DOMINANCE: Jalen Duren’s Scoring and Efficiency LIFTS Detroit Pistons Over Raptors
Detroit Pistons dominate Toronto Raptors behind Jalen Duren’s near-flawless efficiency, racking up their 55th win—something fans haven’t seen since 2008. Is this one of the greatest turnarounds in recent NBA memory, and can Detroit push for 60 wins?
Ku Khahil spotlights Duren’s All-NBA level surge, the relentless scoring and rebounding, and how the Pistons’ depth—from Duncan Robinson’s lethal shooting to Tobias Harris and Paul Reed’s steady contributions—keeps them winning no matter who suits up. Key discussions include the Pistons clinching the Central Division, overcoming Cade Cunningham’s absence, and how players like Ausar Thompson and Kevin Huerter step up in critical moments. The show reflects on Detroit’s rapid rise from rock bottom to conference dominance, celebrating milestones and asking: How far can this revitalized squad go in the playoffs?
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21 Comments
If Cade comes back to at the start of playoffs and we win the title. This would be one of the craziest championships in professional sports history. The 30/30 would be historic
"I am your host Ku Khahil" 🗣🗣🗣🗣
Bickerstaff knows Ball !! Kaboom
JD has for sure stepped up big time, I definitely wasn't expecting him to be MORE impactful without Cade facilitating for him
I thought Duren's passing was great. Even with the 30 points it seemed early on like he was looking to pass if it was available. As far as the last segment, I've been preaching about how much fun this team is to watch since last season. This time will have a lot of fun memories to look back on for both old and young fans.
Duren has been incredible since the ASG. He's a legit star. Top 20 player. Jokic and Wemby are better, but no other big man else is clearly better than him.
Great job as always. Id like to see Javonte Green get the props he deserves. No one expected him to be this efficient with 3pt shooting on top of it
Can we stop going after Trajan now? The dude has just been really solid. Hit on Daniss, Made the Ivey trade which actually was good, Drafted Ron, Signed Javonte and Paul reed to very good contracts, Signed Malik, Tobias, and Duncan. The dude is legit and our depth is very much thanks to him.
defense got me believing, damn team construction, LETS GOOO🙌
I thought huerter has been playing well
just checking in to say its great to see you covering this years team, some of us remember the "dark times" 🙂 and the black hoody 🙂 lol #gopistons
I know what you mean about the Stons being penalized by cap space if both Cade and Duren are being paid All NBA bonuses. I don't think the rules will change because it's the NBA's way of securing parity. Look at how the Celtics had to dismantle their team after Tatum and Brown. They shipped out Porzingis and Holiday and have been very successful because their depth in White, Pritchard and their no name bigs have stepped up this season. The Stons will be looking at a similar situation in a few years where we have Cade and Duren and hopefully Ausar locked up long term.
Also, along with clinching the Central, we've clinched a top 2 seed as the Knicks can't catch us. So we won't see the Celtics until the ECF if both teams make it that far.
Ku would come on here talking abt Frank Jackson being our great 2-way find! Now we talking abt daniss Jenkins who started the season on a 2-way helping us close games as the one seed!! This team has come a long way!!!
JD be putting up video game numbers…
The 2 year improvement is a complete indictment of Monty. His abuse of the roster was criminal. That should have been an incremental growth year with in or near the playoffs-in instead of the bottom of the NBA.
great job bro! great video,shotout from Spain! lesgo PISTONSSSS ❤💙
The only Detroit team giving us hope right now 🙏 Red Wings are braindead, so much talent but seemingly nobody but a handful of players hate losing. Full Grand Rapids squad that can be called up for valuable NHL minutes, that arent.
Tigers are Tigers, No hitting, above average pitching by starters, except JV. Mize just pitched a Clinic for the bullpen to give it up in the 8th. Verlander is looking like his last season ready for retirement mode, hoping he can kick it up another gear or 2 like he did last year.
Lions are the Lions, well see this season. We have a significantly easier schedule, but our roster is remarkably worse with zero major additions to replace whats been lost or fix the glaring issues that were present the prior 2 seasons.
With one more win, they will have quadrupled their win total from two seasons ago, how rare is that??
Didn't even know divisions still existed. 😂
Craziest part of this season is that they became the one seed on November 7th and didnt lose it once
Cade going down could be the best thing for the pistons. They are getting back to their identity. When Cade comes back they will be playing their best ball of the season. Biggest concerns that people had before Cades injury were 3 point shooting and a second player that can create for himself and for the team. 3 point shooting the last 13 games is at 40% which would be near the top of the league. Daniss is proving to be a guy that can create his own offense for himself and for the team. Goodness the team went 10 deep without 5 of their 6 best players against OKC and almost won. This shows how deep the team is and how much EVERYONE has bought into the identity of the team. Rare and incredibly fun to watch.