ESPN NBA reporter Kendra Andrews joined the GBag Nation to preview the Mavericks' trip to Golden State tonight, where Klay Thompson will return to the place he won four NBA championships. They also discuss what's gone into the slow start the Mavs have had this season.
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00:00Kendra Andrews joins us now here on the fan or good afternoon how you doing I'm
00:20doing good how are you doing doing fantastic thanks to to you know let's
00:26start with with Golden State here how big of a story is this on ESPN today
00:30with clay returning to Golden State Kendra I mean it's huge I just got off
00:34of NBA today you know setting the scene with with my sister Malika Andrews and
00:39the Warriors are how they're explaining it is they're trying to tribute and
00:43welcome clay back in a way that has never been done before in the NBA and
00:48and you just think back to his 11 seasons with the Warriors how many
00:54historic jaw-dropping incredible moments there were it's a huge deal
00:58right and it's a huge deal to the ESPN it's a huge deal to the NBA it's a huge
01:03deal to the Warriors and even though clay isn't quite talking on it as much
01:07it is a big deal to him as well how surprised were you that he ended up
01:11leaving and coming to the Mavs in the offseason you know I think there's of
01:15course some some surprise because like I said it was his home for 11 years he was
01:22a born and raised a warrior will say in terms of his NBA career right and and
01:26the relationship that he has with Stephen Curry and the trio of him
01:30Stephen dream on green so I think from that standpoint it's always a little
01:33surprising when that kind of dynasty really that legacy comes to an end but
01:39at the same time when you look at his last few years with the Warriors it did
01:45feel as though the writing was a little bit on the wall just in terms of whether
01:49it was his happiness whether it was how the team was doing I think both parties
01:53felt they needed some change to be able to to continue to flourish and so by the
02:01end of last season you know it didn't the way that I'll say the way that the
02:07last season ended it didn't make me actually surprised when it happened even
02:11though of course that shock was was still a little bit there