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Is Cade Cunningham a bust or just a victim of a bad team? (alien.top)

submitted 2 years ago by nukethedogphilly@alien.top to c/nba@nba.space

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I'm too busy watching Sixers/Celtics/Bucks games to review the Pistons, so I figured I would ask the experts. Bust or let him cook?

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[–] vaalbarag@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

You don't have to watch a player's games to know that you don't label a player a bust when he's averaging 22/4/7 in what amounts to his second season from a GP perspective. Yeah, the efficiency sucks, the turnovers are worrying. Those create questionmarks about his ceiling, but there are questionmarks in the other direction, particularly what would he do with a better-constructed roster around him.

And I guess it depends on your standard for being a bust as a #1 pick. Generational PG? I don't see that sort of ceiling in him right now. That was always a really high standard. Repeat allstar and borderline all-NBA level? Yeah, I think that's still very-much on the table for him.