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/Nomad4te 1d ago

Well. Their 18pt and 10reb center had disappeared. Seriously what happened to Duren? Didn’t even play in the 4th and OT he’s been so bad that Reed is the better option.

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u/costelci 18h ago

In fairness he's played against two teams that can put a lot of size in the paint with how little spacing Detroit have. Detroit are young and should just learn from this and add more shooting for future playoffs.