Steve Kerr revealed on Friday that Klay Thompson would not play the two meetings in Japan, explaining that the Warriors were “simply careful” and that they were trying “to act intelligently“. The idea is to wait for the return to San Francisco to ” give it a little more time to ramp up. »
Present this Saturday at the festivities which frame the two friendlies against the Wizards, and winner of the 3-point contest with Stephen Curry, Thompson gave a more precise version of his absence, and more than physical, it is mental.
” I haven’t done the practice matches, and this week will be very, very important for me, especially with the return to San Francisco. he explained at the microphone of The Athletic. ” I haven’t played much this summer, it was tough… especially considering what happened in a previous summer when I was in good shape and tore my Achilles tendon , it was really hard there. Mentally it was hard“.
It was November 2019, while recovering from a ruptured knee ligament, Thompson tore his Achilles tendon within days of resuming training. He still has that in mind, and he can’t forget.
” It’s complicated to explain, and it’s a kind of psychological block. I will get there one day, but the season has been so trying with my return, so difficult with winning the title and a month later you have to play again. That’s a lot, a lot… But I can’t wait to play again. »
| 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 | 1 | 20 | 46.2 | 33.3 | 80.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 18.0 |
| Total | 648 | 33 | 45.8 | 41.7 | 84.9 | 0.4 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 19.5 | |
