Jalen Duren drops Cade Cunningham evaluation before Pistons NBA Playoffs run
No one has seen Cade Cunningham grow more with the Detroit Pistons than Jalen Duren and the big man had big praise for his star before the NBA Playoffs.
Jalen Duren drops Cade Cunningham evaluation before Pistons NBA Playoffs run originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Detroit Pistons were not supposed to be this good immediately.
Two seasons ago, Cade Cunningham only managed to get this team to 14 wins. Fast forward to present day, he is an MVP candidate and are entering the NBA Playoffs with 60 wins as the first seed in the Eastern Conference. No one has seen his growth more than Jalen Duren, who also rose to stardom in the 2025-26 season.
The big man even dropped some big words about his running mate. Duren gets real on Cunningham, Pistons' growth before NBA Playoffs Adding 16 more wins to a team's record in just a span of a season is not an easy feat. But, Cade Cunningham and Jalen Duren were able to pull it off with the Pistons.
Obviously, they have a great schematic mastermind in Coach J. B. Bickerstaff alongside a great supporting cast too.