00:00Huge breaking news.
00:01According to former intern.
00:04Yep, former Carson Anderson intern.
00:06And current ESPN writer, Vinny Goodwill.
00:11Cade Cunningham is expected to play today.
00:14Wow.
00:16That's big, man.
00:18That is big.
00:21Here's the crazy thing.
00:23If he plays the final three games, which he may not,
00:27but if he plays the final three games,
00:30he will finish with 64 games played.
00:34One shy of being eligible for MVP.
00:39One shy for being eligible for the postseason award stuff, which sucks.
00:43But this team, which has played exceptionally well without him,
00:48have found a way to win games without him.
00:51Now, getting their best piece back.
00:54Cade Cunningham back in the lineup tonight.
00:56Now, a couple things about this.
00:58One is, let's all talk this through.
01:01There's 0.0% chance they'd rush him back, right?
01:05Right.
01:06Right, Kang?
01:07No chance they rush him back.
01:09No way.
01:11Obviously, I expect a minute's limit, a restriction tonight of some sort.
01:15But yeah, they're taking all precautions.
01:17So they feel comfortable that he can go out and play an NBA game right now.
01:19For how many minutes?
01:20That remains to be seen.
01:22But he's going to allegedly suit it up tonight.
01:24Yeah, I don't care if it's 10 minutes, 5 minutes, 15 minutes.
01:27What matters more is, does he get closer to something like a full game?
01:33Is it going to be full go a week from Friday or Saturday whenever they play their first playoff game?
01:39He's got a lot of time to get back into game shape here.
01:42He does.
01:43And we go back to a few weeks ago and we heard the news and immediately looked up to see
01:49any comps, anybody gone through the same thing with a collapsed young.
01:53And the comp you had, the player came back and played, what, it scored 21 points his first game back.
02:00And the next game played 30-something minutes.
02:02Yeah.
02:03And with the collapsed lung, I guess, basically, you're just waiting for the lung to reinflate itself and heal.
02:07And once it's there, you're fine.
02:09So.
02:10Appears to be the case.
02:11Appears to be the case.
02:12Yeah.
02:12They went to Bell Tire, got it taken care of.
02:14Now it's good for the postseason, right?
02:16Hopefully he's nitronized.
02:17Yeah, exactly.
02:18Does he have the green cap?
02:19Is it the green cap?
02:20I fell for that stupid crap watch.
02:22Don't ever get the green cap.
02:25Nitronized.
02:26So not that this mattered at all in the decision making, but it is kind of cool that tonight is
02:29fan appreciation night at Little Caesars Arena and Cade's going to be able to show up, you know?
02:35Yeah, that's great.
02:36No, really cool.
02:37Last home game of the season until the playoffs.
02:39Cade Cunningham, if you're just flipping your radio on, is, according to Vince Goodwill, expected to play tonight for the
02:45Detroit Pistons.
02:47So we'll see.
02:48Probably go through warmups and everything and just double and triple check that everything feels good.
02:52But, man, that's good news, huh?
02:54That's great news.
02:55You remember how depressing that was when that came out?
02:57It was shocking.
02:58It wasn't depressing.
02:59It was flat out shocking.
03:01We were just getting ready to, what, a half an hour, 20 minutes before we started the show from the
03:06Thursday show we did at Twin Peaks for the tournament.
03:09Yep.
03:09For the opening day of the tournament.
03:11And I'm sitting in my car, got a text message, and looked at them like, wow, that just happened.
03:16And I walk in, I'm like, did you?
03:17And you're like, yep.
03:19Just, we just found out.
03:20It was, I mean, shocking.
03:23Okay, so the next question is, is there, like, first one is there's no chance they're going to start do
03:28this too soon.
03:30Next question is, is there any reintegration period just for the team?
03:36Like, do they have to get used to playing with Kate again, or is this just like riding a bike?
03:40I hope it's riding a bike, but I think, like everything else, it's going to take a quick adjustment.
03:45Hopefully, it's not a long adjustment.
03:48And we haven't heard about Isaiah Stewart if he's back for tonight, but that'll be another one as well.
03:53But Isaiah Stewart, you know, rotational guy.
03:56In the wake, okay, if you look at this thing like you and I tend to do, and this is
04:02the third question, are they going to be better for this?
04:07Not because Kate got hurt, but because Kevin Herter figured it out here with the Pistons while Kate was out.
04:18I think while Kate was out, Danis Jenkins got back to form that he'd showed earlier, and I think it's
04:25probably a different thing for him when he's coming off the bench.
04:27Hopefully, he can, you know, be instant offense off the bench the way he has been as a starter.
04:33And there's been some good, more good than bad from Marcus Sasser.
04:36Like, I'm not convinced that there aren't some good things overall that happened here with Kate out.
04:43So, yeah, obviously, getting the MVP candidate back is amazing.
04:49And let's go.
04:50This was, I mean, we've already seen it.
04:52We know what they're like with Kate Cunningham.
04:54We know what they're like without Kate Cunningham.
04:55I like him better with.
04:58That'll be fine.
04:59We'll take it.
05:00Yeah, I don't think there's going to be any really real readjustment period.
05:03And I also think it did make him better.
05:05Or just made him reinforce the fact that what we kind of already knew is they could win without Kate.
05:09And Jenkins got more time.
05:11He can run the point.
05:11I mean, if anything, if you needed to be for sure, for sure, I think when Kate was out and
05:16they won all those games without him, I think, yeah, you feel pretty confident with the bench guys now.
05:20Red Velvet included.
05:21Yeah, Red Velvet has really justified the trade.
05:25And it's amazing what a difference three weeks made.
05:28The three weeks that Kate was out and the three weeks what happened with Jaden Ivey.
05:31Well, yeah, I was going to say Jaden Ivey may have, you know, put more confidence in you in the
05:36trade after seeing what went down with Chicago over there.
05:38But the only adjustment there may be is how does Kate play with that medieval knight's chest armor plate chest
05:44on?
05:45Because I don't want this guy diving for any balls.
05:47And he's got to stay healthy.
05:49I mean, just go out there and get your wind back, right?
05:51Getting the groove.
05:52I guess.
05:53I mean, one of the things, if that's still if there's any concern about a reoccurrence, I wouldn't want him
05:58out there at all.
05:59I don't want to see him touch the floor at all.
06:01If he if he if he goes to the floor, don't dive, man, I feel sorry for the person that
06:06pushed him to the floor.
06:07Oh, like the excuse coming out so much.
06:10Yeah, you're not going to hold them back.
06:14Yeah, or Duren for that matter.
06:16But I think this is great news.
06:17Love it.
06:18Looking forward to it now.
06:20Yeah, it's it's massive.
06:21Huge news.
06:21Just getting the guy back and getting him back in time for all the things that we mentioned.
06:26And get it.
06:28He's got time to get his wind back.
06:29He's got time to reintegrate with the team, the roster, get used to playing with him again.
06:34Cade Cunningham, according to Vincent Goodwill, expected to play tonight for the Detroit Pistons.
06:41And suddenly.
06:43This goes for a game against Milwaukee that I was like, maybe I'll have it on to absolutely.
06:49I'll have it on.
06:51Right.
06:52I mean, playing out the string is one thing, but seeing Cade back out there and how.
06:57You know, if he hits the ground running, we'll be able to do the show tomorrow with no concerns.
07:03You know, if he's typical Cade performance.
07:06This is awesome.
07:07This is really, really good.
07:08This is really, really good.
07:09So total was 20 days.
07:11Is that when it was 20 days?
07:12Because it was a Thursday where it came out.
07:14It'll be 21 tomorrow.
07:15Yep.
07:16Yeah.
07:16Now there's premium in the last few games before.
07:18I was just like getting into playoffs.
07:19Now it's like I'm watching.
07:212, 4, 8, 5, 3, 9, 97, 97.
07:23Well, on a day that we have been mired in crappy news, there is some good news, people.
07:29Piston fans, how you feeling right now?
07:31How you feeling right now?
07:32News at Cade Cunningham.
07:34Back tonight for your Detroit Pistons.
07:372, 4, 8, 5, 3, 9, 97, 97.
07:39Carson Anderson.
07:392, 5, 5, 6, 5, 6, 7, 98.
07:423, 9, 98.
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