Tampering alert! Tampering alert! Tampering alert!
But not really, though.
So here's the story, courtesy Connor Letourneau of The San Francisco Chronicle:
(Willie) Cauley-Stein recalled an exchange before a Warriors-Kings game in Sacramento in January 2017, when Draymond Green and Stephen Curry were stretching near midcourt and told him the Warriors wanted to acquire him.
"Shoot," said Cauley-Stein, who at the time was out of the Kings' rotation. "I'll put on a jersey right now."
Now, let's provide some context.
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In the Warriors' 117-106 win in Sacramento on Jan. 8, 2017, Cauley-Stein didn't get off the bench for the second straight game.
And the then-24-year-old only played 11 combined minutes over the prior three contests.
So yes, he definitely was out of the Kings' rotation. But things turned around in a major way for Cauley-Stein in mid-February after Sacramento traded DeMarcus Cousins to the Pelicans.
He started 21 of the Kings' final 25 games, averaging 12.9 points and 8.2 rebounds in 30.9 minutes a night.
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The Kansas native spent two additional seasons in Sacramento before ultimately teaming up with Curry and Green in a Warriors uniform.
Cauley-Stein's first crack against his former team is Dec. 15 at Chase Center, and his return to Sacramento is slated for Jan. 6 -- almost exactly three years removed from when Curry and Draymond told him they wanted him.
