Willie Cauley-Stein is another trade option. However, there are questions about his value on the open market. He has a player option, so the Warriors don’t have control over him next season. There is also still interest in seeing how he fits when the real team is healthy. Being on the floor with Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and D’Angelo Russell has a way of making most big men look better. And Cauley-Stein has improved from his earlier struggles.
Willie Cauley-Stein Rumors
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Position: C
Born: 08/18/93
Height: 7-0 / 2.13
Weight:242 lbs. / 109.8 kg.
Salary: $2,177,483
Born: 08/18/93
Height: 7-0 / 2.13
Weight:242 lbs. / 109.8 kg.
Salary: $2,177,483
Sean Cunningham: Former King Willie Cauley-Stein feels good being back in Sacramento, looking forward to playing against old team tonight. Says he expects both love & hate from the crowd – but “a lot of love.” @Willie Cauley-Stein
Connor Letourneau: Willie Cauley-Stein (flu-like symptoms) will play tonight. Kevon Looney (abdominal soreness) is out tonight, but Kerr is hopeful he’ll be back next week.
Logan Murdock: Steve Kerr on Willie Cauley-Stein’s availability against the Spurs (he was listed as doubtful last night): “Willie’s not in San Antonio so he’s beyond doubtful.”
Kerith Burke: There’s an illness going thru the Warriors locker room. Willie Cauley-Stein and D’Angelo Russell will be OUT for the game against the Spurs. Ky Bowman was called up, but held out of practice today to manage his two-way days.
A 7-foot, 240-pound hipster who appreciates hip-hop, street art and his hometown of Spearville, Kan. (population: 793), he has long seized the chance to defy stereotypes. “That’s the biggest thing with society is we’re quick to judge a book by its cover,” said Cauley-Stein, who signed a two-year, $4.4 million deal — with a player option on the second season — with the Warriors in July. “I love going against the grain.”
That explains why Cauley-Stein, who went No. 6 overall to the Kings in the 2015 NBA draft largely for his potential as an interior defender, bristles at the notion that he must limit himself to dunks and blocked shots. As he put it, “I’m not a center; I just happen to play that role.”
