Longtime NBA big man Willie Cauley-Stein, whose last brief stint in the league came with the Rockets at the end of the 2022/23 season, has signed with Indios de Mayaguez, the Puerto Rican team announced (Facebook link).
The sixth overall pick in 2015, Cauley-Stein signed with Italian club Pallacanestro Varese last summer, but the two sides parted ways in December, freeing up the veteran center to join a new team.
Here are a few more odds and ends from around the basketball world:
- Four-time NBA All-Star Rajon Rondo was arrested on Sunday in Indiana for unlawful possession of a firearm, drug paraphernalia, and marijuana, reports Jason Riley of WDRB.com. An initial court hearing has been scheduled for February 27. Rondo appeared in nearly 1,100 total regular season and playoff games from 2006-22 but hasn’t been in the NBA since finishing the 2021/22 season with Cleveland.
- The NBA confirmed on Tuesday in a press release that Warriors star Stephen Curry and WNBA sharpshooter Sabrina Ionescu will compete in a one-on-one three-point contest for charity on All-Star Saturday next month. Ionescu, who racked up 37 of 40 possible points in the final round of last season’s WNBA three-point contest, will shoot from the WNBA three-point line using WNBA balls, while Curry shoots from the NBA three-point line using NBA balls.
- Tim Reynolds of The Associated Press lays out why Adam Silver‘s contract extension as NBA commissioner was seemingly a “no-brainer,” noting that that seems to be the consensus among players around the league as well. “Our league, from the time that I came in until now, it’s 10 times better,” Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo said. “Everything’s more organized. … I think he’s done a tremendous job. He’s definitely a max player.”
- Grizzlies star Ja Morant is launching an AAU basketball program called “Twelve Time” that will be based in South Carolina and Georgia. Damichael Cole of The Memphis Commercial Appeal has the story.
Thoughts:
The Rondo Thing is wild, to be caught like that with the money you made, pretty dumb on your part
I think the Steph V Sabrina thing is super cool I like how it puts the NBA vs WNBA in a fun 3 point shootout, Our best Vs Their best. I also love how its giving to charity and is going to be very fun to see
I completely Agree with the Adam silver extension, especially with the In-season tournament addition and how he has handled most situations (except the Ja thing)
Speaking of Ja, pretty nice to see hes doing SOMETHING while he’s away from the gain, i hope for a super quick recovery as a diehard grizzlies fan
I don’t know, with the shape the world’s in today and the amount of money Rondo’s made is exactly the reason why I’d be packing a gun. He’s well known in that area and that could make him a target.
As far as getting stoned while driving with a kid in the car, that’s a different story.
im not one for infringing on americans rights to bear arms but according to the article he was prevented from having one due to a no contact order that had been issued against him. and the juvenile in the car w weed being smoked or such a plentiful amount that its presence to the arresting officer is similarly alarming. not to mention the driving that was so reckless he was being reported to the authorities by random drivers.
anyways if you are so much the target of violence, in indiana of all places, that you have to carry a gun, maybe don’t transport juveniles.
He was arrested for possessing marijuana. No one said he was “getting stoned with a kid in the car” Good weed smells…good.
Ja Morant is the perfect role model for AAU kids. They will mature a lot from his guidance.
I heard Brittney Griner is in the dunk contest too! She’ll get to use an 8’ foot hoop!