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- Published: Dec. 29, 2025, 1:28 p.m.
Cade Cunningham became nan first Detroit Pistons subordinate represented astatine nan NBA All-Star game since 2019, past season.
And it’s looking for illustration nan All-NBA 3rd squad defender is going to make a tally astatine back-to-back selections arsenic he is presently successful 4th spot successful All-Star instrumentality voting successful nan Eastern Conference, nan convention announced connected Monday.
With 1,000,171 votes successful nan first return, Cunningham only trails nan Milwaukee Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo (1,192,296), Philadelphia 76ers’ Tyrese Maxey (1,072,449) and Jalen Brunson of nan New York Knicks (1,040,601) successful nan conference.
There’s a driblet disconnected of astir 150,000 votes betwixt Cunningham astatine No. 4 and nan Cleveland Cavaliers’ Donovan Mitchell astatine No. 5.
The Los Angeles Lakers’ Luka Doncic, Nikola Jokic of nan Denver Nuggets and Golden State Warriors’ Steph Curry are nan only players successful nan Western Conference pinch much votes than Cunningham.
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.
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.
If he is chosen to nan All-Star game, Cunningham would beryllium nan first Pistons subordinate to beryllium chosen to back-to-back All-Star teams since Chauncey Billups and Richard “Rip” Hamilton successful 2007 and 2008.
Cunningham had a breakout season, averaging 26.1 points, 9.1 assists and 6.1 rebounds per crippled and took nan Pistons to nan playoffs for nan first clip since 2019 — erstwhile past All-Star Blake Griffin led Detroit to nan eight-seed.
This season, he’s continued to elevate arsenic 1 of nan elite players successful nan league, posting 26.5 points, 9.6 assists and 6.3 rebounds per game. Cunningham was already named Eastern Conference Player of nan Month for October/November and has nan Pistons sitting atop nan convention since Nov. 7, pinch a existent grounds of 24-8.
No different Pistons subordinate vanished successful nan top-20 successful nan Eastern Conference for nan first group of results.
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 Dec. 30, 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...
