One of the flurry of moves the Golden State Warriors made this offseason was signing 25-year-old center Willie Cauley-Stein to a two-year deal.
The details of the University of Kentucky product's contract are being revealed: he'll make $4.4 million the next two seasons with a player option in the second year, per The Athletic's Shams Charania.
Cauley-Stein last played for the Sacramento Kings, spending four seasons with the franchise that selected the seven-footer with the sixth overall pick in the 2015 NBA Draft. Cauley-Stein apparently wanted out of Sacramento, nevertheless, and asked Kings brass to deny extending their qualifying offer to the then–restricted free agent. The Kings did just so, making Cauley-Stein an unrestricted free agent and in turn signed free agent center Dewayne Dedmon. Cauley-Stein afterwards reached an agreement with the Warriors.
Golden State will need the depth as they lost center Jordan Bell to the Minnesota Timberwolves. The Warriors also traded their former first-round draft pick Damian Jones, along with a second-rounder, to the Atlanta Hawks for center/forward Omari Spellman.
The biggest summer acquisition for the ailing Warriors has been D'Angelo Russell, the one-time All-Star at 23 years old who was sent to the Bay Area in a maximum contract sign-and-trade with the Brooklyn Nets. The Nets will harbor All-Stars Kyrie Irving and DeAndre Jordan, who will be joined by the departing Kevin Durant, winner of two Finals MVPs in his three-year tenure with the Warriors.
Cauley-Stein averaged 11.9 points, 8.4 rebounds, and 2.4 assists in 27.3 minutes per game, appearing in 81 contests for the fast-paced Kings last season and shooting 55.6% from the floor and 55.1% from the free throw line.
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