At 8:38am PT on July 4, Kevin Durant announced that he would sign with the Warriors.
At some point over the next day or two, the 2014 MVP reached out to Warriors rookie Patrick McCaw.
"It was crazy, just seeing a guy of his caliber texting my phone," McCaw told Bob Fitzgerald on KNBR 680 recently. "Actually knowing my number, or getting from wherever he got it from.
"Just telling me that we're both gonna be rookies coming to the Warriors, and he's gonna show me the ropes and things like that, and take me under his wing.