With the NBA playoffs right around the corner, the Detroit Pistons will have to stay afloat without their fearless leader, Cade Cunningham.The two-time All-Star suffered a collapsed lung in the Pistons win Tuesday over the Washington Wizards and is expected to miss an “extended period of time,” sources told ESPN’s Shams Charania. While this can impact the Pistons’ four-game lead over the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference standings, it also may cost Cunningham a chance at his first All-NBA selection.Implemented for the first time ahead of the 2023-24 season, NBA players must play in at least 65 games to be eligible for a major award or honor. At 61 games, it seems as if Cunningham will fall short of the threshold, which presumably will cost him an All-NBA nod — something that Warriors star Draymond Green expressed on a recent episode of “The Draymond Green Show.”“This situation right here with Cade, it just takes me back to the topic of the 65-game rule,” Green said. “I don’t think there’s a soul on the voting committee that would look at Cade’s 61 games played and say, ‘Ah, I don’t...
Draymond Green sounds off on NBA’s ‘dumb-ass rule’ after Cade Cunningham injury
Published March 20, 2026 • 13 hrs ago
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