Cade Cunningham was named Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month for January, the NBA announced. Detroit Pistons’ star guard joins Oklahoma City’s Josh Giddey who was named Western Conference Rookie of the Month.
January certainly felt like a breakout month for the No. 1 overall pick. Cunningham scored a career-high 34 points against the Denver Nuggets. In that same game he did a little of everything — corralling 8 rebounds, dishing 8 assists and blocking 4 shots. No rookie had achieved a statline like that since Michael Jordan. That is always good company to keep.