{"id":601320,"date":"2026-02-13T18:42:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T18:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/601320\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T18:42:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T18:42:24","slug":"pistons-cade-cunningham-plans-to-take-torch-from-stephen-curry-lebron-james","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/601320\/","title":{"rendered":"Pistons&#8217; Cade Cunningham plans to &#8216;take torch&#8217; from Stephen Curry, LeBron James"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/detroit-pistons\/pistons-news-cade-cunningham-wont-get-big-head-detroits-success\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Detroit Pistons star Cade Cunningham leading the team to major success<\/a> this season, the point guard is looking to also bring his talents and display them on an international stage. As Cunningham led the <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/detroit-pistons\/pistons-news-detroit-blew-out-raptors-jalen-duren-isaiah-stewart-suspensions\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pistons to blow out the Toronto Raptors<\/a> on Wednesday night, the team heads into the All-Star break feeling good, though the star speaks about a future where he is performing on the Olympic stage.<\/p>\n<p>The next event is in 2028, when the Olympics will be in Los Angeles, California, as there is no denying that judged by 2024 Team USA and other squads, names such as <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/players\/b1a9094f\/lebron-james\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LeBron James<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/players\/b95c09e7\/stephen-curry\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stephen Curry<\/a>, and Kevin Durant were at the forefront. With them not getting any younger, Cunningham could be one of the players that the torch gets passed to, speaking on how he could<a href=\"https:\/\/andscape.com\/features\/cade-cunninghams-first-nba-all-star-game-start-a-part-of-his-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> \u201ctake the torch.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI could take the torch by continuing to work, continue to be better each and every year, continue to take steps as far as leading this team to more and more wins,\u201d Cunningham said, via AndScape. \u201cWinning the championship is the ultimate goal. And then once that happens, staying poised and staying humble, coming back the next year and working every game. It\u2019s a process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of different things that go into it,\u201d Cunningham continued. \u201cAll those [top] guys did all that stuff and put the work in. So, that\u2019s what I want to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pistons&#8217; Cade Cunningham speaks on his long-term plan<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3638142\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Pistons-star-Cade-Cunningham.jpg\" alt=\"Detroit Pistons guard Cade Cunningham (2) at Barclays Center.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\"  \/>Wendell Cruz-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n<p>While the <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/detroit-pistons\/pistons-2026-nba-trade-deadline-grade-1-deal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pistons are past the trade deadline<\/a> and into the All-Star break, the team will be in contention for the postseason as they&#8217;re No. 1 in the Eastern Conference. This has been all part of Cunningham&#8217;s \u201clong-term plan,\u201d which includes being an All-Star, winning a championship for Detroit, and being in the Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe L.A. All-Star Game was part of that plan,\u201d Cunningham said. \u201cI wanted to make sure I\u2019m in there. And then win a championship and be an Olympic point guard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At any rate, the Pistons are 40-13, at the top of the East, as the team looks to build a comfortable lead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With Detroit Pistons star Cade Cunningham leading the team to major success this season, the point guard is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":601321,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3773],"tags":[7,909,296,188,3860,185,6,5744,297,573],"class_list":{"0":"post-601320","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-detroit-pistons","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-cade-cunningham","10":"tag-detroit","11":"tag-detroit-pistons","12":"tag-detroitpistons","13":"tag-lebron-james","14":"tag-nba","15":"tag-olympics","16":"tag-pistons","17":"tag-stephen-curry"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116064796770155388","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=601320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601320\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/601321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=601320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=601320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=601320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}