got some veterans? Oh, too many from that corner. Last six games shooting 55% from three and another 82%. Yeah, they are in the right spots. He also noted that his leadership extends to the offensive side of the ballroom. had to be a connector for the some minations of some veterans in there as you see Jaylen Durn on the offensive window. That’s another thing Sar has to pick and Scott graduated from Thomas A. Edison High School in Alexandria, Virginia. Jaden Ivy making it 13. Dur watch ahead. Watch ahead. Did he just switch that hand? Yes, he did from the right hand to the left. Fires in and out. Jaylen Durren for it back up and flushes. Nice to see Jay uh J uh Jaylen Dur. Kade will drive it. Lobs it for Jaylen Duran for a jam. The two hand slam gives Jaylen. Lobs it deep to Jaylen Duran. Nice catch and finish for Jaylen. Happy birthday Jay from the floor. And here goes Jaden Ivy to the basket. Missed it. flushed on the foul by Jaylen Duran. 114 to 105. And even more makeable now Barnes with a miss for the Raptors. Pistons lob it to Jaylen Duran for a Grizzy’s seven more shot attempts [Applause] and Jiren took great looks. A great look start to go down Beasley [Music] Beasley. The difference got a back screen coming out of that timeout. But you’ve got somebody with size guarding Cunningham cuz they they Duran catches and they’ve got 23 points off Indiana turnovers. And with 340 to play, the lead is seven. And Duran dunks it home. And they steal the inbounds pass. Duran dunks it. [Applause] You and his you and he struck up a nice accord. I’d like to hear him explain his sound. He’s Roger JD in a jam. Down went Damen Lillard. Don’t look now, but the Pistons have scored six in a row. And discuss defense a lot. Knicks defense. This is one of the the poorest defensive first halfs of the season. Yeah, this is uh this was the runner from Ivy. That won’t go, but Duran throws it down. Last year after 24 games, they were two and 22. Asserting himself now. Oh, Duran comes crashing in and throws it down. and Tom Pibino falls to uh to be just to be in the the presence of all these greats to be around Steve again is uh a tremendous honor and I really appreciate the Knicks for even putting him this time. Oh, and Duran gets away and throws it down and Nick’s down double figures again after they fought the Knicks off. Duran goes in a true one for the steel and Duran with 12 tied to Pontekio. Deone will drive and scoop is wide. Jaylen Der follows with a flood. Stepping in the shot, missed it. Jaylen board fors it and flushes it. A dynamite dump. Oh, five including three for three from behind the long line. They’re up 17 to nine. This is wear them out inside. A lob to Jaylen Durham for a jam. Sar Thompson to the basket. Miss it. Flushed on the follow though by Jaylen Duran. That’s because Osar took it to six late in the first half from the corner. An air ball from the Sar Thompson jammed on the foul by Jaylen Duran. Jaylen Dur cashing in on Sar Thompson’s misses. Markin and Keonte George seem to have collided. Bypass Isaiah Thomas for most assists in the season. There it is. The Alute now to Jaylen Duran. Man, these Pistons, I’m telling you. Tobias Harris, the veteran inside. Another stuff. Going to have to put a body on Jaylen Duran. And then tipped away from Nerkach. It was Ivy setting up Duran. Hustle by Jaden Ivy. And the Suns turn it over in the back court. Another lob feed and another dunk for Duran. I mean, just the Suns have carried the Turner. Ivy offensive rebound. No look feed to Duran for his fifth dunk of the night. You know, one of the things he did bump knees. Kate Cunningham. A creative assist to Duran for dunk number six. Do you get him with really focusing and calling for him because you don’t want to in this offense for Mike Brown trying to put skates on trying to beat him at the top but second you know I’m wondering if he’s also see off the miss by So Dur connects nice with 16 to 12 as Duran is away. They got two guys back. Joker’s trying ahead to Kade. No looks at Jaylen Duran jams and the Pistons now lead him 17 to five. They’re doing everything well off. Tim Hardaway Jr. from the wing for three. Oh, a followup flush by Jaylen Durren. Wow. He had his hand up in the stratosphere and then Kade will drive it. Lays it off for Jaylen Duran. And another Jaylen jam. 57 to 40. I’m locked in right here, guys. And there’s a nice lob and a locked in jam for Jaylen Dur up the floor. Nearly picked off, but Jaden Ivy sets up a slam for Jaylen Duran who has a [Applause] inside for Jaylen Dur and a jam. He is playing well. Uh just can’t just give it to the Magic by way of turnover. There’s a lob and a jam. Yep. Cade to Jaylen Duran for the jam. Big time basket. 10393. 20. Jaylen Durham bounces to Cade. He’ll run up the hook. It won’t fall. Jaylen Dur rips the rebound away from Williams and stops. Big time play there. Trims the lead to 10. You want to get fight by Kade. Kade to Jaylen Dur. Nice dish at the end of that break. He’ll rise and fire. It rims away. One arm rebound. Jaylen Durren back up with a two hand slam. Cage flips it inside to Jaylen Duran for a jam. Danty Phillips hot. Tobias wraps it around to Jaylen Duran for a jam. Unself’s play by Tobias. Nice finish off the Blazers bin inside for Jaylen Dur. A jam. Another Kade uses that muscle to get inside. missed the hook, but Jaylen Duran jammed it back. Right around those blocks and a steal. Duran, get out of the way. Duran rocks the rim. That by Jackson Davis, but keeps it all the way down the lane for a dunk. How about that? And that rattled the rim. Two to one Toronto. Lob deep to Durham for a dunk. Perfect pass by the Piston star Kate Kadmpson. Sees a little daylight. lobs it to Jaylen Durham for a jam because had he tried to go all the way with it Thompson glass drives through the lane bounces in front and Jaylen Durham slams it down. He slammed it so hard Georgia hit the floor and went out of they had to find the basketball to take on away inside. Thompson misses the layup but Duran right there. Duran averaging nine points. Oh Sasher drives goes inside pass to Duran. Nicks got caught napping there watching and Duran stuck behind him. That’s a tantalizing miss trying to keep up with him. Kade lobs it. Jaylen Duran jams it as a team. They’re five out of eight from behind the long line. Kade down the lane. No. Flushed on the foul by Jaylen Duran. Kade crosscourt to Assar. A long three. Won’t go through. Jaylen Duran with a rebound back up and collect it. He made sure, didn’t he? He had to work hard for it too by Hardway Jr. to Assar Thompson. Kade cuts to the basket and nice dish inside to Jaylen Duran for a dunk. [Applause] [Music] Tobias deep to Duran for a reverse dump. 8671 the P. K to the basket. Missed on the reverse, but there’s Jaylen to jam it. 1059. Kayla Dur works against Richards to the basket and he has seven and the Pistons lead by four. Beasley gets to the baseline, drops it off nicely for Jaylen Duran and a row. Cunningham Duran dunks it back and Eay will call a timeout. Good energy. You got to finish those possessions because what’s happening, somebody’s got to stop Jaylen Dur cuz he has dominated Thompson. High off the glass served at the pass to Dur and dunked it back on the weak side. That’s why you want to stay in front of the ball. Get a little little momentum going. Wow to Duran. Pass by Cunningham. He demands so much attention. He got Cunningham. Oh, off the glass. Humiliating dunk. to watch Duran come in and clean house. And here’s what the Hawks looks hooks it up top and my goodness, what a windmill jammed by Jaylen Duran. Dur Dur went to the top of the backboard for and Duran gets the duck to end it. [Applause] Fades away jump stuffed in by Duran. Jayen Durren. He had seven dunks. Pops to Duran. He dunks it in. During breaks free off the screener [Applause] big one-handed jam. Good heavens. Jaylen Dur of Notre Dame. And the rest is history. Cunningham. They’ll find Duran. Duran ducks. So AC was picked by a team that won 15 games. Forced court to take a tough shot. Cunningham spins and misses. Duran inside dunks. Gloss has been at the Cavs all as these teams start the second half the way they started the ball game. Cunningham looks upstairs and finds Jaylen Durren for the dunk to open the second half scoring. Shout out to Indiana, my second home. Chris, thanks JJ. Thanks Kelsey. That was terrific news today with Kelsey Mitchell coming back to the Indiana leads Indiana with 19. Turner has 11 and McConnell has 14. You’re going to have to make a decision. Cunningham dumps it inside. During what they started to do is put Cunningham on the left. Hey, one of the great years that anybody can have in that Western Conference cuz I’m telling you, their team you got to deal with. The lob to Jaylen Duran for a jam. Perfect. I’m sorry the shock ever left and it’s great that Tom and this group want to bring them back. I know several people part of that group. Second comes off to him. Back up. No. Flushed on the follow by Jaylen Duran. Tobias doubled on the baseline. Drops off the glass. No. Flushed on the follow by Jaylen Duran. On the jump save by Jim Hardaway Jr. A lob inside. Marcus Sasser to Jaylen away. This is with numbers. The trailers Jaylen Duran for a jam. And the Bulls will take time in on Buovich. Kind of pushed him off with a forearm and got away with it and scored it to Assar Thompson cutting to the paint. He is Kobayas missed the shot. Back up with a dump back is Jaylen Duran. Yes, is going to take away Malik Beasley behind him to Jaylen Dur for a jam. Great setup by Malik 13. [Music] Nice lob to Jaylen for a jam. He caught Buch watching. Kade gets two screens. Lobs it. Flushed by Jaylen Durham. Just keep counting the assists, folks. It’s 33 now. Hardway Jr. here comes Kade. Lodge Duran dunks. Kade was still in Kade with a pass from Jaylen Dur and a screen inside to JD for a jam. That one almost went back in again. Jaylen Dur with a rebound. K gives it back to JD for another jam. Pistons are up 4-2 on the assist. Kade down the lane. Another lob to Jaylen Dur. Another JD jam comes Kade. Hardway Jr. Nice lob to Jaylen Duran for a jam. He had a lot of dumps it deep to Duran for a dunk. Back outside to Cade. Lobs it back to JD for a jam. Man, the chemistry. Dyson Daniels lobs to Jaylen for another jam. JD was 16. They’re towing. Nice lob to Jaylen Duran. And it’s six to five. You know, ahead to Tim Hardaway Jr. Reverses. No, flushed on the follow by Jaylen Durren. This is playing so much. Lean heavily on Kate Cunningham. They get the screen to missed the shot. It’s flushed on the follow by Jaylen. He had Do you go about Uh-oh. There it is. We talked about Kate Cunningham and Duran and that pick and roll action where nice look Duran inside and one against Diabate K with a lob. JD with a jam. Jayla Duran with a rebound. Jade the fourth court for lobs to JD for a jam. And Malik Beasley drives. Puts it up. No. Slammed through by Jaylen Durham. This is poked away from Bridges. Asar Thompson behind him to Jaylen Duran for a dynamite dunk. Jaylen Duran to the basket. land this Wednesday night [Music] on target. Rebounded by Durham who seemingly always ends up with double digit rebounds against two. That’s what they do a lot of when they’re playing well offensively. Rebound off the hardway miss belongs to Thompson and he finds D. Thompson kept it alive yet again for other so quick. Now Duran underneath with the dunk. He’s done a lot of that this season. Like bully in the sandbox right there. Insult to injury at this point. Thompson kept it alive from Duran. What a play on an exclamation. Get off the ground. And there’s Dur. And it’s a 9-2 Piston start. And Mitch Johnson has to call a timeout. That is the point guard Avery Johnson and the lob is good by the Pistons. Duran goes up and gets it. That’s uh I mean that’s just great chemistry between those guys. They know Duran all the way to the rim and Mitch Johnson has not like the start to the second half. He’s got to call a timeout. We’ve been in a little bit of a down cycle. Jaylen Dur. Another lob and Jaylen Durham. Couple of and from the crowd during another dunk. So you talked about he’s shooting 65% from the field. He had a wide open shot and didn’t take it. And Duran with authority. Jaylen Duran his first bucket of the Cunningham on the lob. And nobody home on the back side to stop Jaylen Duran. Well, just a well ex back to a four-point game. Duran on the roll and Detroit Thompson ahead to Jaylen Duran for a jam. He makes sure every time when he’s around Jaylen Duran. Jaylen with a jam. Nice again. Same thing with the Clippers. You know, Kate got penetration. He drew Zubots to him. To Duran. Kate loud to Jaylen for a jam. Take it away. Jaylen Duran ahead of the pack for a stop. And a nice toss up if you’re Hardaway Jr. It wasn’t like Duran was miles ahead of the pack. Maybe a step. paid for the basketball for the Pistons inside for JD for a jam. Jaylen Duran off a feed from very emotional group of fans. They go down deep to Duran for a dunk. Seven to three Pistons. Swipe by Assar. Deep to Jaylen Dur for a dunk. Nice. Again, Assar to come rescue. Yes sir. You know his alertness lane. Ron Holland on the runs it a jam for JD. Jaylen Duran 47 to 30. Piston gives it up to Tobias. Pistons go deep to Jaylen Duran for a dunk. They are Tobias. Jaylen Dur with the jam. Assist to Tobias. Jaylen Dur. Jaylen Duran down the lane. Gets to the rim. Throws it down. Count that baby. So that’s six giveaways here in the first. Four minutes left first quarter. Have to play any defense cuz the offense is kind of self-destructing. Wide open. Came up way short and sends a ball. Runs it down. Yeah. And maybe Well, a little play on words to you, but let’s be honest. It’s those Pistons are running full of steam tonight. Little high octane by the way. 7549. Hard the the side of the rim and Son pushes the ball at his feet. Inside flip turn, fire, score. Okay. Yeah. Little energy coming back in this% from the field. Pistons at 52 during the punch inside. Too easy. Two players come together. You’re the bottom man. Fire up a pass from Draymond Green. And that’s the ability right there. Cuttingham. He runs the floor and finds Jaylen Durant. Great for Draymond. Nice finish. Is Dur who slaps it away up the floor. Here he comes. Chops. He steps and he comes. Two hand jam. Stuck his tongue out. There’s nobody there to box out. Cuttingham. Time running down and just did get rid of it. Rim high for the jam. Baskets remaining in the half. Cunningham goes to work. Crosses over, hesitates. lobs it up top and Durham shins himself with feeding hitcher Assar Thompson Klingan got a piece of that when it comes off the high glass but Duran grabs the loose ball away from Simons and comes over to screen Kamaro plays above the screen up top two man play and Cunningham couldn’t have played it any better the lob to Duran for a flush that’s vicious that that’s bias with the drive running no slam through by JD [Applause] Kade with a lob to JD for a jam. We’ve seen that before. We’ll see it again. A half a dozen for Jaylen Duran. Good screen from JD. Kab inside. A one hand grab and slam for Jaylen Dur against Keshan George. Down the lane lobs and Jaylen jams and the Pistons are up 11 to three. Malik. Malik lobs it. A flush for JD. Jaylen Duran jams. It’s a four-point Washington lead. Do go dribble by Hardway Jr. missed it. A jam back and through by Jaylen Durren. He wants them to play fast because usually when they’re a six from behind the long line K to Jaylen Duran for a one-hand jam, but it’s still a nine-point lead for the JD. got it away, but he got it back after the SAR swat and threw it down. So, it’s 9287. It’s Kade in front to Jaylen Dur. Pump fake and a jam for JD. Won’t hear as much about, but looking at the defensive stats, you’ll see him in plenty of spots. Kate sets up JD for a jam and it’s five to four. I think that’s going to be there a lot because again George K lobs it to JD for a jam and he did that George in the face of sh lobs it inside in the direction of JD makes the cat slams it that was fortunate for the Pistons cuz that ball should have been intercepted by OKC don’t have to ask him twice and easy put back long rebounds he went for it yeah he went for it Thompson good breaks and a great pass. Easy one for Duran with the points in the paint. He’s got his second bucket. The lob is a good look. He saw Duran the whole way as he Kent Cunningham attracted. There’s Beasley pocket pass. Duran underneath. He muscled it home. Literally defensive team in the league since January 1st. Hardway no goending. During on the cleanup and Detroit within one and here’s Thompson at the other end talked about his suffocating defense. During with his offense is impressive but that’s the youth that the Pistons are playing in. You know where the Pistons are going. Cunningham follow and flush by Duran and Detroit takes a one-point advantage. And let’s think about looking for another three inside position. Jaylen Duran, good rebounder, 10th, eighth in the league at over 10 a game. And here’s Simone Peko to the rim. Shot won’t fall. Jaylen Durren back up with a jam. The corner from Malik Beasley and his triple drive won’t fall. Dur bounce to Ron Howard can’t score it. Flex though by Jaylen Duran. fires. It won’t fall. One tap won’t go. JD follows with a fiery flush. Barnes with a miss from downtown. Here’s a nice lob from Tobias to Jaylen Duran for a jam. Tried to score off the high glass and couldn’t. Tobias the four court lobs to JD for a jam. Him or playing the Cavaliers. 98 Cleveland Beasley down deep for a dunk to Jaylen Duran. It’s in the hands of Shrew. Threeon one and the flush plus the foul. Jaylen, that’s why little fake pass to the corner. A wide open loss. And if you see Duran right down the paint where he’s second in the NBA and battle getting into him here. Duran right to the iron with a power slam. He’s got 11. Intruder looks on the inside and Duran with a slam dunk. He’s got 13. Mo was trying to go for that. They can’t call every foul and a slam dunk. During just a power move consistently on the inside. He’s got his fourth straight double double. Five of the You really got to watch your ball around these guys. During right to the iron. I’m going to tell you, I’m about to jump out here, take my shoes off, and go foul. I’m not going to keep allowing this guy to get all these slam dunks. Jim Hardway finds some space inside the JD for a jam. Maybe Vickers wants his team to rush it up. Assar does. Misses off glass, but there’s JD with a jam follow and the Pistons are up four zip. Shua 68 and 240. Jaylen Durren down the lane. Another Dynamite Duran dunk. He has a half a dozen in and out. JD with a rebound. He’s going back up and flushing it. That’s big time. That’s huge. That’s nasty. No. Looks it inside for Cade in front for JD and a jam. 6460 his lead. Kade inside finds a Sar Thompson too hard on the shot but jammed back and in by Jon slugfest with the New York player Harris won’t go but Duran right there on the follow his first points and they’re just gets away from Anobi alley up to Durham perfect pass and this is the largest lead of the game for the 2008 Eight. Hardway can’t finish it. During the offensive rebound, major slam for Dur Pistons. Cunningham floats it to the rim. The number one alleyoop combo in the NBA. Works again. Cunningham to Duran for the Cunningham gets the screen. Gets it off Duran. It’s a two-point game. Timeout. Down his fourth. Cunningham to Duran. been running that all second half long. Look, I’m giving Kade all the credit because Oh, clear look by Hardway. Three slammed in by Turan. [Applause] Sets spins off Brunson feeds inside. Duran is there. Four-point game half minute. Couple of careless turnovers by the Pistons early in this game. Another offensive rebound by Duran. That time he slams. Gets another there. Cunningham inside for Duran. And Hart is down. 235 to play. Cunningham drives in, towns the block, but Duran is there for the loose change. and two possessions in a

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3 Comments

  1. (+30 Year LA Lakers Fan)
    I've been waiting for this one! Great video, as always, but I low-key want the Lakers to trade for Duran if he is available!

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