Willie Cauley-Stein: the 2018-19 Season watch
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You'd have to spend all of 2 minutes watching them play and know why this is the case. Maybe if Willie had tried passing the ball a little more he wouldn't get snuffed at the rim and maybe we would have beat Portland.
Not saying that Giles is all that great himself and the fouling certainly contributes to that. But really, turnovers? If the best thing you can say about our center is his turnovers then we have big problems.
Not saying that Giles is all that great himself and the fouling certainly contributes to that. But really, turnovers? If the best thing you can say about our center is his turnovers then we have big problems.
Super duper misleading statistic. If he bobbles as pass, the turnover is on the passer.
This is Willie trying to grab a loose ball or catch a non lob pass way too often:
This is Willie trying to grab a loose ball or catch a non lob pass way too often:
Willie is the #8 Center in the league in assists at 2.5 per game. Thats not good enough?
when did I say turnovers was the best thing I could say about Willie?!
How about he's starting for a team in the playoff hunt.. The level people wanna go to discredit him it's really quite telling as far as I'm concerned.
I'm reminded of a quote from a brilliant movie Pi
this is how i percieve the willie haters here, they are actively trying to filter out what they dont want to see (williie do good) so they can focus on what their looking for (the bad)... Now tell me i'm wrong
when did I say turnovers was the best thing I could say about Willie?!
How about he's starting for a team in the playoff hunt.. The level people wanna go to discredit him it's really quite telling as far as I'm concerned.
I'm reminded of a quote from a brilliant movie Pi
this is how i percieve the willie haters here, they are actively trying to filter out what they dont want to see (williie do good) so they can focus on what their looking for (the bad)... Now tell me i'm wrong
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Willie is the #8 Center in the league in assists at 2.5 per game. Thats not good enough?
when did I say turnovers was the best thing I could say about Willie?!
How about he's starting for a team in the playoff hunt.. The level people wanna go to discredit him it's really quite telling as far as I'm concerned.
I'm reminded of a quote from a brilliant movie Pi
this is how i percieve the willie haters here, they are actively trying to filter out what they dont want to see (williie do good) so they can focus on what their looking for (the bad)... Now tell me i'm wrong
when did I say turnovers was the best thing I could say about Willie?!
How about he's starting for a team in the playoff hunt.. The level people wanna go to discredit him it's really quite telling as far as I'm concerned.
I'm reminded of a quote from a brilliant movie Pi
this is how i percieve the willie haters here, they are actively trying to filter out what they dont want to see (williie do good) so they can focus on what their looking for (the bad)... Now tell me i'm wrong
If I were to list the good he does which is really impactful for us I'd say it's mainly rim running.
Also, the reason why he gets large amounts of harsh criticism is because he has every reason to be able to perform much better. No one gives a rats *** about Troy Williams or Frank Mason or even JJ. They're at best role players and at worst out of the league. Willie on the other hand is significant and good enough to warrant constant scrutiny, particularly when the impression is that he could be much better if he simply cared a little more.
I've been watching a lot of Houston with them on this latest run and it's frustrating as hell watching Capela run his role as a rim protecter, rebounder and rim runner to absolute perfection and wondering why the hell WCS can't figure out that's the mold he needs to follow. Yeah, it obviously helps playing with a HoF level playmaker like Harden, but Capela deserves his share of credit too.Dude plays his ass off on both ends, fights for position to clean the glass, fights for the garbage points and knows exactly what he needs to be doing to maximize his talents on the court. He's not trying to do dumb one on one crap that he doesn't have the skill to do. He's not any bigger or more athletic than WCS. It's his complete understanding of what he's good at on the court and playing at a high effort/energy level that make him so much more valuable than WCS as a player.
There's nothing but himself keeping him from having a Capela/Adams/Prime Tyson Chandler kind of impact on the floor. And that's far and away his biggest issue as a player.
I believe it is innate. I have a bunch of friends who live and die Kentucky basketball. They will say he is far and away the most frustrating player they’ve ever seen since Calipari’s been there. They all loved it when we picked Cousins and Fox, but puzzled by us picking WCS and Skal. I think it boils down to lack of commitment to really improve on the areas he is a major liability in and an unwillingness to thrive where he already has the elite tools to be great (blocks, rebounds, help defense)
I dunno. I know that Bagley is high-motor. Most everyone can see that. Willie is not afraid to run and he's more than a willing switcher. So I'm not comfortable giving him the low-motor label. But he's a sandwich short of a picnic, that's for sure. I don't know that Willie has the ability to think ahead; to anticipate. Last night DC pointed out that one of Willie's errant passes was there when he (Willie) saw it. But then the pass was gone and Willie didn't have the ability to see it (or know it) before he passed it to the other team. That captures it for me, and also helps explain why he's not a better shotblocker. Call it what you will, but to me, Willie is a head case. He's always going to disappoint and frustrate us as long as he wears a Kings jersey.
The more things change the more they stay the same..... same old issues with Willie that continually pop up every two or three weeks. He'll have a two or three good games and then sink right back into his old habits.
Context is everything when discussing Willie.
Willie has some very useful skills (especially for this team) but he also has some major flaws (especially for this team). In the future (say two years from now) he'd be great as the first big off the bench if Bagley and Giles were starting, However Willie is looking to be a starter and wants paid like a prime level starter. For 12-14 MIL per year I think most of us could live with his inconsistency and faults.
However he wants paid something like 18-20 Million per year (which means high level starter) and that's just too much money to commit to a guy that doesn't bring any interior presence. That's also too much money (and probably too many years) to commit to a guy that doesn't consistently bring effort/focus.
For those that keep defending Willie, you should be highly concerned that he doesn't bring consistent intensity and focus when he's in a contract year and he's made it known that he wants to get paid. Why would that suddenly no longer be an issue after he gets paid?
The consistent theme throughout all of sports among guys with "low motors" is once they get paid they all too often let up on the gas and regress. It happens time and time again especially with big men in the NBA.
Context is everything when discussing Willie.
Willie has some very useful skills (especially for this team) but he also has some major flaws (especially for this team). In the future (say two years from now) he'd be great as the first big off the bench if Bagley and Giles were starting, However Willie is looking to be a starter and wants paid like a prime level starter. For 12-14 MIL per year I think most of us could live with his inconsistency and faults.
However he wants paid something like 18-20 Million per year (which means high level starter) and that's just too much money to commit to a guy that doesn't bring any interior presence. That's also too much money (and probably too many years) to commit to a guy that doesn't consistently bring effort/focus.
For those that keep defending Willie, you should be highly concerned that he doesn't bring consistent intensity and focus when he's in a contract year and he's made it known that he wants to get paid. Why would that suddenly no longer be an issue after he gets paid?
The consistent theme throughout all of sports among guys with "low motors" is once they get paid they all too often let up on the gas and regress. It happens time and time again especially with big men in the NBA.
