3x NBA Champion Will Return From NBA

In an interview with The Associated Press's Tim Reynolds,

3-time NBA champion Patrick McCaw said he would like to return to NBA.

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Patrick McCaw, 26, has had a very unique NBA career.

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He won the NBA Championship three times in a row from 2017–19.

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First, he won two in a row while playing for the Golden State Warriors,

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And next season he was on the Toronto Raptors,

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Who defeated the Warriors in the 2019 NBA Championship?

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He is just 26 years old but did not play in the NBA last season.

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He most recently played in 2021 when he played just 5 games for Raptors.

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