Klay Thompson defends Warriors legacy amid Heat…
The Miami Heat made its signing of legendary guard Klay Thompson official on Monday. However, Thompson is still busy arguing with followers about his Golden State Warriors legacy.
Over the weekend, the “Swishlist Podcast” posted an Instagram clip where its hosts argued whether or not Thompson or Ray Allen had the better all-time resumé.
Klay Thompson of the Golden State Warriors circa 2019. The legendary guard has signed with Miami Heat. Getty Images
An Instagram person commented, “Klay has never been a first option. Ray was a top 10 player his first 10 years.”
Thompson then replied to this remark by writing, “You do realize I was the 2nd leading scorer on two championship teams without KD? You want me to go to a bad team and put up empty stats, that’s easy buddy.”
Thompson added a second remark, writing, “Holy s*** I led the 2016 playoffs in points scored you casuals 😂.”
Essentially, Thompson is shutting down the thought that his playoff success was owed to opposing defenses, giving Steph Curry and Kevin Durant more consideration. He then references being the main scorer in the 2016 postseason because Durant was still with Oklahoma City Thunder at the time, making that facet of the argument moot.
It’s unclear why Thompson felt compelled to write what he did about going to a “bad team” and placing up “empty stats,” as that wasn’t half of the argument being made. He’s positively not calling the Warriors a unhealthy group, either in their current kind or those championship-winning squads from eras past.
“You do realize I was the 2nd leading scorer on two championship teams without KD?” Thompson hit back in the feedback part. USA TODAY Sports
It’s uncommon to see Thompson interact with online trolls, which made him doing so amid signing with the Heat even more intriguing.
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