I know 23/4/7 looks like a respectable statline, his points and assists are up. His rebounding is down, but that’s more about who he shares the floor with. But, he is just not helping his team win games in any way because everything else just kind of… sucks.

50.2ts% with a 31% usg rate. Career worst -7.5 netrtg. His defense is visibly worse than even his rookie year, and it shows in the stats. He’s gone from 1.9 stocks/g as a rook to .9 this season. Career worst DBPM of -3.7 so far. And the turnovers… 5 tov/g leads “qualified” players by a decent chunk . I get that Detroits got a lot of problems, but Cade doesn’t seem like he’s the answer to any of them.

There was a lot of buzz around Cade this off season, especially during the pre-FIBA USA select scrims, but he hasn’t shown any growth or improvement so far just more volume. I don’t think he’s about to wash out of the league or anything, but he’s starting to look like a Wiggins-esque disappointment. I don’t like to root against guys, especially not young guys trying to figure it out. I’d be perfectly happy is this is a reverse-jinx and he starts killing it tomorrow. But right now I don’t see anything that says Cade can be “the guy” on even a decent team.