With the league’s worst record at 15-50, the Golden State Warriors won’t be traveling to Orlando to finish out the NBA season. Yet, for the Dallas Mavericks, it’s a different story. Led by Luka Dončić
and Kristaps Porziņģis, the Mavs are currently sitting as the Western Conference’s No. 7 seed.
However, for the Mavericks stretch run, they will be without Willie Cauley-Stein. According to Shams Charania of The Athletic, the former Golden State Warriors center has decided to sit out the NBA’s restart.
Over the offseason, the Kentucky product signed a free-agent deal with the Golden State Warriors. In 41 games in the Bay Area, Cauley Stein averaged 7.9 points, 6.2 boards, 1.5 assists, 1.2 blocks and 1.1 steals per game.
After an injury to Dwight Powell, Dallas acquired Cauley-Stein from Golden State for a 2020 second-round pick. In 12 games with Dallas, Cauley recorded 5.2 points and 4.6 rebounds in 12.1 minutes per contest.
Although Cauley-Stein won’t be competing in the NBA’s restart, a bevy of former members of the Warriors will be on display in Orlando. Andre Iguodala, JaVale McGee, Quinn Cook, Harrison Barnes, Kent Bazemore, Marco Bellinelli, Alec Burks and Glenn Robinson III are slated to be on the court when the NBA returns to action.
