“Being defending champs, it doesn’t guarantee anything, but you have a confident sense in who you are” - Steve Kerr believes the Warriors’ "foundational 6" will be crucial in bringing the others along
“Pay the youth, risk alienating the legends; pay nobody and create a tension-filled locker room” - Analysts say a storm is brewing for the Golden State Warriors and the ramifications feel inevitable
“When you a get a nickname with somebody else, Batman and Robin, Splash Brothers, don’t break it up” - NBA analyst believes Klay Thompson should take less money to stay with the Warriors
“He’s better than Kawhi… He, not Klay Thompson has been the second most important piece of the Warriors dynasty” - Nick Wright says Draymond Green is the best defensive player of this era
“Through no fault of his own, Thompson is reason Warriors are in this predicament” - Analysts say Golden State desperately need someone to take a discount, name Klay Thompson as sensible option
Video: Klay Thompson posts Instagram story while chugging a glass of beer as he watches brother Trayce in action for LA Dodgers, mentions “This LA heat is no joke”
"The Warriors are sensitive to the concept that they bought the championship" - Brian Windhorst on Joe Lacob calling the NBA's luxury tax system very unfair, says there will be discussions in the next CBA
"But I wonder if all the focus on remodeling Herro into Booker Lite has taken him too far from another useful archetype: Klay Thompson" - Zach Lowe on Tyler Herro possibly becoming a 'Klay Thompson-like' player
"You got Super Bowl champs, Olympic gold medalists, World Cup winners" - Klay Thompson thanks Warriors for giving him 5-year max after he tore his ACL in acceptance speech for Best Comeback Athlete of 2022
Video: "They literally said we were dead in the water" - Klay Thompson openly questions analysts who doubted Golden State Warriors' chances to win a title
"It's almost a Steph, Klay, Draymond new version with those three guys" - Warriors assistant coach optimistic about the potential of James Wiseman, Jonathan Kuminga and Moses Moody
"He was just literally a shoulder for me to lean on during times when it just looked bad" - Klay Thompson on hugging Rick Celebrini after Warriors' championship win
"'Man, I’ve been watching y’all for so long and been talking crazy, championship or bust'" - Klay Thompson reminisces about his mindset just before he played his first NBA game in 2 years
"And I went stumbling, man; I’m just grateful she was there" - Klay Thompson hilariously recalls accidentally hitting a woman during the Golden State Warriors’ victory parade
“Everybody be like ‘man look at little light skin boys, they all soft a**es, no motherf**kers ain’t soft” - Former NBA champion says Steph Curry and Klay Thompson play hard, adds they ain’t no b***h
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