Golden State Warriors shooting guard Klay Thompson disputed a recent report by ESPN's Steven A. Smith, who said on the set of First Take that Thompson was unhappy with his role in Golden State, merely getting “the crumbs” left behind.
“That’s not true,” Thompson told Mark Medina of the San Jose Mercury News. “Have I ever indicated I was unhappy?”
The initial report was controversial, as it went against every other indication Thompson had given in interviews and media sessions. Even a day after, Smith's colleague, ESPN's Nick Friedell penned a piece stating why the Warriors want to keep Thompson and feel secure that the organization will welcome him back from top to bottom.
“Klay Thompson hasn’t been happy,” said Smith in First Take. “His number hasn’t been called nearly enough and he’s tired of sitting around and getting quote-unquote ‘the crumbs’ left behind other people.”
I'm told Klay Thompson isn't happy and here's why. pic.twitter.com/l9lELKbKCo
— Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) May 7, 2019
Those “other people” are Kevin Durant and Stephen Curry, who have received the bulk of the shots throughout this postseason. Yet Smith clarified that he did not speak to Thompson, but rather sources around him — which made his words worthy of being taken with more than just a grain of salt.
It was Thompson's nifty reverse layup that eventually sealed the win for the Warriors in Game 5, as the full Klay Thompson experience was on display — first nearly turning the ball over, then cutting to the rim for a contested deuce.
Klay Thompson lays in the game-sealing bucket, propelling the @warriors to a 3-2 series lead! #PhantomCam #StrengthInNumbers pic.twitter.com/8xQkn65PaM
— NBA (@NBA) May 9, 2019
Life isn't exactly peachy in Golden State nowadays, but Thompson isn't anywhere close to unhappy — and now his word has finally put out that fire into ashes amid a closely-contested series against the Rockets.
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