{"id":72480,"date":"2024-04-09T12:03:09","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T16:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=72480"},"modified":"2024-04-09T19:12:22","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T23:12:22","slug":"golden-state-warriors-klay-thompson-reveals-free-agency-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/04\/09\/golden-state-warriors-klay-thompson-reveals-free-agency-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden State Warriors&#8217; Klay Thompson Reveals Free Agency Plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This offseason, Golden State Warriors great <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/t\/thompkl01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-04-09_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Klay Thompson<\/a> will hit unrestricted free agency. In what has been a tumultuous season for the Warriors, rumors have swirled all season long about Thompson&#8217;s possible destination. However, Thompson himself has made his plans very clear.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent episode of his podcast, Warriors teammate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/g\/greendr01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-04-09_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Draymond Green<\/a> sat down with Thompson and asked about his priorities. Although he acknowledged he hasn&#8217;t &#8220;given it much thought&#8221;, the 34-year-old says he wants to stay with Golden State, but <a href=\"https:\/\/hoopshype.com\/rumor\/2819488\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">his mental health is his biggest priority<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Yes, I want to re-sign with the Dubs, but I also have to prioritize my mental health and lay out what is important to me at this point in my career. I know we have so much basketball ahead that I haven\u2019t given it much thought. Because if I start thinking about July 1, then I\u2019m just doing myself a disservice. For me it\u2019s just about staying present, as simple as that is. Staying present and appreciating being in the NBA.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In his 13th season, Thompson is averaging 17.6 points, 3.3 rebounds, and 2.3 assists per game. Furthermore, he is shooting 43% from the field and 38.4% from the three-point line.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#8220;Yes I wanna re-sign with the Dubs, but I also have to prioritize my mental health and lay out what&#8217;s important to me at this point in my career&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KlayThompson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@KlayThompson<\/a> talks to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Money23Green?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Money23Green<\/a> about the upcoming free agency <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hJNYBpb86X\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/hJNYBpb86X<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Volume (@TheVolumeSports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheVolumeSports\/status\/1777530623491551471?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Golden State Warriors&#8217; Klay Thompson Reveals Free Agency Plans<\/h2>\n<h3>Klay Thompson Reportedly Not Expecting a &#8220;Massive Contract&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>Even though he is still a solid NBA player, it&#8217;s evident Thompson is not the same guy he was during the peak of Golden State&#8217;s dynasty. Because of this, the California native may be in line for a smaller contract. According to ESPN&#8217;s Kendra Andrews, Thompson understands he will not expect a large contract. Furthermore, Andrews speculated that <a href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/10115985-warriors-rumors-klay-thompson-not-expecting-massive-contract-in-nba-free-agency\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Thompson may sign a two-year deal<\/a> to match up with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/k\/kerrst01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-04-09_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Steve Kerr<\/a>&#8216;s and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/c\/curryst01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-04-09_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stephen Curry<\/a>&#8216;s contracts:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;From my understanding, at least when it comes to Klay&#8217;s contract, the conversations that I&#8217;ve had, he isn&#8217;t under this impression that he is going to get this massive contract,&#8221; ESPN&#8217;s Kendra Andrews said on the Hoop Collective (46:55 mark). &#8220;Steve [Kerr] is on for two more years, matching up with Steph [Curry&#8217;s] contract, with two more years. Klay would be content matching up with those guys. Let&#8217;s finish this out. He understands where he&#8217;s at in his career, what he&#8217;s capable of, what he deserves. The other important thing is he wants to feel appreciated by this organization. He wants them to come to him and say, &#8216;We&#8217;re going to take care of you.&#8217;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>The Team Posing the Biggest Threat to Sign the Five-Time NBA All-Star<\/h3>\n<p>The Warriors are reportedly not the only team interested in the four-time NBA champion. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/02\/20\/nba-rumors-eastern-conference-team-pursuing-klay-thompson\/\" target=\"_self\">Multiple reports<\/a> over the past few months have linked Thompson to the Orlando Magic. Additionally, The Athletic&#8217;s Tim Kawakami recently said Orlando&#8217;s interest in the wing is &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/basketnews.com\/news-204378-nba-rumors-orlando-magic-eyeing-klay-thompson.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">one of the worst-kept secrets in the league<\/a>&#8220;:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;One of the worst-kept secrets in the league is that Orlando, loaded with young talent but not with shooters, might offer Klay a ton of money next summer,&#8221; Kawakami wrote.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Though it seems like Thompson remains with Golden State, the Magic are a team worth monitoring this offseason.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This offseason, Golden State Warriors great Klay Thompson will hit unrestricted free agency. In what has been a tumultuous season for the Warriors, rumors have swirled all season long about Thompson&#8217;s possible destination. However, Thompson himself has made his plans very clear. In a recent episode of his podcast, Warriors teammate Draymond Green sat down [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4631,"featured_media":72492,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1608,2,25,62,3,17],"tags":[49059,409,70,48,528],"class_list":["post-72480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basketball","category-featured","category-warriors","category-nba","category-news","category-magic","tag-2024-nba-free-agents","tag-draymond-green","tag-klay-thompson","tag-stephen-curry","tag-steve-kerr"],"modified_by":"Elie Deglaoui","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72480\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}