Unleash Contract Year Willie Cauley-Stein

Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports The Mavericks picked up Willie Cauley-Stein’s player option this off season. It was a sensible enough move for a guy who improved in may areas year-over-year and was only set to make $4.1 million. However, Dallas followed up that move by bringing back Boban Marjanovic and adding another young seven footer in Moses Brown. Suddenly, the Dallas front court is a traffic jam of Kristaps Porzingis, Maxi Kleber, Dwight Powell, Willie Cauley-Stein, Moses Brown, and Boban Marjanovic. Nineties fashion is back all across the country, and in Dallas, 90s basketball roster construction is back, too. Six big men! Four of whom are seven foot-plus. Despite all of that, Cauley-Stein has shown he can contribute to winning basketball.

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