Detroit — Cade Cunningham spent the last month resting and rehabbing his lingering left shin injury, which has bothered him since the preseason.
However, the second-year Pistons guard has decided that it is best to undergo season-ending surgery to treat his left shin, a league source confirmed to The Detroit News on Monday.
Cunningham, 21, has been sidelined for 17 games since the Pistons' loss to the Boston Celtics on Nov. 9.
It's a decision that Cunningham and the Pistons have been weighing for several weeks, according to a league source. The cause of Cunningham's pain is believed to be a hairline stress fracture, which The News confirmed last month.