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Cade Cunningham

Cade Cunningham, American basketball player

Born
September 25, 2001
Age in 2026
25
Zodiac sign
Libra
Birth year
2001

About Cade Cunningham

Cade Parker Cunningham (born September 25, 2001) is an American professional basketball player for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He attended 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 the Oklahoma State Cowboys, 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. He was the NBA first overall pick by the Detroit Pistons in the 2021 NBA draft. He was named as an NBA All-Star and to an All-NBA Team for the first time in 2025.

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Cade Cunningham timeline

  1. He won a gold medal with the United States at the 2019 FIBA Under-19 World Cup.
  2. He attended 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.

The world when Cade Cunningham was born

Cade Cunningham was born in 2001. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 2001

  • #1 song"Hanging by a Moment" – Lifehouse
  • Top movieA Beautiful Mind
  • Top TV showSurvivor
  • Best-selling bookHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone – J.K. Rowling (US paperback peak)

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentBarry Bonds hits 73 home runs
  • Top headline9/11 attacks change the world forever
  • Technology milestoneApple iPod released
  • Defining fadiPod
  • Notable inventioniPod
  • World population6.17 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderGeorge W. Bush
  • Sports championArizona Diamondbacks (World Series)
  • Also wonLos Angeles Lakers (NBA)
  • U.S. population284.9M

2001 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Cade Cunningham's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure20012026
Gas$1.46$3.45/gal
Average home$147,800$435,000
Average income$51,407$67,500
Minimum wage$5.15$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$5.66$11.95
Postage stamp$0.34$0.73
Population284.9M341 million

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