Cade Cunningham Rumors

Ausar Thompson on Cade Cunningham: “I think he’s like 6’8”, 6’7”, 6’8”—I don’t know. He is so strong. That’s what people don’t understand. I’ll never forget—we played ones with him before last year. He posted me up from the three-point line all the way under the basket. I fouled him. Then he went and did the same thing. It’s like—if you stop him getting to the basket, and if you stop him with his face forward—he could just get to something else. He has so many things he could do. You really have to study him and learn every way to stop him.”

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So give us a bit of a behind the scenes look if you can. What's the rating system like? How do you guys go about putting together ratings? Ronnie 2K: Yeah, there's 30 some-odd mini ratings and mini attributes that get cooked into a formula, and it's based purely on performance on the court. In some cases, it's based on, like the young guys, right? We don't have a ton of sample information of them playing against other NBA people. So their's can kind of dramatically increase or decrease based on performance as you would expect and then the people that have been in the league for 10 or 15 years. It's a little bit more sticky, right? Like they're rating is kind of what you would expect. LeBron and Steph. I think they're both down one point from last year. People like Giannis and Jokic have stayed about the same. You would expect that, but like somebody like Cade Cunningham, whose in year three or four and missed a good chunk of the early parts in his career just jumped up six points. [Victor Wembanyama] hen we jumped up six points, so there's a lot of people that are going to grow.

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“He apparently thinks he’s at the Cade Cunningham-Scottie Barnes level, where he should get that type of contract,” one league source said of Kuminga. “… It’s really a quandary. I think it’s bad for the Warriors and bad for him.”

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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."

Responsible Gaming

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: The impact of All-NBA

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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.

Cleveland Plain Dealer

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).

Pro Basketball Writers

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.

New York Times