Incredible but true: before forming the best “backcourt” of the last decade, Klay Thompson And Stephen Curry… were simply not calculated! Especially during the rookie season of the first named, in 2011/12…
” I don’t believe we exchanged a word “, confesses the rear of the Warriorsin the latest episode of the Paul George podcast. ” Stephen played only [26] games that season and I was a shooter who came off the bench, behind Monta [Ellis]Dorrell [Wright], that kind of guy. Your first year is all about life-size learning, you never know what to expect. I was sometimes a kind of punching bag for [Mark] Jackson, because I was a rookie and I could take it. »
Klay Thompson considered a ‘punching bag’
Then Klay Thompson adds, when asked to tell an anecdote about Stephen Curry and when he was just a rookie…
” I don’t really have a lot of stories to tell about Stephen, related to my rookie year, because we didn’t talk much together. I was so quiet… When you’re a rookie, you don’t want to tread on veterans’ toes. I was some kind of anti-Draymond [Green] who, when he landed, was constantly barking and making his presence felt. I was rather withdrawn, as if I was going to do my work in the shadows, like a silent assassin, to observe. »
Finally, it will mainly be necessary to wait for the summer of 2014 to see Klay Thompson and Stephen Curry get closer, thanks to their common (and victorious) adventure during the World Cup in Spain.
The greens of the Canary Islands to get to know each other
” Our relationship didn’t really take shape until our third year together, when we played with Team USA and ended up hanging out together off the court because there was nothing else to do. “, remembers the quadruple NBA champion. ” We were in the Canary Islands so we went golfing, we got to know each other and that’s when I thought this was a guy who excels in two different sports. »
As the saying goes, “the rest is history” because, starting in the 2014/15 season, Klay Thompson and Stephen Curry together became the main nightmare of NBA defenses, blasting them with 3-pointers and launching a real dynasty with Golden State…
| Klay Thompson | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Crew | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
| 2011-12 | GOS | 66 | 24 | 44.3 | 41.4 | 86.8 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 12.5 |
| 2012-13 | GOS | 82 | 36 | 42.2 | 40.1 | 84.1 | 0.4 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 16.6 |
| 2013-14 | GOS | 81 | 35 | 44.4 | 41.7 | 79.5 | 0.5 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 18.4 |
| 2014-15 | GOS | 77 | 32 | 46.3 | 43.9 | 87.9 | 0.4 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 21.7 |
| 2015-16 | GOS | 80 | 33 | 47.0 | 42.5 | 87.3 | 0.4 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 22.1 |
| 2016-17 | GOS | 78 | 34 | 46.8 | 41.4 | 85.3 | 0.6 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 22.3 |
| 2017-18 | GOS | 73 | 34 | 48.8 | 44.0 | 83.7 | 0.4 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 20.0 |
| 2018-19 | GOS | 78 | 34 | 46.7 | 40.2 | 81.6 | 0.5 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 21.5 |
| 2021-22 | GOS | 32 | 29 | 42.9 | 38.5 | 90.2 | 0.5 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 20.4 |
| 2022-23 | GOS | 69 | 33 | 43.6 | 41.2 | 87.9 | 0.6 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 21.9 |
| Total | 716 | 33 | 45.5 | 41.6 | 85.2 | 0.5 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 19.8 | |
How to read the stats? MJ = matches played; Min = Minutes; Shots = Shots made / Shots attempted; 3pts = 3-points / 3-points attempted; LF = free throws made / free throws attempted; Off = offensive rebound; Def= defensive rebound; Tot = Total bounces; Pd = assists; Fte: Personal fouls; Int = Intercepts; Bp = Lost bullets; Ct: Counters; Points = Points.
