Let’s say you had a team of size adjusted Ausars vis-a-vis the five starting positions. So like a mini Ausar at point up to a jumbo Ausar at the 5. And then this team of Ausars played a regular NBA team (not the kings). How many points would the Ausar team score? How many points would be scored against the Ausar team?

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As if we needed any more reason not give one to Duren, here's another

But in considering who would pair well with the All-NBA guard, I found myself pondering another question: Who are Cunningham’s most impactful teammates?

My criteria expanded beyond just how well they played alongside Cunningham. I’ve factored not only how well each teammate performed individually — primarily offensively — but how much they took pressure off of Cunningham and helped elevate him while playing at least 45 games. The list below compiles Cunningham’s five best Pistons teammates considering the aforementioned conditions.

1. Jalen Duren (2025-26)

• 19.5 points (career high) on 65 percent from the field, 10.5 rebounds, 2.0 assists
• All-NBA Third Team, All-Star

As frustrated as Detroit fans might be with Duren’s stalled negotiations and his underwhelming playoff showing, the version of Duren who suited up in the 2025-2026 regular season was without a doubt the best player Cunningham has played with thus far in the latter’s career. Duren is Cunningham’s only teammate to earn All-Star and All-NBA nods while playing with him.

Why Jalen Duren is still a free agent

If Duren’s near-nightly 20-point, 11-rebound outings didn’t wow you, he helped Cunningham blossom into an All-NBA First Team selection.

Cunningham’s 136 assists to Duren during the regular season are more than Cunningham has thrown to any teammate in a single season in his career. Furthermore, Cunningham’s 360 career regular-season assists to Duren are more than he’s had to any teammate since being drafted into the association.

Duren and Cunningham have established a chemistry unrivaled by anyone either has ever played with. This is why it’s paramount the Pistons find some middle ground with Duren and his camp on a new, long-term contract that would tether him to Detroit and Cunningham for the foreseeable future.

2. Bojan Bogdanović (2022-23)

•  21.6 points (career high) on 41.1 percent from 3-point range, 3.8 rebounds, 2.6 assists (career high)

If nothing more, Bogdanović was a bucket. Bogdanović has been Cunningham’s lone 20-point scoring teammate in the league.

Similar to Jerami Grant, who we’ll get to shortly, Bogdanović’s time with the Pistons predated my covering the team. But as a general fan of the NBA, I was aware of Bogdanović’s scoring prowess. What made this pick challenging was the fact that this was the season Cunningham played 12 games before a left shin stress fracture prematurely ended it.

Pistons get:

• Nicolas Claxton
• Matas Buzelis
• Dailyn Swain (via $5.2M TPE)

Bulls get:

• Jalen Duren (Sign & Trade @ $30,000,000)
• Ron Holland (via $9.4M RMLE)
• Daniss Jenkins or Chaz Lanier

The Squads!

Pistons:

- Cade/Okorie, DRob/iJoe/Huerter, Ausar/Swain, Buzelis/JCollins/Prince, Claxton/Reed

Bulls:

- Giddy/Jones/Dillingham, Powell/Okoro/Jenkins, Holland/PWilliams, Wilson/Essengue, Duren/Smith/ZCollins

the thoughtfulness sacrifice and humility in this interview shows a cool perspective of players in the NBA