Kings extend QO to Willie Cauley-Stein
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As the season wore on, the amount of money I was willing to commit to Willie went down every few months. I'd say I started at ~18, then 16, 15, 14... but by the end I still had him pegged about 12 million but if you think about that, it was his contract year and he had all the incentive in the world to just put together one solid season and get a huge pay day - there is a long history of GMs who ignore history in contract years - but he just couldn't do it. Coupled with all his other questions I guess it cratered his entire market.
I'm so annoyed about this. I just want the Warriors to go away forever. They always get decent guys for the minimum. They just got Glenn Robinson III likely for the min too. Two players, while not amazing, are obviously worth more than that.
They were supposed to get guys like David Nwaba and Kosta. Come on.
They were supposed to get guys like David Nwaba and Kosta. Come on.
with the news of Willie signing with the Dubs, this is a nice slice of humble pie for him. Whether that changes his mindset and work ethic to become better is the question that remains. He may find himself out of the league before long or he may go down the Darren Collison path and retire and pursue other interests.
Well, everyone (WCS supporters included) said the market would determine his worth, and there you have it folks! I'm surprised myself that it's a minimum, but I'm not surprised that his market value is low. The problem has always been his inflated sense of self worth as a basketball player. Like I said, all he had to do was keep quiet, rebound and play D and he'd be looking at a 12-15M contract instead of ... This.
#BAGZSEASON
#BAGZSEASON
Haha again blaming the market. How come Capela didn't face the same issue? How come the role players Vlade signed didn't face the same issue? It's as simple as this, if Willie is truly so prized and great and one of the better starting Cs as you have so often declared, he would have been signed for more than the min. Yes, cap space plays a role, but it always does and if signing a player is a priority teams will find a way to do so.
I agree, this was a mess-up but maybe not all about money Stein had a bunch of issues, but at 6M per year, he's good value. His lateral movement and ,perimeter,pick and roll defense is far above average. He could've been signed as a solid back-up center. This was more about public vendettas. Warriors thrive off the Kings dysfunction. Sounds like a spiteful signing.
That really doesn't stop it from being incredibly surprising. Inflated egos almost never prevent teams from spending on a player, particularly when the price is right. WCS may overestimate his worth or value to a franchise, but the market usually corrects such overestimations accordingly. I just cannot believe that a minimum contract was all that Cauley-Stein--a reasonably productive 25-year-old coming off his best season with an above-average showing in a handful of highly-touted advanced stats--was able to secure. I never expected him to get the big money he was expecting to get, but anywhere in the range of $8-$12 million seemed like an absolute bargain for an above-average rotation big in the current market.
In other words, Golden State got an absolute steal here. Looney and Cauley-Stein give the Warriors a really solid rotation at the center position. Even as it seems like their team is falling apart, they are finding creative ways to stitch it back together.
In other words, Golden State got an absolute steal here. Looney and Cauley-Stein give the Warriors a really solid rotation at the center position. Even as it seems like their team is falling apart, they are finding creative ways to stitch it back together.
Agree, it's a steal given there's little downside and cost. My personal view was somewhere around 8million, but there were many here who said that was crazy, that he would get 15-20mil etc. Fans who suggested otherwise were treated with lots of snark too (yes, it goes both ways). I'm sorry to be the guy that says "I TOLD YOU SO", but well that's sorta the point of online discussion and debate. This was a big topic of discussion throughout the entire season, in game threads etc, and fact is the Willie superfans were dead wrong about his market value.
