This year’s No. 1 overall pick, Cade Cunningham, has signed his rookie contract, the Pistons announced today (via Twitter).
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Viewed for months as the overwhelming favorite to come off the board first on draft night, Cunningham played a single season at Oklahoma State, averaging 20.1 PPG, 6.2 RPG, 3.5 APG, and 1.6 SPG on .438/.400/.846 shooting in 27 games (35.4 MPG). He was a consensus All-American and was named the Big 12 Player of the Year as a freshman.
Cunningham, who is making his Summer League debut in Las Vegas on Sunday night, will be the highest-paid rookie in the 2021 class. As our breakdown shows, he’s in line for a rookie salary of $10MM+ and will make more than $45MM over the life of his four-year contract with Detroit.
The Pistons also formally confirmed the signing of second-rounder Isaiah Livers, which we previously relayed.
League changing
nice more young players getting money thrown at them before they prove anything. we will get more lazy players who just play for contracts now
Are you that dumb? He’s 1-1 and every sport is paying 1-1 1-2 top dollars. Doesn’t make them lazy. No one says anything when a QB taken number 1 gets a huge signing bonus. These players are getting paid less than what they were getting before the “rookie” caps in three leagues. Baseball still gets the least amounts and they have to be a pro for many years before they get a bump. You are delusional and 100% wrong.
Now if the Pistons can find and sign…..
CHUCK CUNNINGHAM,
they just may have something !!
There was talk about his fit with Hayes. Hence the talk about trading down for Green. If you watched the gm, even the 10 min highlights vid. You can see they look fine. Cade looks more like a wing. And having him is just having another playmaker.
There have always been great playmakers at other positions. Seems now cause their handles are tighter. We want to make everyone a PG. Bron proved that he can play the position. But it’s best for him and team. When he’s at the wing. You can still run a team from the wing. Plus Hayes is a big PG who can also score. And will benefit from Cunningham the playmaker. They looked good together. And Bey looked real good too.