Pessimism had been in order in Michigan for a month and the fears were finally confirmed overnight: Cade Cunningham won’t play with them again Pistons in 2022/23.
Affected in the left tibia since mid-November, and more generally since his rookie season, the first choice of the 2021 Draft decided to have surgery so as not to be embarrassed any longer. A choice that is both thoughtful and prudent, but above all inevitable, because her period of rest taken for a month has not made her persistent pain disappear.
Consequently, Cade Cunningham (19.9 points, 6.2 rebounds and 6.0 assists on average this season) will not return to the courts until the fall of 2023, when the training camp. He thus lets Killian Hayes take care of the lead in Detroit, while the Pistons are heading towards another difficult year in terms of results (not to say another year placed under the sign of the tanking).
Note that this absence will have an impact on us, French, because the poster of the “NBA Paris Game 2023” (January 19) between Chicago and Detroit now finds itself amputated from one of its best elements…
ESPN Sources: Detroit Pistons guard Cade Cunningham – the No. 1 overall pick in the 2021 NBA Draft – plans to have season-ending surgery on his left shin. Cunningham is expected to make a full recovery ahead of training camp in 2023-2024. pic.twitter.com/0OyUkDOtK7
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) December 12, 2022
| Cade Cunningham | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Crew | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
| 2021-22 | TED | 64 | 33 | 41.6 | 31.4 | 84.5 | 0.9 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 3.7 | 0.7 | 17.4 |
| 2022-23 | TED | 12 | 33 | 41.5 | 27.9 | 83.7 | 1.0 | 5.2 | 6.2 | 6.0 | 2.8 | 0.8 | 3.3 | 0.6 | 19.9 |
| Total | 76 | 33 | 41.6 | 30.9 | 84.4 | 0.9 | 4.7 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 3.6 | 0.7 | 17.8 | |
