SUPERSTAR: Detroit Pistons’ Cade Cunningham DOMINATES Fourth Quarters and Fuels WIN Streak
Detroit Pistons surge to second in the East as Cade Cunningham delivers superstar performances in crunch time. Can this young core sustain their breakout momentum and transform Detroit’s playoff hopes? Ku Khahil breaks down Cunningham’s explosive fourth-quarter scoring, Jalen Duren’s dominant two-way play—including a monster 22-point, 22-rebound night—and Isaiah Stewart’s rise as a rim protector. The episode highlights Ausar Thompson and Ron Holland’s defensive energy and key contributions, explores why Duren may be worth a max rookie extension, and examines the Pistons’ remarkable improvement on both ends of the floor. With defensive rating spikes, clutch scoring, and a 6–2 record, Detroit’s development trajectory takes center stage ahead of their matchup with the Brooklyn Nets. Can the Pistons’ up-and-coming stars maintain their elite play and silence preseason doubters? Tune in for a sharp analysis of Detroit’s exciting evolution.
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43 Comments
Cade is HIM
NUMBER 9 MEANS STOP SIGN 🛑😤
JD is such a dominant rebounder Cade no longer needs to average 9 rebounds per game but it’s too bad people are gonna use that against him when comparing to players like Giddy.
Doubt you remember, but I told you to be patient with Duren. Now, you see what I saw.
Where are all the "naysayers". Where are ScottWickett's comments now?
Duren is playing like an All-Star!
For defensive purposes I would love to see a line up of JD,Stew,AT, Holland, Duce ice wood!
Anybody still miss James Wiseman ?? 😁😁😁😁😁
Clutch Cargo Cade!!!
If yall dont pay duran, alot of other teams will be willing too. Guy is awesome and hes still really young
That's the cade we need! Back to back 19 pt 4th quarters! He is 100% evolving into a superstar!
JD has been my favorite player on this team I jus need him to cool down on fouling he’s playing great
Whut up doe Ku! Blessings fam..DETROIT BASKETBALL..👍🏾
Why yu ain’t been going live
Ku man your backdrop is awesome brother. This has been a fantastic pod
Cade Icewood
Hey Ku, did you watch the cut from Melo's podcast talking about Cade? He mentioned specifically de mid range game and How some players light not be "slaves" to analytics.
Cade is doing what Chauncey used to do: get everyone else involved in the game. If and when the others go cold or get tired in the fourth…he cuts it on. Zeke use to do it too. It's high level gamesmanship and understanding the flow of the game. High IQ shit..🤔
Duren wasn't doing anything against Nurkic and he's technically their backup, he did all of his damage when they didn't have a center on the floor. He's shown us time and time again that he disappears against true centers
Am I the only one who thinks the amount of blocked dunk attempts by Stew is out of this world?
We gotta say it first so the nba can start. Jalen Duren is playing like an ALL STAR!!! LETS GET 2 !!!
sadly Dwight Prime was defeated by Megatron
A wins a win but we got lucky lauri missed so many open shots. The team as a whole just had a bad shooting night just missing open shots. That would've been a blowout loss vs the good teams.
What up ku benefit just wanted to say I think Cade is great but I always thought Jaden ivy was going to be something special I hope he make it back man
I'm Loving what is going on in Detroit right now. Let's keep it going strong fellas
This is a 52+ win team. When everybody young keeps taking steps multiple young players that's on the coaching staff
Stew holland and asar playing all star D. If somehow Ivey whose motivated can do that also we can play with Thunder.
Fighting for the 1 seed early in an "evaluation year"? I am beyond happy
Not trying to be an old man here, but Cade is following Isiah's playbook in trying to get the team involved in the first 3 quarters, then taking over in the fourth. Love it!
Ah yes, so now Duren is worth a MAX in just a short few weeks. I've never seen someone so giddy about being wrong. The foolishness of Langdon not extending Duren (and Ivey too. Watch) will go down as a MASSIVE blunder. Say goodbye to Ron or Stew or whoever if we have to hand out max extensions to Duren and Ivey. I'm super happy Duren is playing so well (as expected for anyone who has any amount of basketball foresight) but fans should be pissed that Langdon just potentially wrecked our chances of keeping the whole core together. Embarrassing.
UTAH with NO KESSLER is AWFUL!!!!!!!
The mistakes Duren made last season were just due to lack of experience, not skill or talent. Now the experience is building and he's blowing up.
And I think Holland might be my favorite Piston right now. Dude gives it his all every possession on both ends. No fear. Never giving up. That's the Piston ethos right there.
I like stew playing the 4 in stretches. He deserves 24+ minutes a game and he’s shooting almost 40%. Give that some time and teams will start respecting him out there and he’ll actually be stretching the defense, which is a big deal on a team with a lot of rim runners
I don't mind Stew chucking threes against double big lineups because in takes a big outta the paint, even if they don't fully close out, and I trust Duren & Ausar on the boards vs any C/SF combo in the league. Also, Duren has always had this dribble/drive aspect to his game…even going back to HS; He has tightened his handle some and been allowed more freedom to show it off now! He's also shown a bit of a solid "middy" for years now, but he's always been reluctant to show it; it would make his drive even tougher to defend, but we might be a new contract away from him feeling confident enough to show it.
DEEETROIT BASKETBALL 🏀 Motor Cade is becoming a closer
like duren but he struggles against good centers and dominates the bad ones 🤷
Ok I love Cade but cmon man him waiting to turn it up until the 4th quarter doesn’t have to be a thing 😂 Lets turn up his aggression a bit more in the first half please! He could average 30ppg if he wanted
Shout out JD and Stew both showing major development. Their development plus Cade and Ausar also getting better could take this team to a title contender in the next 2 years
The Cade logo 3 was my favorite moment of the game 😂
I love this double big lineup, I hope we run it even when Tobias comes back. It’s crazy how better coaching has the same concept but makes it work so much better than Monty’s version. Having stew as a help side is a cheat code lol
I been saying this !!! Once he develops that killer instinct it's over for the NBA!
Duren is the only center in the NBA with that prototype there saying he's the next Amari Stoudemire but I believe he will be better
JD is averaging 22.8 points, 14.4 Reb in games this year he plays 24+ minutes… He could legit be an all star this year fam