PROFESSIONAL CAREER

Selected by the Sacramento Kings in the first round (sixth overall) of the 2015 NBA Draft as an early entry candidate after leaving the University of Kentucky after his junior season … Signed as a free agent by the Golden State Warriors (July 8, 2019) … Appeared in 295 career games (199 starts), averaging 10.1 points (.534 FG%, .222 3P%, .611 FT%), 6.4 rebounds, 1.6 assists in 24.0 minutes per game in four seasons with the Sacramento Kings … Named to the 2015-16 NBA All-Rookie Second Team.

BEFORE NBA

Played at Kentucky for three seasons, appearing in 105 career games (70 starts), averaging 8.0 points, 6.2 rebounds, 2.2 blocks per game … Earned Consensus First Team All-American and Southeastern Conference Defensive Player of the Year honors as a junior in 2014-15 … Finished his Wildcat career as the only player in school history to record at least 500 rebounds, 200 blocks and 100 steals … Ranks second all-time in the UK record books with 233 blocked shots … Other honors received include: 2015 NABC National Defensive Player of the Year, 2015 NBC Sports National Defensive Player of the Year, 2015 AP All-America First Team, 2015 USBWA All-America First Team, 2015 NABC All-America First Team, 2015 Rupp Award All-America, 2015 Sporting News All-America First Team, 2015 USA Today All-America First Team, 2015 NCAA Tournament Midwest Region All-Tournament Team, 2015 SEC Tournament MVP, 2015 SEC All-Tournament Team, 2015 All-SEC First Team … Helped Kentucky, the 2014-15 SEC regular-season and tournament champion, to become the first Division I team to reach the Final Four with an undefeated record (39-0) since UNLV in 1991.

PERSONAL LIFE

Born in Spearville, Kansas… Full name is Willie Trill Cauley-Stein… Son of Willie Cauley and Marlene Stein… As a sophomore, transferred to Olathe Northwest High School in Olathe, Kansas, … Averaged 15.8 points and 8.5 rebounds as a junior... Ranked the 10th-best center in the country by Scout.com and ESPNU Recruiting and the sixth-best by Rivals.com... Ranked 20th overall by Scout, while ESPNU rated him at 32nd and Rivals at 39th.. Also stared on the football field, catching 57 passes for 1,140 yards and 14 touchdowns through nine games in 2011 as a wide receiver.