L.A. Lakers star Luka Doncic and Detroit Pistons star Cade Cunningham have both been granted eligibility for regular season awards after they filed appeals under the extraordinary circumstances clause. The clause allows players who don’t reach the 65-game requirement to appeal to the league and have their cases reviewed.
“The NBA and NBPA agreed that, taking into account the totality of the circumstances for Cunningham and Dončić, each player qualified for awards,” the NBA and the NBPA said in a statement.
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Cunningham played in 63 games for the Pistons this season before being sidelined in march due to a collapsed lung.
For Doncic, he played in 64 total games, and missed two matchups in December while he was overseas for the birth of his child.
“I am grateful to the NBPA for advocating on my behalf and to the NBA for their fair decision…. This season has been so special to me because of what my teammates and I have been able to accomplish, and I am honored to have the opportunity to be considered for the league’s end-of-season awards,” Doncic wrote on social media.
Despite a decent amount of public outcry regarding the 65-game minimum for awards, NBA commissioner Adam Silver has repeatedly said that the league is happy with the rule and that it’s working as intended.
James Parker contributed to this story.
