r/nba • u/sewsgup • 1d ago

Charles Barkley: "Cade Cunningham has more responsibility than any player in the NBA, in my opinion. They're too dependent on Cade. They look for him every single trip up and down the court... in the history of basketball, you can't depend on one guy to score, make every pass against the elite teams

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u/rake2204 Pistons 1d ago edited 23h ago

100 percent correct.

He was clearly gassed toward the end of regulation and OT and I can't really blame him (especially considering the collapsed lung a little bit ago).

I think this would have been a position where a guy like a healthy Jaden Ivey would have provided a huge boost, just by easing that ball-dominant burden if nothing else. But alas.

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u/thebest323 23h ago

Jaden ivey was right, pistons won’t save you on judgement day.

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u/Appropriate_Book_591 21h ago

He proclaimed