{"id":712354,"date":"2026-04-17T10:31:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T10:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/712354\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T10:31:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T10:31:18","slug":"pistons-news-how-cade-cunningham-becoming-award-eligible-could-cost-jalen-duren","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/712354\/","title":{"rendered":"Pistons news: How Cade Cunningham becoming award eligible could cost Jalen Duren"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The NBA on Thursday ruled in favor of the <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/nba-stories\/nba-news-luka-doncic-cade-cunningham-eligible-awards-anthony-edwards-isnt\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">appeals of Detroit Pistons guard Cade Cunningham and Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic<\/a> regarding the 65-game rule, making them eligible for the individual awards despite not meeting the minimum threshold.<\/p>\n<p>The league cited the \u201cextraordinary circumstances\u201d clause in the collective bargaining agreement in its decision.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/detroit-pistons\/pistons-news-cade-cunningham-collapsed-lung-injury-award-eligibility\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cunningham suffered a collapsed lung in March<\/a>, limiting him to 63 games. Doncic, who played 64 games, missed two games in December for the birth of his daughter.<\/p>\n<p>Both of them are in the running for the MVP and All-NBA Teams.<\/p>\n<p>While the NBA&#8217;s decision was a welcome development for them, it could adversely impact Cunningham&#8217;s teammate, <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/players\/a87c08de\/jalen-duren\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jalen Duren<\/a>. With limited slots on the All-NBA Teams, Duren might be snubbed, losing out on a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BrettSiegelNBA\/status\/2044826782059171964\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">lucrative incentive<\/a>, as pointed out by ClutchPoints&#8217; Brett Siegel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the other significant ramification of the NBA moving goal posts for the 65-game rule. Jalen Duren now potentially loses out on $40+ million when he met all the criteria, did things the right way, and should be All-NBA,\u201d noted Siegel on X.<\/p>\n<p>Since the 2023-2024 season, the 15 players have been chosen for the All-NBA Teams regardless of position.<\/p>\n<p>Duren averaged a career-high 19.5 points, 65.0% field goals, 10.5 rebounds, and 2.0 assists in 70 games this season, <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/detroit-pistons\/pistons-news-heartwarming-court-moment-jalen-duren-learned-all-star\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">earning his first nod to the All-Star Game<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While receiving an individual honor, along with the bonus money, is great, it is safe to assume that Duren is more focused on helping the Pistons go on a deep run in the playoffs and make it to the NBA Finals for the first time since 2005.<\/p>\n<p>The NBA on Thursday ruled in favor of the appeals of Detroit Pistons guard Cade Cunningham and Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic regarding the 65-game rule, making them eligible for the individual awards despite not meeting the minimum threshold.  The league cited the \u201cextraordinary circumstances\u201d clause in the collective bargaining agreement in its decision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NBA on Thursday ruled in favor of the appeals of Detroit Pistons guard Cade Cunningham and Los&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":712355,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3773],"tags":[7,909,296,188,3860,912,6,297],"class_list":{"0":"post-712354","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-jalen-duren","14":"tag-nba","15":"tag-pistons"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116419589890220110","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/712354","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=712354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/712354\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/712355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=712354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=712354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=712354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}