Ex-Warrior Patrick McCaw is about to become a footnote in NBA history. When he returns with the Toronto Raptors to face his old team, he will become just the third player in NBA history to go to back-to-back Finals for two different teams (interestingly, Golden State Warriors coach, Steve Kerr is one of the others to have done so with Chicago and San Antonio back in the ‘90’s.
But this situation took some wrangling.
McCaw, who was a restricted free agent coming into this season, bizarrely held himself out and demanded a trade rather than report to the defending champs.