APRIL 9: The Raptors have officially waived McCaw, the team announced in a press release.
APRIL 8: The Raptors intend to waive injured swingman Patrick McCaw, Shams Charania of The Athletic tweets.
Blake Murphy of The Athletic adds (Twitter link) that McCaw has appeared in just five games for Toronto since March 2020. Left knee injuries have limited his availability, as he has had surgery to address the issues twice while with the Raptors.
The 6’7″ shooting guard/small forward out of UNLV was selected with the No. 38 pick in the 2016 NBA draft, and spent his first two seasons as a bench contributor for the Warriors on consecutive title-winning teams before logging time on the Cavaliers and Raptors.
Between his years spent with the Warriors and Raptors, the defensively-inclined McCaw has won three championships. Most recently, McCaw’s knee problems have sidelined the 25-year-old since March 22.
By waiving him now, the Raptors are giving McCaw time to sign on with another team and remain eligible to play in the postseason, though whether or not a team will take a chance on him at present remains an open question. Tomorrow is the last day a player can be released and retain his postseason eligibility.
Lakers should drop gasol and add this dude
or west matthews
Lakers are a mess. They were lucky to get a ring last year while LeBron was still capable of leading a team to the Finals. But MJ’s six is still greater than his four. LBJ will have to settle for being the #4 GOAT in the annals of NBA lore.
do you think MJ’s bulls can beat the warriors with KD in the roster? theoretically, i think they won’t…
MJ’s good, but in this era… (some of you would say he could score 50 easily) but in nba of today’s rules, and players, even centers can shoot 3 easily, i wonder how MJ would compete. I wonder how of them bulls would compete, pippen, & rodman, guarding curry, klay & KD at the 3 point area!
I see MJ, as a demar derozan kind of player in today’s NBA, very athletic, very good perimeter jump shot, but has no decent 3 point shot! I don’t know, i maybe, wrong…
I am fine with putting Harper on Klay
Jordan’s Bulls would lose to the Warriorrs in 5-6 games then Jordan would come back the next year and be able to shoot 3s at 45% or something crazy.
Did you really just compare Michael Jordan to demar DeRozan? I think you should get off the internet and think about what you did for a while.
MJ as a Derozan type?
I’ve read many a Sillivan post, but I think this one takes the cake.
Jordan is the GOAT. These generational what-if’s sound cool, but are ultimately as relevant as asking “What if Chris Paul was 6’9″?”
If you took officiating from MJ era, wouldn’t he close—Bulls in a landslide
If you took today’s officiating —toss up
He would be a good addition for the Bulls.
This dude sucks! You can have him.
This guy is a lucky charm yo
Agreed. 25 years old, less than 200 reg season GP, everytime he’s touched a playoff ball, he’s been on a championship team (3 rings). He’s the human equivalent of a four leaf clover. I hope some playoff team picks him up.
Have you ever even watched him step on the court, he can’t shoot or play defence and he gets hurt every year
That’s why I’m calling him a lucky charm with the “He’s the human equivalent of a four leaf clover” comment. How many clovers you know that can ball?
Ok good luck then! Haha
Good. Take all those rings and get out
Dude is trash
Kings maybe pick him up?
UNLV guy who likes to gamble on himself.
Like Derrick Jones in the bubble, or
Isaiah Rider, a 2 not learning the 3, or
Stacey Augmon, a 3 not learning the 2.
Christian Wood always believed he was a star.
A UNLVegas gambling trend?
??? Isaiah Rider and Augmon came out of the draft high. Wood took 6 years before having a good year. Not sure what your point is?
They gambled on themselves, for good or bad… did not go with conventional wisdoms. Rider was too big for a guard; Augmon too skinny for a forward. The pros fixed Augmon but not Rider. Jones went for too many steals and had to be pulled quickly. Wood dominated the GL, was not called up, but was ready when opportunity finally knocked.
This thing where Wood was a nobody is WRONG. Tired of reading it. He was crushing it in the GL, and had fine efficiency in NBA spot duty. He was just annoying personally.
Sixers have an open roster spot, I can see McCaw being an end of bench guy