Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Cade Cunningham was born on September 25, 2001, in Arlington, Texas. He is a small forward in the NBA. 

He played college basketball for the Oklahoma State Cowboys. Cunningham began high school at Bowie High School in his hometown of Arlington, Texas before transferring to Montverde Academy in Florida, where he was rated a consensus five-star recruit and among the top players in the 2020 class by major recruiting services. As a senior, he led one of the best high school teams in history and received national player of the year recognition. Cunningham committed to playing college basketball for Oklahoma State, becoming the most heralded recruit to ever do so, and was named a consensus first-team All-American and Big 12 Player of the Year after his freshman season with the team. He won a gold medal with the United States at the 2019 FIBA Under-19 World Cup.

Cunningham's father, Keith Cunningham, played college football for Texas Tech. His older brother Cannen played college basketball for SMU, surpassing the school record for games played, before spending one professional season in Poland. Cannen later pursued a coaching career, becoming an assistant coach for Oklahoma State entering the 2019–20 season. Cunningham has a daughter named Riley, born in 2018. Cunningham has been a vegan since 2019

He was drafted 1st overall by the Detroit Pistons in the 2021 NBA Draft.