Cade Cunningham
Cunningham with the Detroit Pistons in 2024 | |||||||||||||||
| No. 2 – Detroit Pistons | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Point guard | ||||||||||||||
| League | NBA | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | September 25, 2001 Arlington, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 220 lb (100 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| College | Oklahoma State (2020–2021) | ||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 2021: 1st round, 1st overall pick | ||||||||||||||
| Drafted by | Detroit Pistons | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2021–present | ||||||||||||||
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| 2021–present | Detroit Pistons | ||||||||||||||
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| Stats at NBA.com | |||||||||||||||
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Cade Parker Cunningham (born September 25, 2001) is an American professional basketball player for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He attended Bowie High School in his hometown of Arlington, Texas, before transferring to Montverde Academy in Florida, where he was rated a consensus five-star recruit and among the top players in the 2020 class by major recruiting services. As a senior, he led one of the best high school teams in history and received national player of the year recognition.
Cunningham committed to playing college basketball for the Oklahoma State Cowboys, and was named a consensus first-team All-American and Big 12 Player of the Year after his freshman season with the team. He won a gold medal with the United States at the 2019 FIBA Under-19 World Cup. He was the NBA first overall pick by the Detroit Pistons in the 2021 NBA draft. He was named as a NBA All-Star and to an All-NBA Team for the first time in 2025.