Early on, Willie Cauley-Stein looked a bit skittish. He opened his third NBA season with an airball.
“Like my first shot was a preseason one,” Cauley-Stein said. “I was trying to rush that (shot) when I could have just held (the ball) and yeah, I’ve got it. After that I kind of got into a little rhythm, slowing down and playing under control, that’s everything.”
The Kings don’t need a frenetic Cauley-Stein on the court this season.
They need the calm, in-control version of their center who finished with a team-high 21 points to go with 10 rebounds and three blocks in Sacramento’s 105-100 season-opening loss to the Houston Rockets on Wednesday night at Golden 1 Center.