On Sunday, Mavericks center DeAndre Jordan grabbed 23 rebounds against the Kings.
On Wednesday night, Thunder bruiser Steven Adams also grabbed 23 rebounds against the Kings.
After the Kings' 132-113 loss to Oklahoma City, Willie Cauley-Stein was asked about the gaudy rebound numbers of Jordan and Adams. The answer he gave rubbed some Kings fans the wrong way.
"They get paid $100 mill to do that, so if they're not doing that, you're looking at them differently," Cauley-Stein told reporters in Sacramento. "Y'all get paid $100 mill to rebound and block shots. Me looking in on that, that's big time. You know, Steven's a helluva player, me playing against him and he's doing that, he gets paid $100 mill to do that."
Willie Cauley-Stein talks Kings loss to Thunder, the big performances from Paul George, Russell Westbrook & Steven Adams & Sacramento allowing 66 rebounds in the defeat.
FULL VIDEO: https://t.co/00LFSapR4d pic.twitter.com/GKg34WxWG7— Sean Cunningham (@SeanCunningham) December 20, 2018
Some fans seem to be interpreting Cauley-Stein's comment to mean that he doesn't grab 23 rebounds because the Kings aren't paying him $100 million.
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Check out the replies to this tweet by KHTK's Matt George:
"They get paid 100 mil to do that." - @THEwillieCS15 on Adams & Jordan getting 20+ rebounds— Matt George (@MattGeorgeKHTK) December 20, 2018
Cauley-Stein is getting paid $4.696 million to grab a career-high 8.2 rebounds. In case you were wondering, Cauley-Stein pulled down a total of 15 rebounds in the two games in question.
