Eastern Notes: Duren, Essengue, Suggs, Sweeney

By Rory Maher | at August 30, 2026 9:30 am The Pistons continue to show zero interest in sign-and-trade scenarios involving restricted free agent center Jalen Duren, ESPN’s Tim MacMahon said on the Hoop Collective podcast (YouTube link). The third-team All-NBA big man is the lone RFA left on the market after the Clippers withdrew their qualifying offer to Bennedict Mathurin, who will sign a two-year deal with New Orleans. “The one restricted free agency situation that remains unresolved is Jalen Duren, who the Pistons absolutely, positively, 100 percent intend to keep, and made it clear to anybody pursuing him…