Cade Cunningham is entering his first All-Star game at a time when the game itself has never looked more different. The fourth-year guard is playing in the NBA All-Star game’s new multi-team tournament format.
He is the first Piston player to make the All-Star team since Blake Griffin in 2019. In prior years a player like Cunningham would be able to easily rack up highlights in a no-defense exhibition that features guards tossing an endless series of alley-oops to the league’s best wings and big men.
This year, maybe it’s completely different ... or too depressingly the same.