Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Willie Cauley Stein was born on August 18, 1993, in Spearville, Kansas. He is a center in the NBA.

He played college basketball with the Kentucky Wildcats. He previously played with the Sacramento Kings for four seasons before signing the Golden State Warriors in the 2019 offseason. In January 2020 he was traded to the Mavericks.

He earned NBA All-Rookie Second Team honors with the Kings in 2015-16.

The Spearville, Kansas, native was drafted sixth overall by Sacramento in 2015 after a three-year college career at Kentucky. As a junior (2014-15), he was named First Team All-SEC, the SEC Defensive Player of the Year and a consensus First Team All-American. Cauley-Stein was also a two-time All-SEC Defensive Team selection (2013-14, 2014-15) and garnered SEC All-Freshman Team honors for the Wildcats in 2012-13.