US EditionPistons guard Cade Cunningham comes up short in NBA Most Improved voting
- Dyson Daniels of the Atlanta Hawks won the NBA Most Improved Player award announced on April 30, 2025, with Cade Cunningham and Ivica Zubac as finalists.
- Cunningham earned the finalist spot due to significant statistical growth that helped the Detroit Pistons improve from 14-68 to a 44-38 playoff team this season.
- Daniels, a third-year guard who became a full-time starter this season, showed the most dramatic improvement, including a league-leading three steals per game and career-best shooting percentages.
- Daniels received 44 first-place votes, Zubac 25, and Cunningham 15 from a global panel of 100 NBA writers and broadcasters voting shortly after the regular season ended.
- Cunningham's breakout season boosted Detroit's turnaround but narrowly missed the award, while All-NBA honors and other end-of-season awards remain to be announced during the playoffs.
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Pistons guard Cade Cunningham comes up short in NBA Most Improved voting
Cade Cunningham’s breakout season helped lead the Detroit Pistons to the NBA playoffs, but it wasn’t enough for the fourth-year guard to claim the award he was a finalist for. In the race for this season’s Most Improved Player award, Cunningham — along with Los Angeles Clippers big man Ivica Zubac — came up short to Atlanta Hawks guard Dyson Daniels.
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Atlanta’s Dyson Daniels wins the NBA's most improved player award
Atlanta’s Dyson Daniels has been voted the NBA’s most improved player. The 22-year-old Daniels beat out fellow finalists Ivica Zubac of the Los Angeles Clippers and Cade Cunningham of Detroit.
Daniels, Cunningham and Zubac are the finalists for the NBA's most improved player award
Detroit’s Cade Cunningham, the Los Angeles Clippers’ Ivica Zubac and Atlanta’s Dyson Daniels all made significant leaps this season. It’s time for the NBA to reveal which jump was deemed the best. Cunningham, Zubac and Daniels are the finalists for the NBA’s most improved player award, which will be revealed Wednesday night shortly after 7 p.m. on TNT. Cunningham saw almost all of his numbers increase over last season, including points per game …
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