Klay Thompson was disappointed but not surprised by the Warriors’ decision to sit him for their first two preseason games this weekend in Japan.
The Warriors training staff told Thompson last week that participating in the first two preseason games was a “long shot.” Golden State ultimately ruled Thompson out for the Japan games out of an abundance of caution with their condensed start to training camp.
“I am a little sad because I wanted to show these fans a great time,” he said Saturday night. “But I understand we have very big goals to hit and our training staff did such an incredible job with me last year. I’m not going to force their hand when they literally prepared me for a championship run.”
After being out for two full seasons, the Warriors slowly brought Thompson back this year, managing his workload by restricting his minutes and not allowing him to play in back-to-back games. He seemed to be returning to his previous form during the playoffs when he logged a team-high 792 minutes in 22 games.
Despite playing in a total of 52 games last season, Thompson was hesitant to participate in five-on-five scrimmages this summer partially because he ruptured his Achilles tendon playing in a pickup game in Los Angeles about 16 months after he tore his ACL in the 2019 NBA Finals. “It was really hard for me to get out there,” he said. “It’s like a mental block in a way. I’m gonna face it one day, but this season was so taxing just coming back, it was hard to win a championship and a month later play. It was a lot but I look forward to playing summer basketball again.”
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