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Willie Cauley-Stein

ウィリー・コーリー＝ステイン　/　うぃりー・こーりー＝すていん

American basketball player

August 18, 1993 (age 32)　・　Spearville, Kansas, United States

Kansas
basketball player

My Take

Willie Cauley-Stein interests me as a study in restlessness. A seven-foot-one center out of tiny Spearville, Kansas, polished at Kentucky, he reached the NBA and then kept chasing the game all the way to the Chinese Basketball Association with the Nanjing Monkey Kings. I respect that arc more than a tidy hometown-hero narrative. There is something honest about a player who follows the sport wherever it leads rather than waiting for the perfect situation. His online persona hints at an artist's streak too, and I suspect his identity was always bigger than his height chart. To me he embodies the modern athlete: global, self-defined, and unwilling to stay put.

Overview

Willie Trill Cauley-Stein (born Willie Durmond Cauley Jr.; August 18, 1993) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Nanjing Monkey Kings in China in the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He played college basketball with the Kentucky Wildcats.

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1. Profile

Name (English): Willie Cauley-Stein
Name (Japanese): ウィリー・コーリー＝ステイン
Reading: うぃりー・こーりー＝すていん
Born: August 18, 1993 (age 32)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Leo / Rooster
Origin: Spearville, Kansas, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: 213 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: basketball player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Olathe Northwest High School
University: University of Kentucky

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

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