{"id":827077,"date":"2015-05-20T08:07:30","date_gmt":"2015-05-20T15:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cowbellkingdom.com\/?p=39138"},"modified":"2015-05-20T08:07:30","modified_gmt":"2015-05-20T15:07:30","slug":"with-the-sixth-pick-the-kings-selectpt-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/with-the-sixth-pick-the-kings-selectpt-1\/","title":{"rendered":"With the sixth pick, the Kings select\u2026(part 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-38432\" src=\"http:\/\/cowbellkingdom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Willie_Cauley_Stein.jpg\" alt=\"Willie_Cauley_Stein\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Willie Cauley-Stein \u2013 PF\/C, Kentucky<\/strong><\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Size: <\/strong>7-foot, 240 pounds<\/p>\n<p><strong>2014-15 stats (Junior): <\/strong>8.9 points, 6.4 rebounds, 1.0 assist, 1.2 steals, 1.7 blocks, 1.2 turnovers in 25.9 minutes (39 games).<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>Why he fits<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The Kings need defenders, any defenders, and Cauley-Stein fits the bill. The lanky big man can guard inside, outside and chase down opponents on the break. The 21-year-old is particularly adept at slowing the pick-and-roll, the Achilles heel of Sacramento defenses in recent seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Cauley-Stein lacks a back-to-the-basket game and is still developing a short jumper, but he\u2019ll face no pressure to score immediately with All-Star center DeMarcus Cousins at his side. Sacramento\u2019s front office must drool at the thought of their rookie blocking shots at one end, and the 2010 fifth pick posterizing helpless bigs on the other.<\/p>\n<p>Plus it can\u2019t hurt that Cauley-Stein and Cousins both played college ball at Kentucky.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Why he doesn\u2019t fit<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Sacramento has so many holes, their priorities are unclear. Drafting Cauley-Stein would fail to address the team\u2019s glaring weaknesses with outside shooting, passing and playmaking. Additionally Cousins\u2019 improvement as an interior defender may have lessened the need for another rim protector. In today\u2019s NBA, stretch fours are all the rage, and a long range bomber in the Kings frontcourt could open the paint for Cousins even more.<\/p>\n<p>Cauley-Stein is a project. He&#8217;s very raw on offense, and he must bulk up to handle NBA post scorers. Cauley-Stein will contribute more from the start than Thomas Robinson, but the Kings won&#8217;t like waiting around with the pressure to field\u00a0a\u00a0winning product by the time the new arena opens.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Likelihood he\u2019s available<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Fair. The Timberwolves (drafting first), Lakers (second), Knicks (fourth) and Magic (fifth) need frontcourt help, but Karl Towns and Jahlil Okafor are expected to go ahead of Cauley-Stein. Los Angeles and New York have major issues to resolve on the wing, and the Knicks and Magic will be shopping their picks in an effort to win now, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chadfordinsider\/status\/600847760523456512\" target=\"_blank\">per ESPN\u2019s Chad Ford.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Player comparison<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Tyson Chandler<\/p>\n<h2><strong>DraftExpress video breakdown<\/strong><\/h2>\n[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sk7PDMJyqhA]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why the Sacramento Kings should or shouldn&#8217;t draft Willie Cauley-Stein.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[610259261],"tags":[5204276,610259428,76563,798467,86667659],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.2 (Yoast SEO v22.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>With the sixth pick, the Kings select\u2026(part 1) - 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