{"id":676850,"date":"2026-03-24T19:14:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T19:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/676850\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T19:14:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T19:14:19","slug":"nbpa-backs-cade-cunningham-calls-to-abolish-65-game-rule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/676850\/","title":{"rendered":"NBPA backs Cade Cunningham, calls to abolish 65-game rule"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the wake of Detroit Pistons<\/a> star Cade Cunningham\u2019s recent lung injury<\/a>, he is now in jeopardy not qualifying for the NBA\u2019s 65-game rule in order to be eligible for postseason awards honors. As a result, the National Basketball Players Association, or NBPA, came out with a prepared statement in support of Cade Cunningham and calling for the NBA to get rid of<\/a> the 65-game rule for postseason honors, as per Sam Amick of The Athletic.<\/p>\n

\u201cCade Cunningham\u2019s potential ineligibility for postseason awards after a career-defining season is a clear indictment of the 65-game rule and yet another example of why it must be abolished or reformed to create an exception for significant injuries,\u201d the NBPA wrote. \u201cSince its implementation, far too many deserving players have been unfairly disqualified from end-of-season honors by the arbitrary and overly rigid quota.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cade Cunningham has been a potential MVP candidate, and an almost certainty for an All-NBA team. But with him having played in only 61 games thus far, and the Pistons having only 11 games remaining in the regular season, it appears to be an uphill battle as far as qualifying for the NBA\u2019s 65-game rule.<\/p>\n

Cunningham suffered a collapsed lung back on March 19 during the Pistons\u2019 win against the Washington Wizards. He was expected to be re-evaluated in two weeks from the injury, which would put him at about a week and half before the end of the season, and six games left.<\/p>\n

The Pistons have been the top team in the Eastern Conference<\/a> this season, largely due to Cunningham\u2019s MVP level play. He\u2019s appeared in 61 games at a little over 34 minutes per game. He\u2019s averaging a 24.5 points, 5.6 rebounds, 9.9 assists and 1.5 steals with splits of 46.1 percent shooting from the field, 34.6 percent shooting from the 3-point line and 81.4 percent shooting from the free-throw line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In the wake of Detroit Pistons star Cade Cunningham\u2019s recent lung injury, he is now in jeopardy not…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":676851,"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-676850","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\/116285752253419379","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676850","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=676850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676850\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/676851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=676850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=676850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=676850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}