After 13 years with the Warriors, Thompson departing represents the official end of an era.
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, 2024. Thompson is now a free agent. , Thompson’s deal with Dallas is worth $50 million over three years with a player option. The signing is expected to be part of a sign-and-trade deal, which would clear cap space for Dallas to add Thompson to its books.
Thompson spent 13 years with the Warriors, the team that drafted him with the 11th overall pick in the 2011 draft. Two of those seasons were spent recovering, first from a torn ACL in the 2019 NBA Finals and then when he suffered a torn Achilles, before he made a valiant return to the court in the 2022 championship season.
The Warriors reportedly offered Thompson a two-year, $48 million extension before the 2023-24 season, but didn’t come to an agreement. Thompson then struggled to start the season and was eventually replaced by Brandin Podziemski in the starting lineup for a stretch. He finished the season with the fourth most 3-pointers in the league, but struggled defensively and ended the year with an 0-for-10 dud in the play-in game.
In Dallas, Thompson will join MVP candidate Luka Doncic and star guard Kyrie Irving — a former Warriors rival. The Mavericks made a surprise run to the NBA Finals after augmenting their roster with shrewd trade deadline acquisitions, and expect to contend once again.
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