Do you still remember him? The Warriors "Prince" left the team to earn an extra 2 million yuan, what s going on now?

He is the "Crown Prince" of the Warriors, the "Koi" in the NBA who won three years and three championships, but he lost his bright future due to a mistake in choice. He disappeared from the public's vision at the age of 26. He is Patrick McCaw. In this issue of "The Disappearing Genius", let's talk about McCaw's choices and failures.

McCau was born in a sports family, and his father was a professional basketball player, so he not only inherited excellent sports genes, but also systematic training, and had very solid basic skills, which also laid the foundation for him to become a top defender in the future. In high school, McCau was already well-known. As the core, he brought the team to win the state championship and received a scholarship from Nevada State University.

After entering college, McCaw's performance was still good, especially in the second year, he averaged 14.7 points, 5.2 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 2.4 steals per game, with a shooting percentage of 45.4% and a three-point shooting percentage of 35.2%. While being selected as the best team in the division, he was also selected as the best defensive team. He is a team player with both offense and defense, which is very in line with the Warriors' requirements for role players. In order to successfully win McCaw, the Warriors bought a No. 38 draw from the Bucks with $2.4 million in cash, brought this bottle of "panyaki oil" back to the Bay Area, and quickly signed a two-year guarantee contract with the latter.

It is worth mentioning that in the summer league that year, McCaw was the only player with a formal contract. It shows how much the Warriors were looking forward to him. Of course, McCaw did not disappoint everyone, and delivered a report card with an average of 15.8 points, a shooting percentage of 46.7%, and a three-point shooting percentage of 38.2%, which was deeply loved by Kerr.

"As a rookie, his performance is very rare. We are sure that he can contribute to the team in the new season." - Steve Cole

A few days later, Durant announced his joining the Warriors and sent text messages to every teammate, including McCaw. Looking at the messages sent by his idol, McCaw looked incredible. He watched it over and over for a full 20 minutes...

All signs indicate one thing, and the Warriors will focus on cultivating this rookie.

rookie season, Cole gave McCall averaging 15.2 minutes per game. The 17.7 minutes second only to Livingston on the back line is already considered a rotation of the main players. It rose to 16.9 minutes in the second year, surpassing Livingston, and became the number one substitute of the "Splash Brothers" with Nick Young. In the past two years, not only made McCall's popularity soar, but also won two consecutive championships, becoming the "koi" that everyone envied, lucky, but as the person involved, McCall never felt satisfied. After the 2018 finals, the Warriors celebrated in the locker room, only McCaw hid in the corner and cried alone. This was not only because of the joy of winning, but also because of his release of his long-suppressed emotions. He had a pretty tough season, and at that point he realized he had finished his last game with the Warriors.

McCaugh is not willing to be a supporting role for the rest of his life. He wants to go to the middle of the stage and experience the feeling of being the protagonist. Although in terms of data, McCaugh averages only 4 points, 1 rebound, and 1 assist, only the Warriors know that he is important to this team, his positive attitude, hard-working defense, comprehensive attributes, and half of his unfulfilled talent. Therefore, the Warriors do not intend to let go, and communicate with McCaugh again and again about contract renewal issues. Until the beginning of the season, the latter did not compromise, although McCaugh's team all believe that he should continue to stay in the Bay Area, and McCaugh would rather play without the ball and take off the Warriors' uniform.

5 months, from training camp, to the start of the season, to the award ceremony, McCaw did not attend. Until the end of the year, he finally received a two-year, $6 million invitation contract from the Cavaliers. Although this was 2 million more than the qualification offer provided by the Warriors, if it was to match, the Warriors would have to pay an additional luxury tax of more than $12 million. There was no way, and they could only watch McCaw leave. What's more interesting is that McCaw was cut only for three games for the Cavaliers.

Outsiders speculated that this was a conspiracy designed by the McCaugh team to join forces with the Cavaliers to make him free, but McCaugh denied it.

"There is no conspiracy, I want to play for them, but after the inspection, they felt that I was not suitable, that's all." - McCau

No matter what the truth is, this farce did not allow McCau to get the desired result. Instead, he went further and further on the road. He lost his popularity and good image. Although he was later called by the Raptors and won the third championship in his career with the team, his personal performance was greatly reduced. He lost the bonus of the Warriors system. McCau's offense and defense were extremely struggling, especially in the playoffs, which was almost abandoned.

In the 19-20 season, with the Raptors' lineup adjusting, McCaw's playing time rose to 24.5 minutes, but his performance was still not ideal. Coupled with frequent and repeated injuries, the Raptors finally chose to cut it.

In the more than two years since leaving the Warriors, McCaw did not come to the forefront as he wished. He did not prove that he had such ability. Since then, McCaw has basically faded out of the NBA and has been in the Development League for a long time.

McCau's career is like a roller coaster: Behind the luck of three-year three-year championships is the fatal injury of system dependence and self-cognition bias. The better the Warriors were "protected" and the heavier they fell after leaving - giving up the long-term development platform for short-term interests, which eventually led to premature decline in his career. His story reminds us that choice is more important than talent, and soberness is more scarce than choice.