nutsygenius

172 | 16 hours ago

He got free 4 points in like the last 20 seconds of the game lol It would’ve been a worse statline

Fresh_Salmon

57 | 16 hours ago

Nobody even bothered to stop him lmao. They just let him through

tuinktuink

35 | 16 hours ago

He statpadding when they need 3

Fresh_Salmon

4 | 16 hours ago

He just looked so out of it toward the end of the 3rd. Weird

Lonely_Chemistry408

77 | 16 hours ago

Forget his atrocious stats, I have never seen him that inactive on defense. Really hoping he’s got a virus like everyone else in Michigan and not a lingering injury. He just was not himself at all

Ghoti76

27 | 16 hours ago

yeah i was surprised at how non-aggressive he was. this game should have been a lot tougher for LA

Chewy_brown

13 | 16 hours ago

He was not himself tonight… Not even close

Illionaires

13 | 16 hours ago

He didnt even look interested in the game even when they got close

Wild-Bid8858

4 | 15 hours ago

Collin Sexton kept attacking him 🤣

No-Equipment-20

26 | 16 hours ago

2 of those FGs were concessions at the end of the game too

Odd-Education7192

84 | 16 hours ago

Couldn’t handle Matisse Thybulle

My-Life-For-Auir

45 | 16 hours ago

Laker’s spent 10s of millions on Grimes and Sexton and their 2 best signings (besides Kessler) is a couple of vet mins.

joaolouro1967

43 | 16 hours ago

Ziaire and Matisse are changing my life, long live the dreads

swords_devil

25 | 16 hours ago

Grimes I think it’s decent signing, but Sexton is really bad now, I understand trying to get him for third ball handler if one of Luka/Reaves out, but yea he just isn’t cutting it.

Definitely need to maintain Thybulle and William next offseason they are big reason how Lakers have this record right now

Lmao1903

1 | 10 hours ago

Reminds me of the Derrick Jones Jr signing, they did lose him the following year though and it might be the case again with those 2

Patient_Yogurt975

17 | 16 hours ago

Not just the stat line but he was atrocious by the eye test

Lonely_Chemistry408

2 | 15 hours ago

Yes— like I’d be shocked if he isn’t ill atrocious.

Scared-Foundation-13

15 | 16 hours ago

4 of those points came in the final 20 seconds where the Lakers just let him score to kill time and end the game.

gngh10

10 | 16 hours ago

bro wasted like 3 possessions in the 4th by bricking so hard in the 4th

Jarxzz

81 | 16 hours ago

Cade still has too many of these games for a star

Chewy_brown

55 | 16 hours ago

I mean this was one of the worst games of his career. Was completely off in every way.

onefootback

-10 | 15 hours ago

cade has had many games like this ngl. not saying it’s happens super often but this type of game isn’t something new for him

Chewy_brown

13 | 15 hours ago

Maybe it’s just recency bias talking, but it felt much worse than a normal off game from him

onefootback

-12 | 15 hours ago

it’s the recency bias

b1indsamurai

0 | 13 hours ago

He was very clearly hungover

SplitOk186

22 | 16 hours ago

He’s a lot more up and down as a scorer than most of the other guys in top 10 talks

Junior-Champion-6918

13 | 15 hours ago

Because his team has by far the least offensive versatility out of any of the other guys in top 10 talks by far. Not saying he didn’t play bad today or shouldn’t improve on his game but there’s a reason Duren just started playing way worse in the playoffs outside of just shrinking. The team is built to grind out wins in the regular season by out-hustling guys but that only goes so far when the only real on-ball threat is Cade.

They need to start Ausar to maintain their identity but that’s comes at the cost of their spacing. Two non shooters starting on a team that already isn’t that equipped shooting wise and you’re gonna have a lot of nights like these.

Lmao1903

1 | 10 hours ago

He needs a 2nd guy for sure. You can tell why the Pistons wanted Reaves, they’d be a much better team if they got him instead of Duren, now then at that point they’d need a solution at the big position, but the team would make more sense.

heymynameiseric

0 | 11 hours ago

This is actually the opposite of the truth. Cade actually was one of the most consistent scorers of all starting PGs coming into this game.

Don’t roll your eyes, but, statistically, consistency can be measured using %cv. %cv is proportional to your average ppg as well, so it’s all taken into account.

Cade had a better %cv than: Luka, Brunson, SGA, Curry, Dame, Trae Young, Maxey, Deaaron Fox, etc. Meaning: “he consistently scores closer to his average ppg than almost any other starting PG.”

The only other starting PG that I know is more consistent is Haliburton, and thats only a small sample size of 4 games bc his injury. This game dropped his consistency down, but even then the only others ahead of him are Curry and Brunson

TheBimpo

4 | 14 hours ago

He has arguably the most burden of any all NBA player and is still averaging 24/6/7. No one beyond maybe Shea is so consistent they never have off nights.

b1indsamurai

4 | 13 hours ago

Luka

Dabeastfeast11

0 | 13 hours ago

Luka has AR his offensive load isn’t even close to Cades.

b1indsamurai

4 | 11 hours ago

Luka has to score 40 every night to win and run the entire offense, I think his offense load is more than Cades…

Lmao1903

2 | 10 hours ago

I like Cade and I do agree with his situation being tough, offensively speaking, but Luka averages those numbers you mentioned in the 1st half, and so far he had to average 40/8/8 because whenever he went out, the 2nd unit killed every lead they had. Now games like this potentially shows that those days might be over and he will get more help moving forward, but it wasn’t the case so far

Queasy_Salad7444

-1 | 13 hours ago

there’s so many guys more consistent then him, what are you talking about, i can name 10+ players who are more consistent offensively

pokerawz

-1 | 15 hours ago

I try to tell them

435rouhnj234_209u

10 | 16 hours ago

Should’ve ducked Matisse Thybulle when he had the chance

XxEpicMonkee

20 | 16 hours ago

if luka stat padded like cade at the end of this game he would be disrespected to such a degree it’d be unbelievable

Lmaobruh4465

49 | 16 hours ago

Anyone remember those Cade > Luka talks last year?

Laughable tbh Cade not even in the same stratosphere

Wooden_Coyote5992

23 | 15 hours ago

“He plays defense”

yeeetmxster420

21 | 15 hours ago

Nico Harrison really made Lukas PR in the gutter

Wooden_Coyote5992

21 | 15 hours ago

That and the Brian Windhorst rant during the finals. Luka one of the only guys to make a finals run and get worse PR. Somehow playoff Jimmy Butler is legendary even though he always lost in the end.

heliosflama1234

-26 | 15 hours ago

Cade continues to pop up in conversations he shouldn’t be in. Dudes a solid top 50. Him and Barnes aren’t anything special and that’s ok. They’re not unicorn DPOY bigs like Mobley, or guards who can will their team to a win. They’re just solid role players at the end of the day

ShippingNotIncluded

17 | 15 hours ago

Bringing up Mobley 😂 😂

terry-tea

7 | 12 hours ago

“Cade and Barnes are role players unlike Evan ‘18 and 8’ Mobley”

people just get on here and say anything

imadjabras

4 | 10 hours ago

Bro tried to sneak in 18 and 8 like we wouldn’t notice.

Mohammed_ShagMe

2 | 11 hours ago

Brother what are you talking about

MoIicOnePGR

2 | 10 hours ago

Love this ragebait + u got a chuckle out of me, so +1

Foreign-Cry6179

1 | 9 hours ago

This brother said ¹⁸⁄₈ over Barnes and Cade

closing-the-thread

3 | 16 hours ago

Was Cade sick?

Chewy_brown

9 | 16 hours ago

He sure played like he was but there were no reports saying as much

Lonely_Chemistry408

9 | 15 hours ago

He had to be. I’ve never seen him uninterested like that. He had zero juice. Wasn’t active on D at all

Chewy_brown

4 | 15 hours ago

Right? That or something personal was distracting him mentally. That was not the normal CC out there tonight

xniccru

7 | 16 hours ago

Stat padded instead of trying to win lol

Insonarc

2 | 12 hours ago

First game of Cade I’ve watched where I really felt like he just looked disinterested the whole time. Hope he’s not sick or something

Western-Election-997

4 | 16 hours ago

0 points in first half isn’t acceptable for a top 10 player

j_fish5

3 | 15 hours ago

Jake Laravia did a good job defensively on him

funkchi_dev

3 | 14 hours ago

A terrorist game from Cade. These were becoming rarer, but these games were quite common in his rookie and soph seasons.

PastaCheed

4 | 15 hours ago

Tried to put this guy in top 5 talks btw

Wild-Bid8858

2 | 16 hours ago

Cade is the guy that people say Wemby is. He’s so inconsistent offensively, especially for a GUARD!!

Dabeastfeast11

6 | 13 hours ago

Dumb ass take. Far easier to be consistent as a big. Look at the most efficient scorers and it’s all bigs because they’re bigger than everyone else and take shots at the rim. Wemby doesn’t have half as much offensive responsibilities as Cade.

Funny-Transition7869

1 | 10 hours ago

guards are traditionally less consistent what?

PastaCheed

0 | 15 hours ago

Cook

LosAngeLukaGOATCIC

1 | 16 hours ago

Cade is actually a better player than Luka because he is a better defender.

I like Cade, I’ve defend him so much during his rookie season.

I was defending him when they lost how many games in a row, but wow those Cade > Luka takes last year were atrocious.

PlatypusNo6808

8 | 15 hours ago

😂 Cade is not a better player than Luka lay off the crack

LosAngeLukaGOATCIC

7 | 15 hours ago

I’m not talking about me…

PlatypusNo6808

1 | 15 hours ago

My fault

LosAngeLukaGOATCIC

6 | 15 hours ago

It’s fair, I’ve worded incorrectly lol but it’s always funny because my username is basically Luka lol.

Doc_JC

1 | 10 hours ago

Thybulle had him locked up most of the game

GarnetOblivion1

1 | 16 hours ago

Easy to look good against bad teams

DamianAlGhuI

0 | 15 hours ago

Not a superstar.

onefootback

0 | 15 hours ago

for someone who’s supposed to be top 10, cade’s scoring is super inconsistent. he was horrific tonight

KimDahyunKwonEunbi

2 | 12 hours ago

On the pistons sub they said luka ducking ausar and cade and was almost surrle cade will go nuclear. Aged like milk

Cade Cunningham in the loss: 14 points on 6⁄15 F/G, he had 0 points in the first half

Cade Cunningham in the loss: 14 points on ⁶⁄₁₅ F/G, he had 0 points in the first half