I've gotta say it...

[MWmetalhead]

I have a feeling the Pistons screwed up by selecting Cunningham over Evan Mobley.

Hindsight is 20-20. I won't criticize the Pistons front office for selecting Cunningham, because a preponderance of basketball analysts said Cunningham was the best guy on the draft board. I agreed and viewed Mobley as the second best choice.

That said, I think it is abundantly clear based on his performance to date that Mobley has high potential to be become an all-star if not a superstar very quickly.

Cunningham's upside potential is much more murky. Not yet sold he will become anything more than simply a decent player. He looks undisciplined on the floor at times. I think Dwayne Casey's reputation as being a good developer of young / rookie players is fraudulent.

[craig11152]

I saw one analysis of rookies based on statistics having Cade ranked 8th as of yesterday. The rankings in this case are updated daily.
"NBA Rookie Rankings 2021-22 | Hashtag Basketball" https://hashtagbasketball.com/nba-rookie-rankings

[moldyoldie]

I saw one analysis of rookies based on statistics having Cade ranked 8th as of yesterday. The rankings in this case are updated daily.
"NBA Rookie Rankings 2021-22 | Hashtag Basketball" https://hashtagbasketball.com/nba-rookie-rankings

I see the #2 overall pick Jalen Green is ranked 10th. It's still waaay too early to draw conclusions. Cunningham is just a 20-year old kid with a healing ankle sprain being asked to be a floor general of a young team in a grown man's league. It's his turnovers that should be most concerning at this point. From what I saw the other night, Mobley, as a big man, is handling the ball much less and getting shots created for him.

[Matt]

The Pistons have played 12 games, and Cade hasn't played in all of them. It seems premature to make any conclusions.

I'll leave this here: https://www.freep.com/story/sports/nba/ ... 613408002/

[craig11152]

The healing ankle is what concerns me.
Going from 30 games at 40 minutes each to 82 games at 48 minutes each is a big jump. I hate to somebody start that on a bum ankle.

[MWmetalhead]

Decent game for Cunningham last night, but Dwane Casey is a terrible coach. Toronto's front office was smart to fire his underachieving ass. Embarrassing performance for the team as a whole...yet again.