Thompson went scoreless in potentially his last game as a Warrior.
Golden State Warriors’ Klay Thompson #11 and Draymond Green #23 leave the court after the Sacramento King’s 118-94 NBA play-in tournament win at the Golden One Center in Sacramento, Calif., on Tuesday, April 16, 2023. Thompson is now a free agent. SACRAMENTO — Only six players have gone scoreless in a postseason game while attempting at least 10 field goals in the shot clock era.
Thompson doesn’t belong in the same sentence as those players, anyway. He’s a five-time All-Star and a four-time NBA champion. He has a legitimate claim as the second-greatest 3-point ever. He’s had some of the most clutch playoff performances ever — his 41-point “Game 6 Klay” Game against the Thunder in 2016, nine 3s against Houston with their backs against the wall, back-to-back 27-point gems to eliminate the Rockets a year later.
If that was Thompson’s last moment in a Warrior uniform, it didn’t make much sense dramatically. The former postseason hero who went through the NBA hell of missing two straight seasons due to catastrophic injuries deserved a more triumphant ending. The Warriors still believe they’re going to write a different one.
But now, the Warriors’ season is abruptly over. Questions about the team’s future will swirl earlier than anyone in the organization hoped. Can the dynastic core of Curry, Thompson, and Draymond Green still vie for titles? Is there any possible way to add a second elite scorer next to Curry? Can the Warriors dip under the luxury tax and remain competitive?
Green noted that he believes the Warriors’ ownership group won’t penny-pinch Thompson. They took care of Green with a contract extension, have always maxed out Curry, and extended Steve Kerr as well. After Thompson tore his ACL, the franchise gave him a $190 million contract, Green reminded everyone from the Golden 1 Center podium.The 34-year-old Thompson has shown signs of decline. But he’s still a valuable player — and will probably always be more valuable to the Warriors than any other team.
If Thompson decides to leave the Bay Area, he’ll do so on a strange, sour note — as one of the greatest shooters to ever live who, for one night in Sacramento, can’t make a single shot.
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