As the NBA regular season heads into its final stages, one name that has emerged as one of the candidates for the league’s MVP award is Detroit Pistons star Cade Cunningham. The Pistons have been one of the best teams in the league all season, with Cunningham as their top player. According to ESPN’s Vincent Goodwill, it’s a big reason why Pistons head coach JB Bickerstaff believes his star should take home the NBA’s top honor.
Bickerstaff said, “The best player on the team with the best winning percentage, to me, is the guy who deserves to be MVP.” “He doesn’t take up nights or time or possessions defensively. He’ll run his 25 and make his teammates better.”
Cade Cunningham certainly has a big case for the MVP award, and JB Bickerstaff is right to campaign for his player. Cunningham has taken a huge step forward this year as the driving force behind the Pistons’ success. The team is currently 43–14 and in first place in the Eastern Conference standings. To put it in perspective, the No. 2 seed Boston Celtics are five and a half games behind them.
As Bickerstaff noted, the Pistons’ 75.4 winning percentage is the best in the league, just ahead of the Oklahoma City Thunder, whose 45-15 record puts them at a perfect 75 percent.
The No. 1 overall pick in the 2021 NBA Draft, Cunningham is in his fifth season in the NBA. He was selected for his second consecutive All-Star appearance. He has played just over 34 minutes per game in 51 games this year.
Cunningham averaged 25.4 points, 5.7 rebounds, 9.8 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.0 blocked shots with splits of 45.9 percent shooting from the field, 33.9 percent shooting from the 3-point line and 81.2 percent shooting from the free-throw line.
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