As the 21-22 NBA regular season deepens, teams have also bid farewell to offseason status and entered season status. The regular season is in January, and the situation in the east and west has begun to see a sharp future. In addition to the Nets, Bucks, Suns, Jazz, which have been outstanding last season, which continue to rank at the top of the league, the Bulls and Warriors are obviously surprise dark horses. Compared to the Bulls, who were heavily recruited in the offseason, the return of the Warriors' strong men is obviously more story-telling. So far this season, the Warriors have ranked first in the league with 28 wins and 7 losses, a performance that not only critics and fans can't imagine, but even they themselves. The most surprising thing is that the Warriors have achieved such a record not only without relying on reinforcements, but even their own lineup is not yet complete. In addition to Thompson, who has been sidelined for two consecutive seasons due to injury, Wiseman, who was selected for the team last season, has also been recuperating from injury.
From the 19-20 season, to last season's two consecutive losses in the playoffs, to the league first place this season, the Warriors have returned from a mournful rebuilding team back to the championship race in just two seasons. As the old saying goes, god will favor those who work hard, and the hard-working Warriors are not unlucky. In recent days, many authoritative NBA media have reported on the return date of Klay Thompson. While it didn't make a comeback after Christmas as predicted at the start of the season, everyone knows the Warriors are getting closer to returning to their All-Star wing. In today's Warriors game against the Heat, Klay Thompson confirmed in his interaction with the audience that his comeback date will be the Game against the Cavaliers on January 9, local time.
Klay Thompson has suffered serious injuries in two consecutive seasons, and the unfortunate experience has kept the hitshooter out of play for three years, and the Warriors' competitiveness has plummeted with Durant's departure and Thompson's injury. In his final season before the injury, Klay Thompson played in 78 regular-season games for the Warriors, averaging 21 points, 3.8 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.1 steals in his 34-minute start-up time, and averaging three-pointers per game with more than 40 percent of three-pointers. In the playoffs that season, Thompson made all 21 starts, averaging 20.7 points, 4.1 rebounds and 2.1 assists in 39 minutes per game. He and Curry's Splash Brothers helped the Warriors win three crowns in four years, and he personally won five All-Star honors. The Warriors failed to make the playoffs in the two seasons that Thompson rested after his injury, but the Season He returned to the Warriors was already the number one in the league, and Thompson could be said to be a member of the Warriors.
Although Thompson suffered a serious injury to the Achilles tendon, in the case of the rapid development of modern medicine, the Achilles tendon injury is no longer the irreversible injury of ten years ago. Durant, who also suffered an Achilles tendon tear injury, showed amazing dominance after returning to the field, and Murray, who was recovering, also showed a big windmill dunk video. On the offensive end, Klay Thompson's speed can still punish his defenders with excellent shooting and back-punching ability, even if the impact of injury prevents him from breaking through. On the defensive end, even if he loses some lateral speed, Thompson's arm span and defensive awareness can still make him an iron gate for the Warriors' defensive system. In addition to the upcoming Thompson, the Warriors' other long-term illness Wiseman is also about to return, and the Warriors who are fully played are worth looking forward to.