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Detroit Pistons star guard Cade Cunningham will undergo another medical assessment next week as he continues his recovery from a collapsed left lung injury, team officials confirmed Thursday.<\/p>

The All-Star player has been sidelined for eight contests since sustaining the injury during Detroit’s March 17 matchup with the Washington Wizards.<\/p>

With four additional games scheduled during his continued absence, Cunningham appears unlikely to meet the NBA’s 65-game minimum requirement for postseason award consideration. Having appeared in 61 contests this season, only two games would remain on the schedule if his recovery timeline proceeds as anticipated.<\/p>

The NBA’s playoff tournament is scheduled to commence April 18.<\/p>

This season, the 24-year-old guard has posted averages of 24.5 points per game along with 9.9 assists and 5.6 rebounds.<\/p>

Since Detroit selected him as the first overall draft choice in 2021, the two-time All-Star has compiled career averages of 22.6 points, 7.9 assists and 5.4 rebounds across 269 games, all as a starter.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Detroit Pistons star Cade Cunningham will undergo another medical evaluation next week as he recovers from a collapsed left lung sustained in mid-March. The extended absence means the All-Star guard will likely miss eligibility for season-ending awards due to insufficient games played.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":46474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[836],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/news-1775157681083.jpg?fit=450%2C300&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-c5B","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":39498,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/detroit-pistons-star-cade-cunningham-sidelined-with-collapsed-lung-injury\/","url_meta":{"origin":46475,"position":0},"title":"Detroit Pistons Star Cade Cunningham Sidelined with Collapsed Lung Injury","author":"Admin","date":"March 19, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Detroit Pistons All-Star guard Cade Cunningham is facing a minimum two-week absence due to a collapsed lung sustained during Tuesday's game. 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