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To Golden State Warriors fan Ronnie Reyes, his infamous signed toaster is the sole reason his team has gone “undefeated” throughout the past 13 games, and a red-hot 27-1 since he had it autographed by shooting guard Klay Thompson. Prior to Game 1’s victory against the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Finals, the Warriors had gone […]

Beyond the Golden State Warriors‘ utter dominance in this year’s playoffs, All-Star guard Klay Thompson has dealt with notable offensive struggles. Thompson has experienced much difficulty in finding any consistency with his shot at any point in this postseason. However, interim head coach Mike Brown doesn’t appear to be too concerned with the 27-year-old’s offensive woes. […]

While Klay Thompson‘s postseason shooting struggles continued during the Golden State Warriors‘ 113-91 Game 1 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers, his impact on the team went beyond the 13 missed shots he had throughout Thursday night. As one of the league’s best two-way players, Thompson made up for his offensive woes with his unconditional defense, […]

Throughout the Golden State Warriors dominance in the playoffs, Klay Thompson has notably struggled to find his way offensively. These struggles continued to persist in Game 1 of the NBA Finals as Thompson couldn’t buy a bucket — missing 13 of his first 16 shot attempts in the contest. In the midst of his shooting […]

One of the more unusual encounters between a player and fan happened this season during an autograph signing session with Klay Thompson. Instead of the more common items supporters have them sign, like shirts, basketballs, and caps, a fan brought an oven toaster and wanted the Golden State Warriors shooting guard to place his signature […]

The Golden State Warriors with Kevin Durant now in the fold have become a nearly unstoppable offensive juggernaut, and that has been shown through their unblemished run through the Western Conference holding a 12-0 record heading into the 2017 NBA Finals. Golden State fields a starting lineup that features four All-Stars who are among the […]

The 2017 NBA Finals isn’t only a monumental one because of its rubber match nature, but also because of just how star-studded it is, boasting 11 combined current and former All-Stars — the most in the last 34 years of NBA history, via Greg Swartz of Bleacher Report. The Cleveland Cavaliers have the likes of LeBron […]

The Golden State Warriors have worked their way to a third consecutive NBA Finals appearance behind an unblemished run through the Western Conference holding a 12-o record. Despite that, Hall of Famer and former Warriors great Rick Barry is concerned with the play of All-Star guard Klay Thompson up to this point in the postseason, […]

Klay Thompson has just received a timely gift from Anta, as his latest signature shoes, the KT2, will be released ahead of the NBA Finals. The announcement was made by the shoe and apparel manufacturer on their official Twitter account which included a photo of its latest colorway, called “Chase.” It will come in white […]

Golden State Warriors shooting guard Klay Thompson has been a relative shadow of himself throughout the 2017 postseason. With his scoring average dipping progressively through every series, the long-range sniper is drawing inspiration from his past performances in order to regain his high-scoring form for the NBA Finals. Thompson was a one-man army in last […]

Klay Thompson’s not getting over it anytime soon. On the brink of a third-straight appearance in the NBA Finals where the Warriors will see the Cavaliers for an unprecedented third consecutive time, Thompson still can’t get last year out of his head. The epic 3-1 collapse would be hard for anyone to get over, but […]

Since entering the league in 2011, Klay Thompson has made a name for himself as a knock down shooter and a scorer whom the Golden State Warriors can rely upon night in and night out. But in their Western Conference Finals series against the San Antonio Spurs, Thompson has been reminding everyone of his other specialty outside of […]

The NBA on Thursday afternoon released the three All-NBA teams for this past regular season. It didn’t feature any of the Golden State Warriors‘ players on the All-NBA First Team. Both Kevin Durant and Stephen Curry were named to the All-NBA Second Team and Draymond Green was selected to the All-NBA Third Team. However, All-Star […]

Klay Thompson and Zaza Pachulia are having a hilarious back-and-forth for more than week now, since the 33-year-old Georgian center surprisingly outscored his teammate in Game 3 of their second round playoff series against the Utah Jazz. He even reminded Thompson about his “epic” performance by framing a newspaper clipping where it highlights the fact […]

The Golden State Warriors have gotten off to an 8-0 start to their postseason run, including a dominant four-game stretch against the defensive-minded Utah Jazz last week. Whether it was Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry, Draymond Green, or Klay Thompson, the Warriors always had someone hot when it wasn’t the others’ night. During Game 3, one […]

It’s a rare occasion when Zaza Pachulia gets to outscore any of his team’s starters, but even more rare if he gets to have more than sharp-shooting Klay Thompson. The big man tallied seven points in Saturday’s Game 3 against the Utah Jazz, while Thompson struggled mightily from the field and scored only six points […]

With their stellar play all season, Russell Westbrook and James Harden have both dominated the MVP conversation. There are some other candidates like LeBron James and Kawhi Leonard, but really, the MVP award is a two-man race with Westbrook and Harden. Rapper Lil B though, has an entirely different take on the MVP award. For […]

The Golden State Warriors may now be leading 3-0 in their Western Conference Semifinals matchup against the Utah Jazz after another win on Saturday, but not everyone from their team had a good game. Outside of Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant, no other starter scored in double figures on the night. Their reliable scorer, Klay Thompson, […]

After some of his teammates commented on the lack of nightlife in Salt Lake City and noted it as the reason they rooted for the L.A. Clippers to come out of the first round, shooting guard Klay Thompson faced reporters prior to Saturday’s Game 3, only to get asked about what he will do with his […]

In anticipation of the Golden State Warriors‘ second-round matchup against the Utah Jazz, shooting guard Klay Thompson had a bit of an oops moment when discussing potential game strategy against the rugged fifth seed. When asked about the stylistic difference between the two team, Thompson got caught on one too many rhymes and lost his […]

Golden State Warriors shooting guard Klay Thompson picked up where his teammate Draymond Green left off in Game 1, swatting the daylights out of Damian Lillard, who once again dared to elevate over the defense only to get an eerily familiar result. Thompson ran the court and was quickly spotted on a jumping skip pass […]

With home court locked up and not very much else to play for in the last two games of the season, the Golden State Warriors will rest starting shooting guard Klay Thompson against the Utah Jazz, according to Anthony Slater of the San Jose Mercury News. Everyone else, excluding veteran forward Matt Barnes but including […]

Following Damian Lillard‘s 59-point explosion against the Utah Jazz on Saturday night, the NBA has now seen 10 different players reach the 50-point mark this season — the most ever in a season in NBA history. This season’s 50-point games are as follows: Devin Booker (PHO): 70 points @ Boston Celtics (03/24/17) -L- Klay Thompson […]

Winners of 12 straight, the Golden State Warriors have been unbeatable as of late due to the sensational play of Klay Thompson and Stephen Curry. Thompson has been especially been brilliant and is averaging 25.5 points while shooting 51.3 percent and 48.7 percent from three during Golden State’s win streak. This is a noticeable uptick […]

The Golden State Warriors finished out the sweep of a five-games-in-eight-nights end-of-the-season stretch, but not before some animosity set in during the dying seconds of the fourth quarter against the Washington Wizards on Sunday night. Up by 22 and with six seconds to go, the Warriors passed the ball around the perimeter, ultimately finding center […]

When a set of virtual reality goggles went haywire at the Golden State Warriors offseason meeting pitch to Kevin Durant, the conversation suddenly changed to a much lighter topic — shoes. Reigning MVP Stephen Curry argued that if the two were to join forces, it could have positive aspects for both shoe companies (Durant a Nike […]

Entering the fourth quarter of their matchup against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Sunday, the Golden State Warriors held on to a seven-point lead. They were even able to increase it to 14 points in the final period and appeared to be in complete control of the game. However, the Warriors crumbled in the final five minutes […]

When Kevin Durant announced his decision to bring his talents to the Golden State Warriors last July, many believed their All-Star backcourt of Klay Thompson and Stephen Curry would not be able to produce their usual numbers with him joining their fold. However, after only just a little more than a quarter of the games […]

Behind the play of Stephen Curry, Draymond Green, and Klay Thompson, the Golden State Warriors ave revitalized their franchise into a powerhouse. Now with the addition of Kevin Durant, their lineup just keeps getting scarier. But who’s your favorite player on the roster? Rank them below!

Sharp-shooting Klay Thompson committed such a blatant traveling violation during the Golden State Warriors‘ 135-90 demolition of the Portland Trail Blazers on Saturday, that his own teammates ratted him out from the bench. The 6-foot-7 sniper got the ball in the corner, pump-faked once to get a trailing Maurice Harkless up in the air, then again after he […]

Throughout his career, it’s been commonplace to see the Golden State Warriors’ athletic center JaVale McGee on various NBA blooper reel. It seems that he is now desperately trying to keep the embarrassing moments down to a minimum. During his team’s 103-90 win over the New York Knicks on Thursday night, McGee caught a lob from […]

Unknowingly so, Stephen Curry set the Golden State Warriors up with the biggest bargain for a back-to-back MVP in the history of the league. While former MVPs like Kevin Durant, LeBron James, and Derrick Rose all boast contracts worth over $20 million per year, the 6-foot-3 All-Star point guard signed a fully-guaranteed four-year, $44 million contract […]

Boston Celtics TV analyst Brian Scalabrine started a rumor earlier this season that has Klay Thompson looking for him. He claimed the Golden State Warriors were looking to trade Thompson but never revealed where he got his information. There were players names and a team involved in a deal he said was expected to take place. The Warriors had […]

While the Golden State Warriors remain atop of the league standings with a 22-4 record, almost a third into the the regular season, shooting guard Klay Thompson is expecting the team to take yet another step forward. The Warriors lead the league in scoring (117.8 points per game) and point differential (+11.7 points per game), but the […]

Two-time NBA All-Star Klay Thompson scored 60 points in only 29 minutes on Monday night against the Indiana Pacers. It’s safe to say his coach isn’t look to get rid of him, despite last month’s rumors. After Wednesday’s shootaround in Los Angeles, Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr met with the media, taking the opportunity to […]

After both teams’ hot starts to the NBA regular season, the matchup between the L.A. Clippers and the Golden State Warriors will play their first game of the season tonight at Staples Center. While it can hardly be called a rivalry right now with the Warriors winning six consecutive games over the Clippers, both teams […]

On Monday night, Golden State Warriors shooting guard Klay Thompson had a career night and dropped 60 points against the Indiana Pacers. What’s even more impressive was he did it only three quarters, playing 29 total minutes during the game. The Warriors entered the final period leading by 36 points and head coach Steve Kerr decided […]

Klay Thompson‘s torrid three quarters against the Indiana Pacers net him 60 points in 29 minutes, but perhaps the most impressive thing leading to his offensive explosion is the fact that he didn’t need to dominate the ball in order to take over the game. According to ESPN Insider Tom Haberstroh, the white-hot sharpshooter only took […]

Golden State Warriors shooting guard Klay Thompson had a night to remember, pouring a career-high 60 points in the span of three quarters as his team blew out the Indiana Pacers yet again, 142-106. Teammate Kevin Durant enjoyed the fireworks during the game, but in retrospect, he thinks the hot-handed Thompson could’ve added a lot […]