{"id":93027,"date":"2024-08-28T14:17:31","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T18:17:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=93027"},"modified":"2024-08-31T02:21:36","modified_gmt":"2024-08-31T06:21:36","slug":"mavs-more-details-emerge-recruitment-of-klay-thompson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/08\/28\/mavs-more-details-emerge-recruitment-of-klay-thompson\/","title":{"rendered":"More Details Emerge About Mavs Recruitment Of Klay Thompson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Dallas Mavericks\u2019 interest in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/t\/thompkl01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Klay Thompson<\/a> didn\u2019t begin in free agency. In April, after the Golden State Warriors were blown out by the Sacramento Kings in a Play-In game as Thompson went <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/boxscore\/_\/gameId\/401654656\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">0-6 from 3<\/a>, The Athletic\u2019s Sam Amick reported that the Mavs were \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/5422214\/2024\/04\/17\/kings-warriors-nba-play-in-game-rivalry\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">worth watching as a possible suitor<\/a>.\u201d However, as Thompson was also linked to the Los Angeles Lakers, there was no guarantee he would leave the Warriors for them.<\/p>\n<h2>More Details Emerge About Mavs Recruitment Of Klay Thompson<\/h2>\n<p>The Lakers are a legitimate championship contender so long as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/j\/jamesle01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LeBron James<\/a> is playing at a high level. They\u2019re the franchise his father won two NBA championships with. They\u2019re also conveniently located in the state where Thompson had spent his entire life.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, the Mavs had just made their way to the NBA Finals. However, Thompson\u2019s a guy who wears his emotions. The sentimentality of signing with the Lakers may have made it a great experience for him.<\/p>\n<p>To the surprise of many, Thompson chose to sign with Dallas. Perhaps a guaranteed starting spot was a factor in his decision. To that point, Thompson being benched by the Warriors was a contentious issue last season. The Athletic\u2019s Shams Charania reports that Thompson believes that the Mavs give him a better chance of winning another ring.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#8220;Klay Thompson had a larger offer on the table from the Lakers..<\/p>\n<p>He believed the Dallas Mavericks were his best opportunity to win another championship&#8221;<a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShamsCharania?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@ShamsCharania<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PMSLive?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#PMSLive<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YLbNIo1uvF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/YLbNIo1uvF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PatMcAfeeShow\/status\/1812897167134032150?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 15, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Yet, it appears that his respect for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/i\/irvinky01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kyrie Irving<\/a> was another major factor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI covered the 2016 Olympics and the 2014 World Cup where they were teammates, and you could tell then that Klay had a real admiration for Kyrie,\u201d NBA insider Marc Stein tells Kevin Gray Jr. of the <em>DLLS Mavs Podcast<\/em>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Jason Kidd on Kyrie recruiting Klay Thompson to the Mavericks:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the biggest players in that was [Kyrie]\u2026 Kai being able to, player to player, detail his experience of what Dallas has been like for him in two years\u201d <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CPI7wiyOaN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/CPI7wiyOaN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kyrie Center (@kyriecenterig) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kyriecenterig\/status\/1826806669696807293?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 23, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no question, Kyrie Irving is one of the players and peers that Klay Thompson really, really, really respects\u2026 That was a huge factor for the Mavs,\u201d Steins adds. \u201cBecause it\u2019s always great when players can be the advocate for your free agency push.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIt\u2019s one thing Nico Harrison, Jason Kidd, Michael Finley to make the pitch. When a peer pitches you, it just resonates more strongly many more times than not\u2026\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>As They Say, Players Talk<\/h3>\n<p>Stein\u2019s report corroborates Mavs head coach Jason Kidd\u2019s comments about how the recruitment process went.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust being honest, when you talk about the recruitment, it was a lot of people involved in that,\u201d Kidd tells <em>NBC Sports Authentic<\/em>. \u201cBut I think one of the biggest players in that was Kai. Kai being able to \u2014player to player \u2014give his experience of what Dallas has been like for him in two years and being able to tell Klay the honest truth about what he thinks can happen with Klay coming to Dallas\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Mavs Jason Kidd on how Kyrie Irving helped recruit Klay Thompson:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKai being able to, player to player, detail his experience of what Dallas has been like for him in two years and being able to tell Klay the honest truth of what he thinks can happen with Klay coming to Dallas.\u201d\u2026 <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cD9QfpaIkS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/cD9QfpaIkS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kevin Gray Jr. (@KevinGraySports) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KevinGraySports\/status\/1826736586584981572?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 22, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn this league, they all talk about their situations and they all recruit one another,\u201d he relays.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dallas Mavericks\u2019 interest in Klay Thompson didn\u2019t begin in free agency. In April, after the Golden State Warriors were blown out by the Sacramento Kings in a Play-In game as Thompson went 0-6 from 3, The Athletic\u2019s Sam Amick reported that the Mavs were \u201cworth watching as a possible suitor.\u201d However, as Thompson was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5008,"featured_media":93051,"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":[1608,30,62,3,36],"tags":[70,406,297,1382],"class_list":["post-93027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basketball","category-mavericks","category-nba","category-news","category-podcasts","tag-klay-thompson","tag-kyrie-irving","tag-nba-free-agency","tag-nba-trade"],"modified_by":"Quenton S Albertie","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93027","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\/5008"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93027\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}