Willie Cauley-Stein he played his last night at the Trofeo Lombardia third match with Pallacanestro Openjobmetis Varese. His was a surprising signing for the entire Lega Basket Serie A, considering that the former Mavericks is still a player who could have a role in a contender.
Yet it was Cauley-Stein himself who declared, during the official presentation to the media on Friday afternoon, that it was his choice to leave the NBA. Accept the offer from Varese, which is his first overseas experience, represents the desire to embrace a different type of basketball than that of the USA.
I decided to come to Europe to Varese for the style of play, it is more tactical than the 1vs1 that is played today in the NBA and which is conditioned by the players’ desire to produce statistics
Willie Cauley-Stein
The former Kings, Warriors and Mavs continued explaining:
Here in Europe every game counts, it’s not like in the NBA that the regular season games are all the same
Willie Cauley-Stein
The big man from Varese – a lover of golf and art, factors that influenced the choice of the city – surprised the journalists present in the press conference room with his frankness and honesty.
Willie Cauley-Stein has chosen a team that this year, starting from September 27th, will play the Basketball Champions League preliminaries in Antalya to try to return to Europe after 4 years. Then on October 4th (three days later than all the other LBA teams) the championship will begin against Pistoia.
2023-09-17 10:04:11
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