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Cade Cunningham’s Injury Could Sink Detroit’s Title Hopes

Smith said Detroit’s ceiling changes completely without its star guard after news of Cunningham’s collapsed lung. “He is the offense. Everything goes through him,” Smith said on First Take. He added the Pistons “don’t have a bona fide, viable secondary scoring option,” warning any championship path disappears if Cunningham isn’t back healthy, even if Detroit survives temporarily.