Cade Cunningham Rumors

Question for all the rookies: what players do you model your game after, and what players do you think you are similar to in terms of play styles on both ends? Dylan Harper: All the big guards that resemble the same size as me. I'd say Shai, Cade Cunningham, James Harden, Luka Dončić. We are all around the same height. Just how they control the game, the pace. How they can score and a little bit of everything. On advice I have for a lefty is to work on your right hand too, because a lot of teams are going to force you to go right, even though you're a lefty.

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Grant Hill feels the Pistons can take it even a step further entering next season now that the young core has some playoff experience. “J.B. Bickerstaff, the job that he did, Trajan Langdon the general manager, some of the free agents they brought in last summer and then the young players, Cade Cunningham establishing himself as an All Star," says Hill. "It's just a remarkable season. They took a big step last year. I think they have a chance to take another step."

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If voters want to ensure they keep their ballot they should probably take a page out of Jason Beede’s book. Beede, an Orlando Magic beat reporter, was this year’s least contrarian voter. None of Beede’s votes strayed too far from consensus. His least conventional decision was moving LeBron James and Steph Curry to Third Team All-NBA and Karl-Anthony Towns and Cade Cunningham to Second Team. Not exactly controversial stuff.

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NBA Communications: The 2024-25 Kia All-NBA Third Team: ▪️ Cade Cunningham of @DetroitPistons ▪️ Tyrese Haliburton of @Pacers ▪️ James Harden of @LAClippers ▪️ Karl-Anthony Towns of @nyknicks ▪️ Jalen Williams of @okcthunder

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Keith Smith: Cade Cunningham will see his rookie scale extension jump from 25% of to 30% of the cap by virtue of making the All-NBA Third Team: 25-26: $46.4M 26-27: $50.1M 27-28: $53.8M 28-29: $57.5M 29-30: $61.2M Total: five years, $269.1M

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Bobby Marks: Cunningham joins Evan Mobley in earning an extra $45M. Mobley met the criteria when he won Defensive Player of the Year.

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Detroit seems unlikely. Coach JB Bickerstaff’s defense-first play style doesn’t suit Jerome’s game and the Pistons are widely expected to prioritize free agent Malik Beasley. One source close to Ty Jerome viewed Detroit as a “longshot” — even though the Pistons need a steady backup behind All-Star Cade Cunningham.

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More than four dozen players were nominated by PBWA members. Twenty-five finalists were selected by a PBWA subcommittee to create the official ballot, which was voted on by the entire membership. Players received two points for every first-team vote and one point for every second-team vote. The other 15 finalists, in alphabetical order, were: Paolo Banchero (Orlando Magic), Cade Cunningham (Detroit Pistons), DeMar DeRozan (Sacramento Kings), Donte DiVincenzo (Minnesota Timberwolves), Anthony Edwards (Minnesota Timberwolves), Rudy Gobert (Minnesota Timberwolves), Al Horford (Boston Celtics), Kyrie Irving (Dallas Mavericks), C.J. McCollum (New Orleans Pelicans), Tyrese Maxey (Philadelphia 76ers), Georges Niang (Cleveland Cavaliers/Atlanta Hawks), Kristaps Porzingis (Boston Celtics), Austin Reaves (Los Angeles Lakers), Fred VanVleet (Houston Rockets) and Victor Wembanyama (San Antonio Spurs).

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Omari Sankofa II: Trajan Langdon on Cade Cunningham: "He had an incredible year. Stats wise he was fantastic, he got better, but … he hadn’t driven winning and he was the driver of winning for us this year. That’s the biggest and hardest step to take, turning your stats into being meaningful and driving winning."

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Bridges kept contact more throughout the six Pistons games than he did at any point during the regular season. He guarded Cunningham on 85 half-court possessions throughout the series, according to Second Spectrum. The point guard shot just 6 of 19 on those plays. The 28-year-old wing, who the Knicks traded for in July, “for sure” agrees that he’s played his best defense of the season over the past six games. The uptick comes at a time when the team needs it.

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Cade Cunningham put together an impressive playoff debut. He joined Luka Doncic (2020) and Oscar Robertson (1962) as the only players to average 25 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists in their first playoff series in NBA history, per ESPN Research. He said he was most proud of the jump he made in leading the team as a facilitator and teammate. "We proved to ourselves that what we have in the room works and can be very successful in the NBA," he said. "I think at the same time, we proved that to the rest of the league as well that when they come play Detroit, it's going to be a dogfight and you're going to have to come play the whole 48 and if you get up early on, we're going to find our way back into the game and give ourselves a shot to win every night. So I think that's the thing that the whole league has taken notice, too, and just the belief in the locker room has grown a ton."

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Fred Katz: FINAL: Knicks 116, Pistons 113. Knicks win the series, 4-2. • Brunson 40-4-7, GW shot with 4.3 seconds to go • Bridges 25-4-3 • Anunoby 22 & 5 • Hart 13-10-4 • Cunningham 23-7-8 Knicks move on to play Boston in the second round.

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For the most part, the Knicks have been able to minimize Jalen Brunson’s weaknesses on defense by having him camp out Detroit’s least dynamic players. So far, that’s meant matching up with Tim Hardaway Jr. and, to a lesser extent, Malik Beasley. But at the end of Game 5, Brunson rolled his ankle. I’ll be watching Game 6 to see if Pistons head coach J.B. Bickerstaff targets Brunson by ramping up Hardaway’s role as a screener or by replacing him with someone who will make Brunson move his feet on defense. A lineup of Cade Cunningham, Dennis Schroder, Ausar Thompson, Tobias Harris, and Jalen Duren lacks shooting, but it would force Brunson to either guard the ball (Schroder) or box out someone much bigger than him (Thompson). Either way, it could work in Detroit’s favor.

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