Is Cade Cunningham the FUTURE Face of American Basketball?
The Odd Couple with Rob Parker & Kelvin Washington
Fox Sports Radio and iHeartPodcasts
4.5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 5 May 2026
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
After the Pistons’ comeback series win over the Magic, the conversation turns to what’s next — not what’s now. Is Cade Cunningham the future face of American basketball?
Kelvin Washington believes Cade’s leadership, poise, and postseason growth point to him becoming the face of the league sooner rather than later. Rob Parker pumps the brakes, arguing that potential isn’t the same as arrival and that players like Anthony Edwards still set the standard for stardom.
Kelvin and Rob debate what separates current stars from future icons, how playoff moments shape perception, and what Cade still needs to prove before crossing into that elite territory.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.4 | Rob G, the Pistons came back. |
| 0:06.2 | 3-1 deficit against the Orlando Magic, and they're moving on. |
| 0:09.7 | Yes, they did. |
| 0:10.4 | And a big reason why they were able to come back from 3-1, |
| 0:13.5 | just like they did in 2003, |
| 0:17.4 | is because of one, Cade Cunningham, |
| 0:20.7 | the official MVP of the Odd Couple |
| 0:22.8 | Radio program. |
| 0:23.4 | Oh, really? |
| 0:23.9 | Was he playing in 2003? |
| 0:25.5 | I forgot that because I was covering that team. |
| 0:28.1 | Cade Cunningham went bananas in game 7. |
| 0:31.1 | 32 and 12 became just the seventh player in NBA history |
| 0:33.8 | with at least 30 and 10 in the game 7. |
| 0:35.6 | But that's not it. |
| 0:37.0 | Across the final three games of that series, when they went down 3-1, |
| 0:41.4 | Cade Cunningham took his game to another stratosphere. |
| 0:45.0 | He averaged 36, 5, and 7 on 52% shooting, 61% from 3, |
| 0:51.7 | while playing tremendous defense in that series. |
| 0:55.3 | And he is the reason why the Detroit Pistons are moving on to round two. They are. He is and they are moving on. And it was |
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