Cade Cunningham will soon find out if he will be his first all-NBA team. Whether he will indeed have an impact on the offseason for the Detroit Pistons and its future salary cap.

The rising superstar scored the all-NBA roster for the first time after the breakout season, averaging 26.1 points, 9.1 assists and 6.1 rebounds, with the 44-win Pistons falling into six games in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs. He will raise a big salary next season, the first of his five-year, $224 million high contract extension signed in 2024. But if he gets the all-NBA, that number will be even more intense when announced in the conference finals.

His four-year, $45.6 million rookie contract is the No. 1 pick in 2021, with his designated rookie extension starting at the 2025-26 season. Cunningham was the first Pistons draft picks to sign Max rookie extensions with the team since Andre Drummond signed five years and $127 million in 2016.

Here's what Cunningham needs to know:

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Cade Cunningham's contract with Pistons

• If Cunningham named any of three all-NBA teams (five players per team), his salary would increase from 25% of the 2025-26 salary cap to 30%, crashing the total value of the contract to about $269 million, an increase of $45 million per year or an average of $9 million. (I made Cunningham the powerlessness of the second team in the NBA in the official vote.)
• If that happens, Cunningham's starting salary will increase from $38.6 million to $46.4 million next season, which will reduce the upper limit of the Pistons in the 2025 offseason from about $27 million to about $19 million.
• Either way, the Pistons have enough funds and resources to bring back some veterans, while Malik Beasley, Tim Hardaway Jr., Dennis Schröder and Paul Reed all went into unlimited free agents. Ultimately, that's a good question, but with Jaden Ivey, Jalen Duren (this summer) and other young players qualifying for their own expansion, it will get their hats to drive along the road.

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