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Detroit Pistons Celebrate Cade Cunningham With Dedicated Post

Cade Cunningham landed love from his team after getting named All-NBA.
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Mar 19, 2025; Miami, Florida, USA; Detroit Pistons guard Cade Cunningham (2) celebrates with center Jalen Duren (0) after the game against the Miami Heat at Kaseya Center. Mandatory Credit: Sam Navarro-Imagn Images
Mar 19, 2025; Miami, Florida, USA; Detroit Pistons guard Cade Cunningham (2) celebrates with center Jalen Duren (0) after the game against the Miami Heat at Kaseya Center. Mandatory Credit: Sam Navarro-Imagn Images | Sam Navarro-Imagn Images

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It feels good for the Detroit Pistons to see their biggest investment from last summer pay off.

On Friday night, the NBA announced the All-NBA teams, which included the Pistons guard, Cade Cunningham. The one-time NBA All-Star received the most votes for everybody in the third-team group.

Shortly after the Pistons found out about Cunningham’s accomplishment, they took to social media to dedicate a post to the young star player.

via @DetroitPistons: Cade Cunningham has been named All-NBA Third Team for the first time in his career. #DetroitBasketball

Last year, Cunningham appeared in 62 games for the Pistons. He had a solid season, averaging 23 points, four rebounds, and eight assists. While it was a decent personal run, the Pistons’ overall struggles caused Cunningham’s campaign to be overlooked.

As the Pistons tripled their win total after going just 14-68 last year, Cunningham’s step forward did not go unnoticed this time around. He posted averages of 23 points, four rebounds, and eight assists.

Cunningham landed six votes for the first team. Most of his votes were for the second team, where he landed 50 for a total of 150. For third team, Cunningham acquired 43 points. With 223 total, he placed just above Karl Anthony-Towns, Tyrese Haliburton, Jalen Williams, and James Harden.

For the second team, the NBA announced that group is made up of Jalen Brunson, Evan Mobley, Steph Curry, LeBron James, and Anthony Edwards. The first team includes Donovan Mitchell, Jayson Tatum, Nikola Jokic, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, and Giannis Antetokounmpo.

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Justin Grasso was a credentialed writer and publisher covering the Philadelphia 76ers for Sports Illustrated’s 76ers On SI Network. Grasso got his start in sports media in 2016 with FantasyPros, working the news desk, providing game-by-game player analysis and updates on the Portland Trail Blazers and the Golden State Warriors. By 2017, he joined FanSided’s Philadelphia Eagles site as a staff writer. After spending one season covering the Eagles as a staff writer, Grasso was promoted to become the site’s Co-Editor. For the next two NFL seasons, he covered the Eagles closely before broadening his NFL coverage. For a brief stint, Grasso covered the NFL on a national basis after joining Heavy.com as an NFL news desk writer. In 2019, Grasso joined the 76ers' beat on a part-time basis, stepping into a role with South Jersey’s 97.3 ESPN. Ahead of the 2019-2020 NBA season, he concluded a three-year stint covering the Eagles and joined the Sixers beat full-time. Grasso has covered the 76ers exclusively since then for Sports Illustrated. He is a member of the Pro Basketball Writers Association. Twitter: @JGrasso_ Instagram: @JGrassoMedia

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