Jalen Duren, the youngest player in the NBA and promising center for the Detroit Pistons, will miss this weekend’s Jordan Rising Stars game because of injury. It was clear throughout the Pistons’ 127-109 loss to the Boston Celtics on Wednesday that Duren was much less than 100%.
He’d already battled ankle injuries in the past couple weeks, and at one point he seemed to injure his other ankle as well and sat out for extended period before returning. Duren is averaging 8.6 points, 8.7 rebounds and shooting 65% from the field so far during his rookie season.