WCS and his post game comments are disconcerting. Doesn’t have a clue why the team gets out to slow starts. Has an apathetic, clueless tone. I have noticed this a lot with him in post game interviews.
I know he had a decent offensive game(half of his points/rebounds in garbage time) and hit a 3 today. But,I am not sure the Kings should be paying him 20mil/5 years. Next year. I think he’s made some improvement this year. But, I just don’t think he’s worth all that.
I’m not sure where you are getting that from. I saw the same interview. I thought his comments were thoughtful and he was no more clueless than anyone else. As for being apathetic, I think you are reaching to meet your preconceived opinion, as for his tone of voice, he is always like that in interviews, that’s just the way he is.
Below are excerpts from the interview as transcribed by Jason Jones,
The Sacramento Bee. Here is a link to the full article:
http://www.sacbee.com/sports/nba/sacramento-kings/kings-blog/article194613864.html
Willie Cauley-Stein called for more accountability from himself and teammates after the Kings’ blowout loss to the Clippers in Los Angeles last month. And much like the problems of this season, Cauley-Stein was repeating himself after Saturday afternoon’s 126-105 loss to the Clippers at Staples Center.
“Honestly, I don’t really know,” Cauley-Stein said of how to fix the bad starts. “It’s got to come from us, but it’s got to come from us holding each other accountable. Like, enough is enough. I think Coach is at that point where he’s not going to play you if you’re not doing the right thing, and I think that’s how it should be.”
Cauley-Stein said coach Dave Joerger might need to treat the Kings like a college team, and cut playing time for mistakes, regardless of age or experience.
“If you’re not doing your job right, next man up, you get your turn next time it comes around,” the third-year center said. “I think it’s got to happen like that, even for myself.”
The need to play with high energy from the start is preached constantly, but as Cauley-Stein said Saturday, the Kings didn’t show that until the second half. They trailed 64-45 at halftime.
“I think it’s tough on Coach because we’re pros and you should be able to take care of that at a pro level, but we’re also young and a lot of us just came out of college, too,” Cauley-Stein said. “We might have to take it back to a college feel for a second until dudes recognize this is how it is and how it’s got to be.”
The youth excuse doesn’t explain Saturday, when the two youngest starters were rookie De’Aaron Fox and Cauley-Stein. Veterans Zach Randolph, George Hill and Garrett Temple were the other starters.
Cauley-Stein was asked if the energy issue is surprising considering there are still a lot of young players on the roster.
“Yeah, but we’ve got a lot of old dudes playing, too, so it’s not just young dudes playing,” Cauley-Stein said. “Otherwise it’s a whole different feel if it was five young dudes out there. Most of time it’s three old dudes and two young dudes, (or) a couple of young dudes and maybe some three-to-four-year dudes that’s playing. So it’s really frustrating, but it is what it is, so you’ve just got to keep pushing and learn from it.”