Klay Thompson
Klay Alexander Thompson (born February 8, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Widely regarded as one of the greatest three-point shooters of all-time, he is a four-time NBA champion, a five-time NBA All-Star, a two-time All-NBA Third Team honoree, and was once named to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team. He has also won gold medals with the United States national team on their 2014 World Cup team and 2016 Olympic team.
Thompson with the Golden State Warriors in 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 11 – Golden State Warriors | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Shooting guard / small forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | NBA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | February 8, 1990 Los Angeles, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 220 lb (100 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| High school | Santa Margarita Catholic (Rancho Santa Margarita, California) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College | Washington State (2008–2011) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 2011: 1st round, 11th overall pick | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Selected by the Golden State Warriors | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2011–present | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–present | Golden State Warriors | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Stats at NBA.com | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The son of former NBA player Mychal Thompson, Klay played college basketball for three seasons with the Washington State Cougars, where he was a two-time first-team all-conference selection in the Pac-10 (now Pac-12). He was selected in the first round of the 2011 NBA draft by Golden State with the 11th overall pick. In 2014, Thompson and teammate Stephen Curry set a then-NBA record with 484 combined three-pointers in a season (a record they broke the following season with 525 and again in the 2015–16 season with 678), earning the pair the nickname of "the Splash Brothers." In 2015, he helped lead the Warriors to their first NBA championship since 1975. The following season, he helped his team win a record 73 wins. The team advanced to the NBA Finals that season, losing to the Cleveland Cavaliers. Thompson and his team gained revenged from the Cavaliers, winning two more titles in 2017 and 2018. He also helped the Warriors reach their fifth straight Finals in 2019, where he suffered an ACL tear late in the series. After missing over two and a half years of play, he returned in the middle of the 2021–22 season, where he won his fourth title in 2022.