Klay Thompson Leaves Warriors After 13 Seasons, Now a Free Agent
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00:00After 13 seasons by the Bay, the Splash Brothers are officially no more. It is
00:09the end of an era for Steph, Klay, and Dre. Klay Thompson will not resign and
00:16not return to Golden State. He has met with various other teams like in Los
00:21Angeles with the Clippers and the Lakers, but after 13 years with the
00:25Warriors, Klay Thompson's time in Golden State has now come to an end. And it
00:30should come to an end, and you can't pay for nostalgia in the NBA. That's how you
00:33get caught up. Klay Thompson, if he was gonna come back like a vet minimum to
00:37Golden State, sure, they'd welcome them back with open arms. But also, if you are
00:40Klay Thompson, you want to stay on that same team. You do want the respect, and
00:44the respect usually comes in the way of a paycheck here. He wasn't gonna say for
00:47anything less than he thought what his market value was going to be. And now,
00:50Ben, we're gonna find out exactly what his market value is, because he'll be a
00:54sought-after free agent, not because you're getting Klay Thompson of the
00:572014-2015 type season, but you're getting the Klay Thompson, the veteran guy that
01:02you can manage his minutes, and if he comes off the bench or starts, you
01:06know what you're getting. A 3 and D type of guy, which again, his defense isn't
01:09nearly what it was a decade ago, and who's is at this point, right? So, I think
01:13you're getting a veteran presence on your team. He can help somebody, but I say
01:16this again. I like the fact that Golden State moved on. It was like, hey, come on
01:19back to the fall, three years, a hundred million dollars. That would have made
01:22absolutely no sense for them. Good for them to move on. Klay Thompson will find
01:25a home somewhere.