Cade Cunningham entered Wednesday night’s game between the Detroit Pistons and the Orlando Magic off to a tough start to the year. By the end of the night, he c

Detroit Pistons' Cade Cunningham cemented himself in legendary company after a star-studded performance against the Orlando Magic.

The Dallas Mavericks let a winnable game slip away in Mexico City, unraveling in the fourth quarter as the Detroit Pistons surged late to hand them a 122-110 loss.

Cunningham says the right thing. Denying any desire to win the MVP award would look like a lie. At the same time, making that the main goal would reflect a selfish mentality. Cunningham believes that if he can lead the Pistons to success, that could simply come with everything else. Plus, MVP would be great—but NBA Finals MVP would be better.

Cade Cunningham delivered a dominant two-way performance to lead the Pistons to a blowout victory against the Magic.

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Cunningham's on/off +/- last season was only +3.4 PP100, but it was on a Pistons team that improved from 14-68 the season before the 44-38. To seriously get into the MVP race this season, Cunningham is going to need to generate a double-digits on/off +/- and the Pistons will likely need to win at least 55-60 games.