Columnist JensenOffCampus visited the University of Memphis to see a former Roman Catholic High School big man who is now playing for Penny Hardaway and the Tigers.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — If you dropped into all this cold, hadn’t seen or heard how the season had been going for the University of Memphis, only knew that Jalen Duren, basketball prodigy, was supposed to help take this city on a ride … Here it was. Duren done for the evening, raising his arms, asking the FedEx Forum crowd for more, the crowd happily obliging.
Penny Hardaway had the whole country watching all this. Never mind that Memphis had been an NIT team in 2020-21. Watch for liftoff …A theory: If it had just been Duren showing up, it might have been fine from the start. It’s sort of like when two celebrities start dating. Doesn’t matter who they are, paparazzi show up. The basketball version of that, right here. Two stars turn a recruiting development into a happening.
Each big move Duren has made, each step of his progression, has indicated his ambition, his unwillingness to settle for being best on his block. His family had moved from Sharon Hill in Delaware County to Delaware and Duren could have found the best local competition … Instead, he went to Roman. His mom worked in the city, so she could get him to Broad and Vine in the morning.
That’s the thing, the NBA rookie contract is capped. You’re going to make that level of money whenever you get to the league. But if you’re good enough to be a longtime pro, you’re adding money on later, larger contracts. Since he’s 18, that will happen, the scout then said. “Has to make some shots,” and improve his free-throw shooting, which is at 56.5%. “Does pass it a little, which is encouraging. His ultimate value may be rebounding, defending, blocking shots.
The first time you saw Duren, you probably widened your eyes. Burt and Team Final head honcho Rob Brown did, Burt said, at a tournament in Reading, Duren in seventh grade. If they could get him to play for them, they told each other, he could be the best Team Final kid ever.
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