Klay Thompson has played his entire career with the Golden State Warriors where he won four NBA Championship after the team selected him in the first round of the 2011 NBA Draft. But it sounds like he has decided to leave the team this offseason and sign elsewhere instead.
According to NBA insiders Shams Charania and Anthony Slater of The Athletic, the Golden State Warriors are preparing as if Klay Thompson will sign elsewhere during free agency.
“The Golden State Warriors are preparing to lose four-time NBA champion Klay Thompson in free agency, an expected parting of ways between a legendary dynasty and one of its legacy players,” Charania and Slater reported on Saturday.
“Thompson and the Warriors have had close to no communication since the negotiating period opened for incumbent free agents nearly two weeks ago and no offer has been made, team and league sources said. The Warriors, after other business, have wanted to circle back and negotiate with Thompson. But he isn’t expected to be there waiting as a willing secondary priority in their summer plan, with his side feeling that the Warriors’ interest in a reunion has been disingenuous. The five-time All-Star guard is determined to find a new home elsewhere for his 14th NBA season and beyond, with both sides believing their 13-year run together is over, league sources said.”
Thompson has spent 13 seasons with the Warriors where he won four NBA Championships and made five All-Star games. But it seems he will not play his entire career in Golden State.
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