Once a rising star out of Kentucky, Cauley-Stein left the Mavericks for “personal reason” in November 2021 and was out of the league by the end of the season.
Dallas Mavericks center Willie Cauley-Stein poses for a portrait during the Dallas Mavericks media day, Monday, September 27, 2021 at American Airlines Center in Dallas., former Maverick Willie Cauley-Stein laid bare the struggles that led to his abrupt departure from the NBA, how he got the help he needed and the joy he’s found since.. On March 2, 2022, he played his final NBA game at the end of a 10-day contract with the Philadelphia 76ers, a mysterious ending to a once promising career.
’s Kyle Tucker for a Thursday article that around that time he had begun a 65-day stay at an inpatient rehabilitation center for substance abuse. After tragedy struck in the summer of 2019, he begun abusing what he thought was bootleg Percocet. He informed the rehab facility of this upon intake so they would know what to expect on his drug test.
“That kind of started a spiral of mental health,” he said. “Trying to deal with that and hoop at the same time — for a new team, on a bad deal, and then my wife got pregnant — it was just too many weird things and big changes, and I got on the pain pills trying to just run away from reality.”“I missed really getting to say goodbye to my grandmother. I could’ve been around her more, FaceTimed her more, done so many things just to be with her at the end, and I did the exact opposite.
She had raised him, and as her condition worsened, Cauley-Smith sought further refuge in drugs. He finally checked into rehab six days after she died on Dec. 1, 2021. By that point, he was taking pills to get through practices, even though they were barely affecting him; he mostly took them to avoid what he knew would be a painful withdrawal.
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