DETROIT, Mich. (July 10, 2024) – The Detroit Pistons announced today that the team has signed guard Cade Cunningham to a contract extension. Per team policy, terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
The first overall pick in the 2021 NBA Draft, Cunningham averaged a team-high 22.7 points, 4.3 rebounds and 7.5 assists last season. He joined Dave Bing (1971-73 and 1974-75) and Isiah Thomas (1982-83) as the only players in franchise history to average 22.0 points and 7.0 assists in a single season and was one of only five players (Luka Doncic, LeBron James, Nikola Jokic and Damian Lillard) to record such averages a year ago.
Cunningham, 6-6, 220, has averaged 20.0 points, 5.0 rebounds and 6.5 assists in 138 career NBA games (all starts). He joined LeBron James as the only No. 1 pick in NBA history to average at least 20.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, 6.0 assists and 1.0 steals through their first three NBA seasons. Cunningham, who has increased his scoring and assist averages in each of his three NBA seasons, recorded 18 games with 30-plus points last season, the fourth most by a Piston in the last 30 years.
Cunningham finished third in the 2021-22 NBA Rookie of the Year voting and was named MVP of the Clorox Rising Stars game at the 2022 NBA All-Star Weekend in Cleveland, OH. Additionally, he was voted to the 2022 NBA All-Rookie First Team and was named to the 2023 USA Select Team, which helped to prepare Team USA for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup.
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