Klay Thompson on potential move from Warriors: ‘I wouldn’t want to go anywhere else’

The new-look Golden State Warriors are gearing up for the 2023-24 marketing campaign, however nonetheless have the core team that powered them to 4 championships within the closing seven seasons. Stephen Curry and Draymond Green are inked to offers that may stay them in combination till a minimum of 2025-26. While Klay Thompson is on an expiring contract and hasn’t agreed to an extension but, he can not see himself converting groups.

“I wouldn’t want to go anywhere else,” Thomspon instructed The Athletic. “To play for one franchise, man? That’s so rare. In any sport. Football. Baseball. Basketball. Australian Rules Football. To play for one club is insane. It’s some real legendary stuff. Even what Udonis Haslem did. He’s revered in Miami. Locally. That’s what I cherish. Going around the country, going around the world and people from Northern California or Warriors fans in general are just so prideful about the Warriors. And I was here before banners were hung up.”

Thompson, 33, is coming into his thirteenth NBA season and has been serving to the Warriors construct a dynasty since he used to be drafted eleventh general in 2011. The prolific sharpshooter has made the fourth-most 3-pointers (2,123) since coming into the NBA in spite of lacking all the 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons as a result of ACL and Achilles accidents. His go back to the hardwood were given off to a rocky get started, however he ended up main the league with 301 made triples closing season whilst changing his long-distance photographs at a 41.2% clip. While Thompson’s struggles have been closely scrutinized from time to time, he is assured in his distinctive ability after changing into the 3rd participant in NBA historical past to make over 300 photographs from past the arc in a season.

“I’m not going to sell myself short. I know how incredible that is,” Thompson stated. “To do that after an ACL and an Achilles, that’s hard work.”  

Thompson additionally said that he ran out of steam after looking at movie of his deficient taking pictures all over the Warriors’ loss to the Los Angeles Lakers in closing 12 months’s NBA Playoffs. 

“I learned that I was fried. I was tired,” Thompson stated. “All my shots in that Game 6 were short. They were all on line. They were just short. I don’t know if that’s mental fatigue or physical fatigue. But it happens. Then on top of that, I learned as I get older, I’ll have to rely on my teammates and my smarts to be as efficient scoring the ball as I possibly can be.”  

Thompson’s long-term long term with the crew is up within the air, however the Dubs did move film Jordan Poole to the Washington Wizards and usher in Chris Paul over the offseason. A long term Thomspon choice used to be in thoughts after they made that call. Green and Andrew Wiggins agreed to quite discounted offers over the summer time, and Thompson would possibly finally end up doing the similar.

Thompson’s centered on the approaching season for now, regardless that.

I’m in this kind of great place at this time. I’m in just right form. Come opening night time, I’ll be in the most productive form imaginable,” Thompson stated.