{"id":667044,"date":"2026-03-19T14:53:33","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T14:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/667044\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T14:53:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T14:53:33","slug":"pistons-star-cade-cunningham-to-miss-at-least-two-weeks-with-collapsed-lung","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/667044\/","title":{"rendered":"Pistons star Cade Cunningham to miss at least two weeks with collapsed lung"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Detroit Pistons star Cade Cunningham will miss at least the next two weeks due to a collapsed lung, the team revealed Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old is in the midst of yet another strong season, averaging 24.5 points and 9.9 assists per game. Thanks to his contributions, the Pistons are 49-19 entering play Thursday, good enough to lead the Eastern Conference.<\/p>\n<p>The team merely said Cunningham would be re-evaluated in two weeks, so it\u2019s unclear when the star will return to the court. During an appearance on ESPN, NBA insider Shams Charania said \u201c<a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GetUpESPN\/status\/2034622566753550389\" data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:there is some optimism;cpos:1;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;there is some optimism&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\">there is some optimism<\/a>\u201d Cunningham could make it back during the playoffs. The Pistons have just 14 regular-season games left in the regular season.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.com\/mens-basketball-bracket\/register\/createteam?ncid=100003774\" data-i13n=\"cpos:2;pos:1\" data-ylk=\"slk:Yahoo Fantasy Bracket Mayhem: Make your picks for $50K in total prizes;cpos:2;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Yahoo Fantasy Bracket Mayhem&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" target=\"_blank\">Yahoo Fantasy Bracket Mayhem: Make your picks for $50K in total prizes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the team\u2019s statement, the Pistons implied Cunningham sustained the injury while going after a loose ball during Tuesday\u2019s game. He had to leave the contest after falling to the floor, and was <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nba\/breaking-news\/article\/pistons-star-cade-cunningham-exits-win-over-wizards-early-with-back-spasms-011506315.html\" data-i13n=\"cpos:3;pos:1\" data-ylk=\"slk:initially diagnosed with back spasms;cpos:3;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;3&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;initially diagnosed with back spasms&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" target=\"_blank\">initially diagnosed with back spasms<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Following the contest, Pistons coach J.B. Bickerstaff declined to provide more specifics regarding Cunningham\u2019s injury, saying, \u201cI don\u2019t have enough information.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The injury could prove costly in a number of ways. Losing Cunningham for multiple games will obviously hurt the Pistons, who have played like championship contenders when Cunningham is on the floor.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The issue could also hurt Cunningham individually. Cunningham was on pace to receive MVP votes and potentially make the All-NBA team for the second-straight season. But the fifth-year pro has played in just 61 games this season. In order to be eligible for year-end awards, NBA players have to take part in at least 65 games.<\/p>\n<p>Unless Cunningham can make it back in time to play in four more regular-season games, it seems likely he\u2019ll be ineligible for those honors due to the injury.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Detroit Pistons star Cade Cunningham will miss at least the next two weeks due to a collapsed lung,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":667045,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3773],"tags":[7,909,296,188,3860,6,297],"class_list":{"0":"post-667044","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-nba","14":"tag-pistons"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116256414471468525","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667044","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=667044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667044\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/667045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=667044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=667044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=667044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}