The four-time champion hopes to continue the winning culture the Mavs have started building
The Dallas Mavericks went searching for a big fish and have reeled one in as four-time champion and five-time All-Star Klay Thompson has agreed to join the Mavericks on a 3-year, $50 million contract with a player option on the last year. Thompson chooses the Mavs over a return to Golden State, the only franchise he's ever played with, the Los Angeles Lakers, the team his dad played for, the LA Clippers, and the Philadelphia 76ers.
To complete the signing, the Mavericks and Warriors have agreed to a sign-and-trade to send Josh Green to the Charlotte Hornets as part of a three-team trade. Thompson is coming off a season where he averaged 17.9 PPG while shooting 38.7% from 3. He's not the player he was at the peak of the Warriors, but he's still a lethal 3-point shooter and should feast off open looks from Kyrie Irving and Luka Doncic, who helped the Mavericks generate the most open looks in the NBA this season.
Derrick Jones Jr. was called the Mavs' main priority by general manager Nico Harrison this offseason but ended up signing with the LA Clippers. Because Thompson isn't the defender he used to be, recent acquisitions Quentin Grimes and Naji Marshall will have to take a big share defensively. Thompson has spent his entire 13-year career in the NBA with the Warriors, who drafted him in the 2011 NBA Draft 11th overall out of Washington State. He missed the 2019-20 season due to a torn ACL in the 2019 NBA Finals against the Raptors, then tore his Achilles while recovering, forcing him to miss the 2020-21 season as well. He isn't as quick as he used to be because of that but is still a dynamic shooter and sits 6th all-time in made 3-pointers in NBA history with 2,481.
It's a sad day for Warriors fans, who now see their famous "Splash Brothers" pairing of Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson come to an end. They're one of the most accomplished backcourts in NBA history and changed the game of basketball with their shooting abilities.Austin Veazey joined NoleGameday as the Lead Basketball Writer in 2019, while contributing as a football writer, and started as editor for MavericksGameday in 2024.
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