Pistons' Cade Cunningham will sign $226 million max contract extension

06/30/2024 08:31 PM

Cade Cunningham and the Detroit Pistons have come to terms on a new five-year, $226 million maximum rookie extension, according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania.

After recently hiring former Cleveland Cavaliers coach JB Bickerstaff to take over for Monty Williams, who was fired after just one season, Cunningham will now be playing for his third different head coach since joining the league in 2021. Through the years, Cunningham had established himself as the pinnacle of the Pistons franchise, resulting in new President of Basketball Operations Trajan Langdon rewarded his young rising star.

Since being drafted first overall by Detroit in 2021, Cunningham has averaged 20.0 points, 6.5 assists, and 5.0 rebounds per game while shooting 43.2 percent from the floor and 32.9 percent from three-point range. Just this past season, the 22-year-old guard averaged new career highs in points (22.7), assists (7.5), and field goal percent (44.9 percent).

This is a developing story that will be updated shortly. 

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