Cade Cunningham put the ending touches on a exceptional season with a 36-point outburst within the Pistons’ 115-106 win over the Knicks on Thursday.
With two video games left, the 23-year-old is formally the youngest participant in franchise historical past to common over 25.0 factors per recreation, a feat that eluded Pistons-bred Corridor of Famers similar to Isiah Thomas, Grant Hill, Joe Dumars, Bob Lanier and Dave Bing.
Lanier was the earlier youngest Piston to common over 25+ per recreation when he tallied 25.7 factors in 1971-72. Bing equally averaged over 25 as a sophomore however was a 12 months older than Cunningham. As for the opposite three Corridor of Famers, solely Hill averaged over 25 within the 1999-2000 season.
Cunnigham’s 26.0 PPG can be the sixth-highest tally by a Piston within the franchise’s 68-year historical past, trailing solely Jerry Stackhouse (29.8), George Yardley (27.8), Bing (averaged over 27 twice) and Kelly Tripucka (26.5).
Remarkably, Cunningham has etched his identify in Pistons’ lore in his fourth season, and he threatens to shatter each franchise document within the coming years.
