Stephen Curry is making it clear: he by no means needed Klay Thompson to depart Golden State.
Curry admitted his emotions about Thompson’s departure, in an interview with ESPN’s workers forward of Dallas’ Christmas Day sport in San Francisco.
“I want he was nonetheless right here,” Curry stated.
Thompson spent 13 seasons with the franchise and joined Dallas on a three-year, $50 million sign-and-trade in the summertime of 2024.
The transfer ended an period that delivered 4 championships and helped outline the Warriors dynasty.
Thompson “felt pushed out in a strategic method,” after Golden State prioritized a pursuit of Paul George and by no means formally submitted a suggestion, sources instructed ESPN.
One other supply instructed ESPN, “This was a man who felt he left all of it on the market for Joe and the group, and was then seen as broken items.”
That sentiment lingered as Thompson recovered from an ACL tear and an Achilles setback, which sidelined him for 941 days. Golden State nonetheless supplied a five-year, $129 million deal following the ACL damage, however stress resurfaced when negotiations cooled years later.
Curry stays decided to bridge the hole. He stayed at Thompson’s dwelling in Dallas this February, the place he and Draymond Inexperienced shared dinner with Thompson and assistant coach Chris DeMarco.
“We didn’t want to handle any emotions or his departure or something like that,” Inexperienced stated. “It was buddies kicking it.”
Curry has now gone even additional, telling ESPN he would actively push for a reunion
“It might be unbelievable,” Curry stated. “If that point comes and that dialog is had, after all I’m calling him and saying, ‘We would like you again.’”
Thompson hasn’t closed the door both.
“I don’t know,” Thompson stated. “That’s a protracted methods away, man. That’s quite a lot of basketball available. I don’t know what the long run holds.”
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