Pistons' Cade Cunningham loses top-rookie duel. Here's why he may have won the night.

LAS VEGAS — The first two picks of the NBA draft squared off Tuesday night before the biggest Summer League crowd so far. Cade Cunningham and Jalen Green have that kind of star potential. Both showed it in moments.  

Beyond that? 

It’s. The. Summer. League.  

Also: Henry Ellenson. Remember him? 

No?  

He was the Detroit Pistons’ first-round pick five years ago. He looked good in the summer. He’s now out of the NBA.  

So don’t take too much away from a single game in Las Vegas, or even two games, which is how many the Pistons’ No. 1 pick has played in his professional career. As Cunningham said after his Pistons lost to Green’s Rockets, 111-91, “it’s a long journey … I can’t skip ahead to Year 3.”