LOS ANGELES — If the Sacramento Kings social media universe has a favorite player to pick on, it would be Willie Cauley-Stein.



The fourth-year center is berated for not grabbing enough rebounds, not blocking enough shots, being perceived as being a player who just doesn’t care enough or making comments in interviews that irk the fanbase.



Many athletes pretend not to see or read the hatred. Cauley-Stein isn’t one of them.



“Man, I do (read them),” Cauley-Stein said. “It’s more for enjoyment. Me and my friends get a pretty big kick out of it because half them dudes ain’t never picked up a ball before or they’re watching the stats, they aren’t even watching the game. So it’s funny what some muthafuckas say though.”



That’s the kind of unfiltered comment that’s sure to rile up his biggest critics, but Cauley-Stein is unbothered by them. He even taunts them, as he did with a...