'Selfish' Dad wanted me to join the Lakers -Thompson

Klay Thompson says dad, Mychal, would have preferred he joined the Lakers to keep the whole family close by.

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00:00Yeah, my dad was disappointed.

00:02I really haven't talked to him much about it, but at the end of the day, he was happy

00:06for me.

00:07He was a little selfish in his business interest because he wanted me to be at home with the

00:10family.

00:11I was like, Dad, I've been in California my whole life.

00:14I got to experience something new.

00:15So he understood, and he's actually really excited for me, and he thinks we have a great

00:19shot to do something special here, not just this year, but for many years.

00:22So he was all on board once the dust settled, and he realized that it was really a match

00:27made in heaven.