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Cade Cunningham★

Detroit Pistons · PG · age 24 · All-Star

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Elite rim protector & playmaker

DET

Detroit Pistons

Eastern · Central · proj. 34–48

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All-NBA First TeamAn All-Star

Detroit's franchise cornerstone and a first-team All-NBA point guard who finished fifth in MVP voting. He's a 6-foot-6 maestro who poured in 23.9 a night and ran the offense at an elite level — 9.9 assists with playmaking and perimeter defense both grading in the 85th-plus percentile. The trade-off is the turnovers (ball security in the 20th percentile) and a jumper that's still just average at 34% from deep.

23.9

PPG

5.5

RPG

9.9

APG

1.4

SPG

0.8

BPG

GP 64MPG 33.9FG% 46.13P% 34.2FT% 81.2TS% 56.4USG% 30.5PER 21.6BPM +6.3VORP 4.6EPM +3.9

2025-26 regular season

NBA player ratings

0–99 · 2025-26 form

Rim protection97

Playmaking92

Rebounding92

Perimeter defense90

Scoring84

Shooting73

Inside finishing72

Skill ratings are 2025-26 per-game and advanced stats (Basketball-Reference) ranked 0–99 within position (guards vs guards, bigs vs bigs). Overall is anchored to EPM impact on a non-linear curve, nudged by these skills; Offense and Defense come from box plus-minus. A player who missed the latest season is shown from his most recent one.

Trajectory

2023-24 → 2025-26 · age 22 → 24

▲Rising

Cade, at 24, is on a clear upward trajectory — 3.4 → 9.7 wins of value over the window.

Age curve▲ Ahead of curve

Developing faster than a typical player his age.

2026-27 proj.▲ 10.6 (+0.9)

Momentum and age both point up — more growth likely at 25. Range 8.9–12.3 wins.

Production (BPM)+0.3 → +6.3+6.0

His per-possession game has clearly sharpened.

Value to team (wins)3.4 → 9.7+6.3

He's worth more wins to a team than he was.

Contract value (surplus)−$35.8M → −$9.2M+$26.6M

He's above his on-court value — and growing into the deal.

Current deal: $50,105,628 cap hit · through '30. Contract-value surplus estimates the open-market worth of his play against this salary (held constant — historical cap hits aren't tracked).

Trajectory from Basketball-Reference season lines (2023-24 → 2025-26). Production = box plus-minus; value = VORP-derived win value (same scale as the win model); contract surplus = estimated market value of that play minus salary.

2026-27 cap $50,105,628Contract GuaranteedThrough '30