Willie Cauley-Stein wasn’t getting it done on a consistent basis for the Sacramento Kings. He ran the floor well but provided no spacing or rim protection — two critical skills of a modern big. Cauley-Stein walked this summer, signing with the Golden State Warriors. In a corresponding move, the Kings’ signed a big I had been advocating for a while now in Dewayne Dedmon to a 3-year $40-million deal.
Dedmon is coming from one of the few teams that played at a faster pace than the Kings in the Atlanta Hawks, so he should have no trouble keeping up.