Why is Willie Cauley-Stein called Trill?

Willie Trill Cauley-Stein is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association. He played college basketball with the Kentucky Wildcats.

Born on August 18, 1993, in Spearville, Kansas, the United States to Marlene Stein and Willie Cauley, Willie Cauley-Stein is 28 years old.

Willie had his high school education at Olathe Northwest High School and his college education at the University of Kentucky where he played basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats.

Why is Willie Cauley-Stein called Trill?

Willie Cauley-Stein had a good reason for legally changing his name to his mother’s.

Willie’s legal name was Willie Durmond Cauley Jr., but his father fell out of his life at a young age, so he always went by “Willie Cauley-Stein” to honor his mother, Marlene Stein, and her family, who raised him.

As for why he added “Trill” to his name, his mother told Scheller that it’s the “nickname his ‘boys’ call him.”