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- Published: Jan. 06, 2026, 1:42 p.m.
Fresh disconnected different starring capacity for nan Detroit Pistons, Cade Cunningham continues to beryllium successful premier position to make his 2nd consecutive All-Star game.
The NBA announced nan latest returns for All-Star crippled instrumentality voting connected Tuesday and Cunningham remains successful 4th spot among players successful nan Eastern Conference.
With 1,752,801 votes successful nan first return, Cunningham only trails nan Milwaukee Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo (2,092,284), nan New York Knicks’ Jalen Brunson (1,916,497) and Tyrese Maxey of nan Philadelphia 76ers (1,908,978) successful nan conference.
The Los Angeles Lakers’ Luka Doncic leads each vote-getters pinch 2,229,811 successful nan Western Conference.
The apical 5 players successful voting — comprising 50% instrumentality ballot and 25% from some existent NBA players and a media sheet — from each convention will beryllium honored arsenic starters for nan 2026 All-Star Game, which takes spot astatine Intuit Dome successful Inglewood, Calif. connected Sunday, Feb. 15.
Starters will beryllium announced connected Jan. 19.
If selected, which is looking for illustration a forgone conclusion, Cunningham would beryllium nan first Pistons subordinate to make back-to-back All-Star teams since Chauncey Billups and Richard “Rip” Hamilton successful 2007 and 2008.
Earning a starting spot would people a first for immoderate Pistons subordinate since 2009, erstwhile Allen Iverson started nan All-Star crippled successful his lone twelvemonth pinch nan franchise.
Following up an All-NBA Third-Team action past season, Cunningham has continued to radiance arsenic 1 of nan champion guards successful nan league. He’s averaging profession highs of 26.7 points, 9.6 assists, 6.3 rebounds and 16 steals per game.
In his latest characteristic performance, Cunningham posted 29 points, 13 assists, 3 rebounds, 2 blocks and 1 bargain successful Detroit’s ascendant triumph complete nan Knicks connected Monday.
Under a caller format this year, 2 teams of U.S. players and 1 squad of world players will compete successful a round-robin tournament, featuring 4 12-minute games.
A autochthonal of Arlington, Texas, Cunningham would beryllium portion of 1 of nan U.S. teams.
No different Pistons subordinate vanished successful nan top-20 successful nan Eastern Conference for nan latest batch of voting.
Voting for nan All-Star crippled concludes connected Jan. 14 astatine 11:59 p.m. ET. Fans tin ballot done nan NBA App aliases astatine NBA.com and prime up to 5 players per convention daily. Votes count 3 times connected Jan. 7 and Jan. 14.
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Jacob Richman is simply a sports newsman for MLive.com and covers pro and assemblage teams crossed Michigan. Before joining MLive, Jacob covered assemblage sports successful Texas astatine LoneStarLive.com pinch a attraction connected Texas A&M and...
