Klay Thompson has agreed to a five-year, $190 million maximum contract to remain with the Golden State Warriors, ESPN's Ramona Shelburne has confirmed.
The agreement was first reported by the San Francisco Chronicle. ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski reported Friday that Thompson was expected to accept a deal from the Warriors assuming they offered him the maximum five years for $190 million.
Thompson is one of the NBA's best all-around players and a foundational talent for a franchise that's won three championships and reached five NBA Finals with him as a star performer.
Despite suffering a torn ACL in his left knee in the NBA Finals, the Warriors were committed to keeping Thompson out of free agency and bringing him into the franchise's new downtown San Francisco arena with Stephen Curry into the future.
One of the best shooters in league history, he's recorded seven seasons with at least 200 3-pointers, tied with Curry for the most in NBA history. He has eight straight seasons of shooting at least 40% from 3-point range, the second-longest active streak in the league behind Curry. And his 1,798 career 3s rank 16th all time.
But Thompson has been more than just a shooter. Defensively, 2019 All-Stars shot 36% when Thompson was the closest defender last season, the lowest field goal percentage allowed by any defender (minimum 100 FGA), per Second Spectrum Sports. He was named to the second team All-NBA defensive team.
And prior to the ACL tear, he had been extremely durable. Thompson has missed only 25 games (including playoffs) in the Steve Kerr era. He's played at least 70 games while averaging over 30 minutes each of the last seven seasons -- something only James Harden, Damian Lillard and Thaddeus Young have also done during that span.
Thompson, 29, was selected 11th overall by the Warriors in the 2011 draft. He's a five-time All-Star and two-time Third Team All-NBA player who holds a career average of 19.5 points on 45.9% shooting from the field and 41.9% shooting from 3-point range over eight NBA seasons.
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The agreement was first reported by the San Francisco Chronicle. ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski reported Friday that Thompson was expected to accept a deal from the Warriors assuming they offered him the maximum five years for $190 million.
Thompson is one of the NBA's best all-around players and a foundational talent for a franchise that's won three championships and reached five NBA Finals with him as a star performer.
Despite suffering a torn ACL in his left knee in the NBA Finals, the Warriors were committed to keeping Thompson out of free agency and bringing him into the franchise's new downtown San Francisco arena with Stephen Curry into the future.
One of the best shooters in league history, he's recorded seven seasons with at least 200 3-pointers, tied with Curry for the most in NBA history. He has eight straight seasons of shooting at least 40% from 3-point range, the second-longest active streak in the league behind Curry. And his 1,798 career 3s rank 16th all time.
But Thompson has been more than just a shooter. Defensively, 2019 All-Stars shot 36% when Thompson was the closest defender last season, the lowest field goal percentage allowed by any defender (minimum 100 FGA), per Second Spectrum Sports. He was named to the second team All-NBA defensive team.
And prior to the ACL tear, he had been extremely durable. Thompson has missed only 25 games (including playoffs) in the Steve Kerr era. He's played at least 70 games while averaging over 30 minutes each of the last seven seasons -- something only James Harden, Damian Lillard and Thaddeus Young have also done during that span.
Thompson, 29, was selected 11th overall by the Warriors in the 2011 draft. He's a five-time All-Star and two-time Third Team All-NBA player who holds a career average of 19.5 points on 45.9% shooting from the field and 41.9% shooting from 3-point range over eight NBA seasons.
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