Detroit Pistons’ Cade Cunningham Calls Duncan Robinson The ‘Best Movement Shooter’ In The League

With less than 40 seconds remaining in the All-Star Game, Cade Cunningham’s Stars had long-secured a dominant double-digit victory over the Stripes, but the Pistons’ All-Pro guard still opted to pick up Jalen Brunson full-court as the waning seconds ticked off the clock. The type of intensity that Cunningham showed is the exact quality basketball fans clamored for in the All-Star Game, but it’s also representative of how the Pistons approach their work– business-like. 

Throughout the season, Detroit’s chip on their shoulder has been one of the squad’s greatest assets, but an equally important component goes by the name of Duncan Robinson. In his first year with the Pistons, Robinson has worked to fit in as the team’s premier long-range specialist after developing his reputation as a sniper after several seasons with the Miami Heat. 

This year, Robinson is averaging 12.3 points per game with 2.9 triples each night for Detroit, and he’s been a key outside shooter on a team in desperate need of more perimeter gravity. After the All-Star Game, Cunningham was asked about the impact Robinson has brought to Motown so far, and the ASG champion was quick to uplift his sharp-shooting teammate who’s put forth a 61% total shooting rate this season. 

“He’s been the best movement shooter since he’s been in the league,” Cunningham said. “Somebody that just moves so well, so freely, and he has a lot of gravity as far as when he’s coming off a screen, guys know they have to come out to him, so he’s able to make a lot of plays out of that. He’s good off the bounce too. He can drive, close-outs and everything and really make you pay, so just a really good player, a high IQ player that we’re lucky to have.”

Though he’s lauded primarily for his shooting ability, Robinson has worked to fit in as best he can from a defensive perspective. Of course, Robinson’s on-ball ability is partially shielded thanks to Cunningham and Ausar Thompson’s defensive tenacity, but the veteran wing has performed serviceably on most nights on a Pistons’ squad that ranks No. 2 in defense.

While Cunningham highlighted Robinson’s value as a motion shooter, he also fares as one of the NBA’s elite spot-up shooters as well with a 1.35 points per possession in those scenarios. Robinson is shooting 48% from the left wing and about 38% from each corner three-point position, so Duncan has benefited from kick-out after kick-out from the Pistons this season. 

As Cade alluded to, Robinson uses his vision and playmaking acumen to help feed Jalen Duren and Isaiah Stewart in the post. Before the 2025-26 regular season started, Robinson actually mentioned to Duren that he’d make sure he was an All-Star this year, and the first-year Pistons delivered on that promise by keeping the big man involved early and often during games. 

In all, Robinson brings a savvy veteran presence as an elite motion shooter who can be trusted to swing the ball around to find the open man. Robinson has proven the ability to contribute to winning basketball, and that’s what the Pistons care about in the Motor City. 

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