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The story on Cleveland Cavaliers guard J.R. Smith’s inexplicable meltdown in Game 1 of last season’s Finals just refuses to go away. Two months on and a new anecdote related to the infamous incident has emerged. This time around it allegedly involves a very appreciative Klay Thompson. As discussed by Nico Martinez of Fadeaway World, […]

Four-time All-Star and three-time NBA Champion Klay Thompson has recently talked highly about new teammate DeMarcus Cousins. The 6-foot-7 guard was all praises despite the fact that Cousins apparently poked fun at Thompson during their time together with Team USA. Thompson detailed Cousins’ shenanigans to Scott Ostler of the San Francisco Chronicle. “He always made […]

Mychal Thompson, the father of Golden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson, has recently quelled the rumors pertaining to his son’s imminent exit from the Bay Area. According to Mychal, unlike the 1990’s Michael Jordan-led Chicago Bulls, the Warriors will not be breaking up anytime soon. Klay will see his current deal expire after next season, […]

With just a year remaining on his current deal and no firm talks of an extension in place, rumors about Klay Thompson’s future with the Golden State Warriors continue to be in limbo. However, it appears that his father, Mychal Thompson, has some insider knowledge on his son’s future plans. Recently speaking to Scott Ostler […]

Klay Thompson is already regarded as one of the top guys at his position in the entire NBA. The Golden State Warriors star can shoot the lights out with the best of them while being able to defend multiple positions. But for Mychal Thompson, his sharpshooting offspring still has room to improve and he wants […]

An interesting collection of talent, the Golden State Warriors are likely going to the playoffs. Adding All-star talent DeMarcus Cousins to the mix makes it even more than likely, it is expected. Favored by most, their odds to win the NBA championship are on an all-time high. If they go and take the Larry O’Brien […]

The Golden State Warriors will soon face imminent questions during the offseason once again, as the summer of 2019 will bring another potential one-and-one with Kevin Durant, this time adjusting to a player-friendly lucrative sum, and Klay Thompson’s impending long-term deal, as he hits free agency. According to ESPN’s summer forecast, the two All-Stars are […]

Without a doubt, Kevin Durant is one of the deadliest scorers in the league. For a big man, the Slim Reaper can cause harm at any point of the floor. Three-pointers, pull-ups, drives, and post-ups, he has close to an unguardable offensive arsenal at his disposal. When one of the top offensive teams in the […]

A Redditor ranked the 20 US state rosters based on the players’ birth state. Guess which state produced the best players? Redditor u/tagless1 sorted out, by his words, “the best states in the country by current (last year) active NBA players.” The Redditor didn’t use any metric or advanced system to come up with the list. […]

Every NBA superstar has a weakness. They may be the best players in the world, but there’s at least one thing on the court each superstar struggles with. Reddit user, neautralfan, posted a list of NBA superstars with a weakness for each player. The post is as follows: The list covers 14 players including Kevin […]

The Golden State Warriors are mired in a tough contractual situation, already boasting one of the highest payrolls in the league and bound for more once Klay Thompson (free agent in 2019) and Draymond Green (2020) hit the free agent market. General manager Bob Myers is confident a deal can be worked out with both […]

The Golden State Warriors have already put themselves elbow-deep into projected tax by signing Stephen Curry to a supermax deal last summer and inking Kevin Durant to one-and-one deals in each of the last three seasons, with the recent two-year, $61.5 million contract the most lucrative of them. The organization is hoping to keep this […]

The United States are beginning to plot their plans for another gold medal run in men’s basketball in the Olympics with the quadrennial event set to take place in Tokyo two years from now. To that end, USA Basketball is employing a take-no-prisoners attitude in trying to achieve the goal of defending the country’s Olympic […]

The two-time defending champion Golden State Warriors will enter the 2018-19 NBA season as commanding favorites to three-peat next June, according to oddsmakers. They added DeMarcus Cousins with their taxpayer mid-level exception, while their closest competition, the Houston Rockets, lost both Trevor Ariza and Luc Mbah a Moute in free agency. Even if the Warriors […]

It has been quite an eventful week since free agency started in the NBA and we can already see the balance of power shifting across the entire league. The Los Angeles Lakers boosted their chances of becoming a championship contender by adding four-time MVP LeBron James and surrounding him with a couple of intriguing veterans. […]

Phoenix Suns rookie Mikal Bridges has impressed scouts during his workouts and with endless clips of his most recent college season, but he could be in line to be one of the fastest catch-and-shoot prodigies this league has seen. According to Evan Sidery of Bright Side of the Sun, Bridges’ jump shot release defeats that […]

Last week, the Golden State Warriors made the surprise move of inking All-Star center DeMarcus Cousins to a one-year, $5.3 million deal. It has given the Warriors an even more star-studded starting lineup that features All-Stars at each position that has seemingly created more buzz around the back-to-back defending champions. All-Star guard Klay Thompson has […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are in great position to land another superstar to pair alongside LeBron James. Maybe not this offseason, but by 2019 it’s “all but assured” according to David Aldridge of TNT: “With James on the ground in L.A., the Lakers are all but assured to get one of the group of elite […]

The DeMarcus Cousins signing sent shockwaves through the NBA. For a while, it overshadowed LeBron James’ signing with the Los Angeles Lakers. But apparently, it didn’t have the same effect on Klay Thompson. According to Ethan Strauss of The Athletic, Klay was MIA when the news broke. From what I was told, nobody could find […]

As with any big-time signing, the list of concerns has started to pile up for the Golden State Warriors, after agreeing to bring in center DeMarcus Cousins on a one-year deal for a $5.3 million mid-level exception. The health concerns after a torn Achilles injury, the poor image, the turnovers and high shot count — […]

Golden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson is beloved in China. For various reasons, which are not all related to him being a good basketball player. Klay is a model in China 😂 pic.twitter.com/5ltwJhQ9LV — Krystle (@Krystle_Bee) June 28, 2018 This is the China Klay Thompson we all know and love. When he’s not on the […]

Klay Thompson’s offseason trips to China have become a staple of the NBA offseason, but this is a new twist. Usually, Thompson’s trips overseas are anything but serious. Even if Klay is missing dunks and embarrassing himself, at the end of the day, it’s all smiles. Anyone who’s ever played basketball knows how dangerous undercutting […]

Since his trip to China to promote his partnership with Anta, Golden State Warriors All-Star guard Klay Thompson has been on the wrong side of some memorable moments while touring the country. It didn’t take Thompson this time around to experience that social media shame once again as he was schooled in a game of […]

The Golden State Warriors captured a second straight NBA title and third overall in the last four years. This has set forth the offseason for the franchise with All-Star guard Klay Thompson already getting things off with a trip overseas. The 28-year-old has arrived in China for the second-straight summer likely due to further promote […]

Three-time champion Klay Thompson is in Cabo celebrating his championship. And he sure knows how to have good time, as evident by his hanging with a group of Instagram models. As reported by terezowens.com, Thompson took his friends to Cabo San Lucas via jet. He apparently rented a big house where he and his model […]

After signing Kevin Durant and winning last year’s NBA Finals in five games, the Golden State Warriors didn’t have anything left to prove. The only real question left was just how many championships they could get away with. After sweeping LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers, the answer was “plenty.” Golden State coasted through most of the regular […]

Trae Young might be lacking a few NBA skills in the eyes of scouts and front office personnel, but confidence is surely not one of them. The Oklahoma Sooners sensation was prompted with a rather interesting question as a guest on The Dan Patrick Show, asking how he’d do in a shooting contest against two […]

An edited photo of Golden State Warriors star Klay Thompson donning a Los Angeles Lakers jersey has surfaced online and his father Mychal Thompson sent out a reaction. That duz look nice — Mychal Thompson (@champagnennuts) June 18, 2018 The elder Thompson, of course, played five seasons with the Lakers and was a key part […]

Golden State Warriors shooting guard Klay Thompson didn’t disappoint with his celebratory antics. While the no-shirt brothers JaVale McGee and Nick Young got rookie Jordan Bell to follow their trend, the phenomenon of #ParadeKlay was in full force on Tuesday morning, even posing with a FatHead cutout of a meme-worthy Crying LeBron James. Klay posed […]

Championship parades have become customary for Klay Thompson as much as his offseason trips to China. Only a summer after “China Klay” took the NBA by storm, his fun times at this, his third championship parade in Oakland, has proved to be another fad. “Parade Klay,” if you will, was in full force during Tuesday’s […]

The Golden State Warriors celebrated their NBA Championship on Tuesday with a parade through Oakland, and for some of the players it was a lot of work. Klay Thompson was getting interviewed at the end of the parade, and he had only one thing on his mind, getting himself a sandwich. "I'm tired. I want […]

The Golden State Warriors’ championship parade has concluded and now the nerves rack up once again, with plenty of impending questions on how to possibly keep a roster with such firepower together. Both Kevin Durant and the front office have maintained their commitment to further solidify their partnership, and even hinted at long-term security, but […]

A miraculous recovery in the NBA Finals sparked a debate on just how injured Klay Thompson was ahead of Game 2 of the series against the Cleveland Cavaliers. His father, Mychal Thompson, explained the extent of his son’s injury and why he chose to take the court after going down with it. via Drew Shiller […]

The Golden State Warriors are now officially a dynasty after winning the 2018 NBA Finals, their third championship in four years. The rest of the league is trying to catch up to the Warriors, who have formed a team that is not only comprised of some of the best players in the game, they also […]

The players of the Golden State Warriors are true real-life warriors in every sense of the word. Take for example Klay Thompson, who played through the pain of an injury to help his team eliminate the Cleveland Cavaliers in just four games in the NBA Finals. In their post-victory presser though, Thompson did get called […]

The Golden State Warriors have laid claim to yet another NBA title with their second straight and third in the last four years. It has pushed them forward as the next dynasty in the league behind a dominating performance in the NBA Finals after sweeping the Cleveland Cavaliers. Golden State is already expected to re-sign […]

After winning the NBA Title, the Golden State Warriors were all enjoying a few cold beers and Klay Thompson might have had a few too many before his interviews. Thompson was appearing on SportsCenter with Scott Van Pelt while eating some popcorn and he said all he wanted was to kill some Bud Lights, and […]

After securing back-to-back titles as well as their third in four years, the Golden State Warriors were understandably in a jovial mood. Their cheerful disposition carried over to the post-game press conference, and an amusing moment between Draymond Green and Klay Thompson was caught on film. In the clip, Thompson is seen showing his mobile […]

The Golden State Warriors endured a bit of a scare after shooting guard Klay Thompson suffered an ankle injury in Game 1 of the 2018 NBA Finals versus the Cleveland Cavaliers. Fortunately, he was able to finish out the series albeit in modest fashion. Thompson managed to fill his usual role, however, it appears he is […]