Kentucky associate coach Kenny Payne got a text from an NBA organization Sunday raving about how well Wildcats defensive center Willie Cauley-Stein shot during his workout there. “They were floored,’’ Payne told The Post. “I forwarded the text to Willie. He said, ‘It’s amazing people are shocked I can shoot the ball.’ I told him, ‘You never showed it — only in spurts.’ ” Concerns about Cauley-Stein’s offense (8.0 ppg, 6.2 rebounds in his Kentucky career) are why the junior will be available at No. 4 when Knicks president Phil Jackson is on the clock at the June 25 draft. On Tuesday, Cauley-Stein will finally get his workout in Tarrytown in front of Jackson’s Knicks staff. After the Chicago combine in mid-May and before the draft lottery, Cauley-Stein, according to a source, met with the Knicks in New York — an indication of Jackson’s anxiousness. Cauley-Stein had mistakenly said at the combine it would be a pre-lottery workout. - See more at: http://nypost.com/2015/06/16/cauley-stein-busting-knock-on-him-before-knicks-workout/
Kentucky’s 7-foot junior defensive big man, Willie Cauley-Stein, worked out for the Knicks on Tuesday and a league source said it was one of his best workouts. He’s in the mix for the Knicks, who have the No. 4 pick in the draft. At the Chicago combine, Cauley-Stein said of playing with Carmelo Anthony: “I think it would be a great fit. I think we could complement each other offensively and defensively.’’ Read more http://nypost.com/2015/06/17/thanasis-antetokounmpo-in-knicks-limbo-until-draft/
