When Cade Cunningham produces all-NBA, he will owe a lot more money pistons here

Cade Cunningham will soon find out whether he will do his first all-NBA team. Whether he does it or not will have an impact on the off -season of the Detroit Pistons and its future salary limit.

After his breakout season, the aspiring superstar has been able to make an all-NBA squad for the first time that fell on average 26.1 points, 9.1 assists and 6.1 rebounds for a pistons team with 44 victories in the first round of the playoffs of the East Conference in the New York Knicks. The next season will be a massive increase, the first of five years, $ 224 million Max contract extension, which he signed in 2024. However, this number will come even more on the market if it does all-NBA that is expected to be announced as soon as the conference finale runs.

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His four-year rookie contract of $ 45.6 million as No. 1 selection in 2021 is now over, and his designated rookie extension begins in the 2025-26 season. Cunningham is the first Piston's Draft Pick to sign a Max Rookie extension with the team since Andre Drummond has signed for five years and $ 127 million in 2016.

Here is what you should know about Cunningham's New Deal:

ANALYSIS: Pistons can plunge to the converted Eastern Conference in 2025-26

Cade Cunningham contractual situation with piston

• If Cunningham is recorded by one of the three all-NBA teams (five players per team), his content from 25% of the salary limit will increase from 2025-26 to 30%, which increases the total value of the contract to around $ 269 million, an increase of $ 45 million per year. (I had Cunningham as a child's play for the all-NBA second team in my official ballot.)

• In this case, Cunningham's starting content will increase from USD $ 38.6 million next season, which would reduce around $ 27 million to around $ 19 million in the 2025 Offseason 2025.

• In any case, the pistons have enough money and resources to bring some of their veterans back, with Malik Beasley, Tim Hardaway Jr., Dennis Schröder and Paul Reed entering all unrestricted free agency. It is ultimately a good problem, but navigating in your hat will make the street a small tricker, since Jaden Ivey, Jalen Duren (this summer) and other young players are justified for their own extensions.

ANALYSIS: Cade Cunningham is a star, but cannot do it alone. What can pistons do to help him?

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This article originally appeared in Detroit Free Press: Cade Cunningham Contract: Pistons will lose 8 million US dollars of Cap Space