The Klay Thompson Thread (2015-2016)

[Johnny Firpo]

Man, is he playing like a superstar or what? Overrated defender, amazing and quite possibly still underrated offensive player.

[tsherkin]

Man, is he playing like a superstar or what? Overrated defender, amazing and quite possibly still underrated offensive player.

He's been pretty nasty. On the postseason as a whole, 27.2 ppg on 63.5% TS and 122 ORTG.

Over the first 4 games of the Portland series, 30.5 ppg on 60.1% TS and 119 ORTG, though he alternated between shooting 50% and < 39% over those games. He and Draymond definitely did some work, though!

[GSP]

Hes been the best, most consistent Warrior of the playoffs now with the series Draymonds having against Okc

[Fundamentals21]

Prime Ray Allen type of production. Most reliable #2 scoring option in the league (Westbrook/Durant are both Batman). I loved him when Curry was out vs Blazers as well. Doesn't get much attention in comparison to the other 2 of GSW's big 3, but on any other team he'd be spoken of plenty. He was on FIRE in the 3rd Q today, playing his heart out and doing what he could to keep GSW in the game. OKC lead was down to 6 at one point in the late third.

[Nbafanatic]

He saved the Warriors season tonight. What a blessing being able to watch the splash brothers.

[JLei]

That was epic.

Like Lebron vs. Detroit in 2007 epic.

Against the better team just one guy kept hitting impossible shots.

[2klegend]

He is the 2nd best shooter in the game and very close to Curry. So that make him a superstar.

[GSP]

That was epic.

Like Lebron vs. Detroit in 2007 epic.

Against the better team just one guy kept hitting impossible shots.

Okc isnt the better team tho.

And Klay has to be the best Sg in the league this season.

[JLei]

That was epic.

Like Lebron vs. Detroit in 2007 epic.

Against the better team just one guy kept hitting impossible shots.

Okc isnt the better team tho.

And Klay has to be the best Sg in the league this season.

If you've been watching the series. The team that has been better on the court, and throughout most of the game you were watching has been OKC on both ends. The regular season no longer matters.

OKC was holding them down and keeping them at bay and answering all the runs (like the better team) until Klay just went inferno and kept hitting shots. And then they choked at the end.

[cpower]

That was epic.

Like Lebron vs. Detroit in 2007 epic.

Against the better team just one guy kept hitting impossible shots.

Okc isnt the better team tho.

And Klay has to be the best Sg in the league this season.

OKC had better role players. Durant has not been playing well for them. Otherwise they would have won the series fair and square. I am pretty confident that OKC is a better team against us. (not against the entire league obvious)

[therealbig3]

I haven't been a believer in Thompson for a while now, because he consistently came up short in his previous playoff runs. He was killing these playoffs, especially when Curry was missing time, and I really thought he turned the corner. And then he struggled in this series, and I thought it was same old Klay. Then he started off poorly in this game, and I was pretty much ready to give up on him.

And then he shut me up real quick. What a performance. He was on his own level tonight.

He's absolutely a superstar...he's Ray Allen with an even better shot, and better defense. Not as good of a primary creator, since he doesn't have Ray's handle, but he's better at what Ray did best, and he's a really good defender too, which Ray never was.

[Nbafanatic]

That was epic.

Like Lebron vs. Detroit in 2007 epic.

Against the better team just one guy kept hitting impossible shots.

Okc isnt the better team tho.

And Klay has to be the best Sg in the league this season.

OKC had better role players. Durant has not been playing well for them. Otherwise they would have won the series fair and square. I am pretty confident that OKC is a better team against us. (not against the entire league obvious)

Remember 2007 when the Suns was the king of small ball and playing fast, but could not handle the "We Believe" Warriors playing fast? I think is kind of similar here, with OKC having more talent than that Warriors team, obviously. The Thunder is the better team playing fast, in transition or semi-transition. The Warriors is the better half court team, because the Thunder tend to revert back too much to iso ball against a set defense.

[GSP]

That was epic.

Like Lebron vs. Detroit in 2007 epic.

Against the better team just one guy kept hitting impossible shots.

Okc isnt the better team tho.

And Klay has to be the best Sg in the league this season.

OKC had better role players. Durant has not been playing well for them. Otherwise they would have won the series fair and square. I am pretty confident that OKC is a better team against us. (not against the entire league obvious)

Okc doesnt have better role players. Theres a reason Kd had to play 45+ minutes in 3 games now this series, and 40 minutes 4 times. One of Kd and Russ have to be there at all times. Okc cant go on runs without them like Gs can without two of either Steph/Klay, Klay/Draymond or Steph/Draymond.

[cpower]

Okc isnt the better team tho.

And Klay has to be the best Sg in the league this season.

OKC had better role players. Durant has not been playing well for them. Otherwise they would have won the series fair and square. I am pretty confident that OKC is a better team against us. (not against the entire league obvious)

Okc doesnt have better role players. Theres a reason Kd had to play 45+ minutes in 3 games now this series, and 40 minutes 4 times. One of Kd and Russ have to be there at all times. Okc cant go on runs without them like Gs can without two of either Steph/Klay, Klay/Draymond or Steph/Draymond.

okc does have the better role players, Adams/Roberson/Ibaka/Waiters played much better than Ezeli/Barnes/Livingston/Mo and they limited Green to some of the worst games of his career.
Curry/Klay have to be much more efficient for us to win games. Durant was consistently shooting around 35-40% in previously games and they even won g1 and g4 when their stars struggled.
That's why I didn't think it's possible for us to win tonight.

[Nbafanatic]

OKC had better role players. Durant has not been playing well for them. Otherwise they would have won the series fair and square. I am pretty confident that OKC is a better team against us. (not against the entire league obvious)

Okc doesnt have better role players. Theres a reason Kd had to play 45+ minutes in 3 games now this series, and 40 minutes 4 times. One of Kd and Russ have to be there at all times. Okc cant go on runs without them like Gs can without two of either Steph/Klay, Klay/Draymond or Steph/Draymond.

okc does have the better role players, Adams/Roberson/Ibaka/Waiters played much better than Ezeli/Barnes/Livingston/Mo and they limited Green to some of the worst games of his career.
Curry/Klay have to be much more efficient for us to win games. Durant was consistently shooting around 35-40% in previously games and they even won g1 and g4 when their stars struggled.
That's why I didn't think it's possible for us to win tonight.

But do you agree that keeping the pace lower against this OKC team is a big key for you, guys?

[GSP]

OKC had better role players. Durant has not been playing well for them. Otherwise they would have won the series fair and square. I am pretty confident that OKC is a better team against us. (not against the entire league obvious)

Okc doesnt have better role players. Theres a reason Kd had to play 45+ minutes in 3 games now this series, and 40 minutes 4 times. One of Kd and Russ have to be there at all times. Okc cant go on runs without them like Gs can without two of either Steph/Klay, Klay/Draymond or Steph/Draymond.

okc does have the better role players, Adams/Roberson/Ibaka/Waiters played much better than Ezeli/Barnes/Livingston/Mo and they limited Green to some of the worst games of his career.
Curry/Klay have to be much more efficient for us to win games. Durant was consistently shooting around 35-40% in previously games and they even won g1 and g4 when their stars struggled.
That's why I didn't think it's possible for us to win tonight.

How do u forget Iggy and Bogut???? Bogut was the key in game 5 and theyve played better with him on court all series. Iggys defense has been so key specially in these last 2 games and that spark/run he had in the 2nd quarter of game 2 really gave Warriors all the momentum. Iggy is prolly the best ball handler on Gs the way he allowed Klay and Steph to get in rhythm offball is huge and Okc doesnt have any good ball handler outside Kd and Russ

Dion had a couple good games. Adams has been great, Roberson has been solid. Barnes has been solid. Bogut and Iggy have been great. Again theres no combination of Okc lineups without Kd and Russ that doesnt get blown out. Cant say the same with any pairing of Gs big three.

[cpower]

Okc doesnt have better role players. Theres a reason Kd had to play 45+ minutes in 3 games now this series, and 40 minutes 4 times. One of Kd and Russ have to be there at all times. Okc cant go on runs without them like Gs can without two of either Steph/Klay, Klay/Draymond or Steph/Draymond.

okc does have the better role players, Adams/Roberson/Ibaka/Waiters played much better than Ezeli/Barnes/Livingston/Mo and they limited Green to some of the worst games of his career.
Curry/Klay have to be much more efficient for us to win games. Durant was consistently shooting around 35-40% in previously games and they even won g1 and g4 when their stars struggled.
That's why I didn't think it's possible for us to win tonight.

But do you agree that keeping the pace lower against this OKC team is a big key for you, guys?

well, we have to play Bogut as much as possible to cut down the rebounding differences. So in a way we played slower. Ezeli has been garbage the entire series and Green is only useful with Bogut on the court. It limits our rotation, as you can see when bogut sat they came back really strong and crashing all boards. Without Bogut we lost in 5 already

[cpower]

Okc doesnt have better role players. Theres a reason Kd had to play 45+ minutes in 3 games now this series, and 40 minutes 4 times. One of Kd and Russ have to be there at all times. Okc cant go on runs without them like Gs can without two of either Steph/Klay, Klay/Draymond or Steph/Draymond.

okc does have the better role players, Adams/Roberson/Ibaka/Waiters played much better than Ezeli/Barnes/Livingston/Mo and they limited Green to some of the worst games of his career.
Curry/Klay have to be much more efficient for us to win games. Durant was consistently shooting around 35-40% in previously games and they even won g1 and g4 when their stars struggled.
That's why I didn't think it's possible for us to win tonight.

How do u forget Iggy and Bogut???? Bogut was the key in game 5 and theyve played better with him on court all series. Iggys defense has been so key specially in these last 2 games and that spark/run he had in the 2nd quarter of game 2 really have Warriors all the momentum.

Dion had a couple good games. Adams has been great, Roberson has been solid. Barnes has been solid. Bogut and Iggy have been great. Again theres no combination of Okc lineups without Kd and Russ that doesnt get blown out. Cant say the same with any pairing of Gs big three.

Bogut has been the most important player for us in this series, even more important than Curry. I dont consider him a role player in any sort. He was in foul trouble and we got blown out left and right.
There is no big three against this OKC. it's either playing Bogut to have an equal chance or dont play him just getting destroyed.

[Hawk Eye]

What Klay did tonight was the definition of putting the team on one's back. Seemed like a lot of Golden State's answers to OKC's runs began with a Klay 3. Just an absolutely spectacular performance. Wow.

[Clyde Frazier]

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