The Golden State Warriors have traded former Kentucky center Willie Cauley-Stein to the Dallas Mavericks.
The Mavericks gave a second round pick for Cauley-Stein.
The Dallas Mavericks announced today that they have acquired center Willie Cauley-Stein from the Golden State Warriors in exchange for Utah’s 2020 second-round pick.
In a related move, Dallas has also requested waivers on center Justin Patton. pic.twitter.com/NFwW2Y1e0t
— Mavs PR (@MavsPR) January 25, 2020
Here are more details from ESPN:
The Golden State Warriors are finalizing a deal to trade center Willie Cauley-Stein to the Dallas Mavericks for a 2020 second-round draft pick, league sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
Cauley-Stein, 26, provides the Mavericks with a backup big man to replace Dwight Powell, who suffered a ruptured right Achilles tendon Tuesday.
Dallas is sending the Utah Jazz’s 2020 second-round pick to the Warriors in the deal, sources said.
The real reason the Warriors traded Willie Cauley-Stein…. pic.twitter.com/cjGTz5w01g
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