Cade Cunningham is Much Better Than You Think 

We made it 🙏 thank you bro, might have to do a QnA or something

Yes but that's a red herring like the Spurs having a better defense without Kawhi Leonard in 2017 The big thing is the offense Monty ran Go back and rewatch the Charlotte, Washington and OKC games from late January. You can clearly see the differences in the offense with and without Cade. And especially watch the Cleveland game after OKC and you'll notice Monty realized his mistake and kept a lot of the principles he was using when Cade was out, using more movement and attacking from different places For whatever reason he didn't think he needed to help Cade and the offense was very stagnant and predictable. Very James Harden circa 2016 That's fine if you have good shooters but because of the lineups around him Cade was basically running into a brick wall every play The team shot 33% when it was just Cade but 36% when it was just Ivey. (And shot 53% from two vs 51%) You're technically right that the offense was better without Cade but that's mostly just shooting variance and coaching Although Ivey and Cade are closer than most people would admit because how much pressure Jaden puts on defenses

@@michaelahurt Cade was over dribbling dribbling in traffic holding Ball too long slowing down pace make unexcusable passes and gassing out late he needs to be held accountable

@@Jamar-lg9ob Over dribbling because there was no one to pass to though. That will go away with better players who he trusts. You can tell the difference between someone not seeing a pass and someone deciding not to throw it. Cade looked off guys a lot last year hoping against hope he could find something better. The conditioning can definitely improve. The pace isn't a huge concern long-term for me because I've seen players and teams be intentional about it and change mid-career or even mid-series. Most recently Luka. The biggest problem he has is defeating traps. He's too passive. You don't see skip passes enough, he doesn't do the Luka thing where he snaps passes from over his head, he doesn't move the ball quickly and he doesn't hit that Steph pocket pass into space I also want to see him working off ball more often even if it's just to run a PnR He definitely has a lot of things to work on

@@michaelahurt it's always someone to pass it too just got to stop Ball hogging trust teammates to make right play he got to simply play better as so called franchise player it's all his fault now no excuses

@@michaelahurt I agree

U have to look at what's around him brother. With proper spacing he is going to only get better with less TO's because he will only have to worry about beating his man or a double occasionally instead of triple teams where he is kicking out to non shooters. He is efficient with a bad offensive set up that works against him. Imagine one that actually utilizes his strengths. A lineup up of cade, Hardaway, Simone, Tobias and Stew will have the floor completely spaced. They won't start this lineup but it's a lineup that can be run with all 36-38 percent shooters around him. This next season will be interesting under a coach who actually wants to be here with something to prove.

@@King_Lou96 maybe so but Cade just doesn't do one thing exceptionally well. Seems more of role player at best. We will soon see with these upgrades how he does. However, this up coming season is make or break for him to me. He lacks conviction too it's almost like he doesn't want to be great

@@KennyMoe7mile I respect your opinion but I have to disagree. I see the want to be great in cade and I've seen greatness from him. He does everything well and I'd say he is a great scorer with great playmaking instincts he just needs a competent roster around him instead of Killian Hayes sitting at the 3 with his match up selling out on cade. He passed the eye test for me in his 3rd season (2nd really). It's everyone else I'm curious about like what ivey will be and if asuar and holland can learn to shoot and can duren become a good rim protector as well as develop a 15 footer. Cade I have no questions about it's the rest of the young core for me I'm unsure about.

In what context? That he hasn't lived up to expectations? He was overhyped vs how good he was? He wasn't the best prospect in his own class? He's definitely in the lower end of #1 picks this century. Probably only ahead of Risacher, Wiggins, Bennett, Bargnani, Bogut, Kwane, K-Mart and Ayton. Then you had Edwards, Fultz, Howard (and Mobley) in the same tier ... So you're talking 40th-50th percentile in terms of the top top guys but still 99th percentile overall That said there's really no reason he shouldn't be as good as Devin Booker which is a top 10-15 type guy and someone who made an NBA Finals.

​@@KennyMoe7mile how many guys in the NBA do you think are better mid-range scorers and PnR playmakers? If you're in the 95th percentile of all NBA players in something doesn't that mean you do it exceptionally well? You're talking about him like he's Saddiq Bey

Then why is he the #2 option and why do teams game plan for Tatum? _Every_ coach in the NBA is just stupid?

@@michaelahurt same reason he eastern conference finals MVP and finals MVP all defense and all NBA something taytum not

@@Jamar-lg9ob Tatum has been All NBA _first_ team the last three years

@@michaelahurt not all NBA defense

@@Jamar-lg9ob Neither has made all defense