Compared to Curry and Durant's wanton ocean, the silent Thompson is more like a volcano that has been frozen for a long time, and you never know how to destroy the potential of decay in his body, and when this potential will erupt. Around Curry and Durant, Thompson is willing to be silent and transform into a blue-collar worker, but he is also a sharpshooter with a very stable shooting posture and hand shape, and has withstood thousands of hammers. Thompson's presence is even more heart-wrenching than Curry and Durant, who will explode when necessary, as if booked in advance, and that's built on a seamless defense at 2.01 meters.
Clay Thompson comes from a sports family, his father Mitchell Thompson is a 1978 NBA champion, who won three championships for the Lakers, and his mother was also a volleyball star at the University of San Francisco.
A rout in their sophomore year of high school was a major turning point in Thompson's student years, when they lost 44-74 to Artesia High School against James Harden. Losing to Harden became a catalyst to spur Thompson forward, giving up football and stopping playing baseball and focusing on basketball.
In 2011, Klay Thompson was selected by the Golden State Warriors with the 11th pick in the first round. Entering 2012, Thompson seems to have opened up the second pulse of Ren Dou, he began to adapt to the rhythm of the NBA, learned to use the cover to create opportunities, master the right shooting timing, when there is no echo tactics, he also knows how to open up space, and more importantly, on the defensive end he no longer drags the team's hind legs.
In the 2012/2013 season, the "Splash Brothers" rose to fame, and Thompson's shooting was widely recognized by Curry's side. Barkley praised him: "Thompson has the best shooting skills. ”
In the 2013/2014 season, Thompson was still improving, averaging 18.7 points per game, becoming the second scorer in the team, but in the eyes of the team's top brass, he was not a non-seller. In the summer of 2014, the Timberwolves peddled Love, and the Warriors became the frontrunners in the trade war. Warriors' new coach Steve Kerr is adamantly opposed to breaking up the Splash Brothers.
On October 31, 2014, the Warriors renewed Thompson's contract with a four-year, $70 million salary, and the trade rumors came to an abrupt end. Thompson quickly proved his worth. On November 1, against the Lakers, Thompson scored 41 points on 14-of-18 shooting, completely gaining the upper hand against Kobe Bryant. Against the Kings, he scored a career-high 52 points, including a slash of 37 in the third quarter, setting a new NBA record, and even more terrifyingly, he shot all 13 shots in this quarter.
With a top salary, an All-Star selection, and a championship trophy, Thompson completed the perfect triple jump.
In the 2015/2016 season, although Thompson and the Warriors missed the championship, their all-time best record of 73 wins was enough to be recorded in history, and Thompson's three-point shooting record in a single season increased to 276.
In the playoffs, in the fourth game against the Rockets in the first round, Curry sprained his right knee, and Thompson, who had been willing to be a green leaf, stepped forward at this time. From the game where Curry was injured to the first game against the Portland Trail Blazers in the Western Conference Semifinals, "Tang Shen" scored seven three-pointers in three consecutive games, an achievement that is unique in history.
In Game 6 of the Western Conference Finals, Thompson shot 11 of 18 three-pointers, setting a new NBA playoff three-pointer record for a single-game three-pointer. From averaging 22.1 points per game in the regular season to 25.9 points per game in the playoffs, Thompson's playoff scores are third in the league. Although the Finals eventually lost to the Cavaliers, this season's performance was enough to make him a league star.
In the 2016/2017 season, Durant announced that he would join the Warriors, "a splash of upgrades, a tsunami." On December 7, 2016, the Warriors slaughtered the Pacers 142-106, and Thompson scored 60 points in the third quarter, setting a new high in the team's nearly 42 years.
As the league's top shooting guard, Thompson's fame is not only accurate three-pointers, but also strong close-quarters and blocking ability on the defensive end. He has a keen yet positive defensive attitude, which is especially valuable in the top scorer sequence. His super-single defensive ability can greatly limit the play of opposing ace scorers, and it is also one of the key factors in the Warriors' consecutive victories in the 2017 playoffs.
Throughout the 2017 playoffs, Thompson's performance has fluctuated, and Durant's arrival has changed the Warriors' offensive main offensive power, coupled with too many defensive responsibilities, making Thompson lose sight of one or the other. Although he struggled a bit on the offensive end, in the second half of the most critical finals, he still found a crosshair and recreated the "Tang Shen mode". Klay Thompson averaged 16.4 points per game in the Finals, shooting 42.9 percent from the field, 42.5 percent from three-point range and 71.4 percent from the free throw line, making a great contribution to the Warriors' championship.
On December 15, 2017, when the Warriors were fighting the Mavericks in the absence of Curry and Green, Thompson suddenly burst out, and he hit four consecutive three-pointers to completely end the game. Such a horrific performance is similar to the 11 three-pointers in Game 6 of the 2015/2016 Western Conference Finals. This is Thompson, the man known as the "God of Soups."
In game 6 of the 2018 Western Conference Finals against the Rockets, the Warriors, who have lost three games, are on the edge of the cliff, and Thompson has steadily shot nine three-pointers to bring the game into the seventh. Whenever the Warriors are in a desperate situation, Thompson will suddenly come out of the slash and win the game with "explosive power three-pointers" that are not inferior to Curry.