On November 3, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and the Bucks defeated the Pistons 117-89. In this game, the result of the Pistons' loss is not surprising, but the performance of the new branch canningham has disappointed many fans. He shot 2-of-14 from the field and 0-of-9 from three-point range, finishing with just six points, two rebounds and three assists.
If it is forgivable that cunningham's debut in the previous game with the Magic, but in this game, he has lifted the restriction on playing time, indicating that the body is no longer in serious trouble. But in this game against the Bucks, Cunningham did not pick up at all, but his two weaknesses were exposed.
Cunningham's first weakness was that his speed was so slow that it was difficult for him to break through to get rid of defenders. In this case, Cunningham can only make a large number of shots on the outside and make dry pull jump shots. Projection was originally a big selling point for him in the draft, but in this game, Cunningham was 0-of-9 outside the three-point line, plus 5-of-0 from three-pointers in the previous game, which was really disappointing.
Cunningham's second weakness was his serious inadequacy in confrontation. In fact, as a tall defender with a height of 2 meters 01, even if the speed is slow, if Cunningham's confrontation ability is good enough, then he can still rely on the height advantage to eat the opponent. But the embarrassing thing is that Cunningham's confrontation ability is too poor now, if he was knocked by the alphabet brother can be understood, but in the second quarter of the game, when he played George Hill on his back under the basket, Cunningham's hooker actually threw three no sticks, such a performance, so that the on-site commentary felt speechless for a while.
As the highly anticipated Champion Lang, after entering the NBA, he averaged only 4 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game in the first 2 games after entering the NBA, shooting only 13.6% from the field, and Cunningham's performance was indeed disappointing. Some Pistons fans even wondered if they had chosen another Milisic or, like the Cavaliers, a Bennett.
However, after only 2 games, it is too early to label Cunningham as a "parallel cargo". It's just that Cunningham really needs to adjust his state quickly, otherwise the voice of doubt will only get louder and louder, and the pressure he carries will become bigger and bigger, and may even crush him.