Cade Cunningham figures to have a direct impact on most everything the Pistons plan to do for their next generation of basketball, but it was his indirect impact that keyed the first Pistons win of the season in his NBA debut.
Cunningham scored two points and missed all five of his 3-point attempts, understandably rusty after missing a month with a sprained ankle and feeling his way in his first game action of any kind since Summer League.
“It was good. I felt like coming in, just being able to make some plays off the ball, get some rebounds – I feel I was solid defensively – and those are the points I really wanted to come out and prove to myself that my ankle was straight,” Cunningham said.