“I’m so happy Chase Center got a championship. “Oh, man, it’s going to be tough to sleep Monday night,” Thompson said. Those lights will be even brighter Tuesday night, when the Warriors open the regular season against the Lakers at Chase, with a pregame ceremony to presenting rings representing their 2022 NBA championship. I was really working, so I knew it would pay off when the lights were the brightest.” I was in the weight room, in the gym, almost every day. “I really worked had this summer,” he said. There were no real indications of rust, which Thompson attributed to his personal workouts in his first offseason without rehab since 2018. It was good to get him out there for the first time.”

“I asked him how he felt, and he said he felt great. “He looked really good,” Kerr said afterward. 24, in limited individual workouts before participating in a full scrimmage earlier this week.

He spent most of the last three weeks, since training camp opened on Sept. The two surgeries compelled Golden State’s medical and training staffs to ease Thompson into his usual routine. “I was so nervous the whole day,” he said. The five-time NBA All-Star missed the last three preseasons, the first while recovering from surgery on his left ACL in July 2019, the second and third while recovering and rehabilitating from right Achilles’ tendon surgery in November 2020.ĭraymond shades KAT for out-of-nowhere legacy quote “I don’t take this time for granted, playing October basketball. “I felt amazing,” said Thompson, whose 17 points tied Jonathan Kuminga for team high. Thompson played what Kerr estimated as “15, 16 minutes” – official statistics were unavailable due to an NBA systems power outage – and put up at least nine shots from the field, including seven from deep, five of which dropped through the net. Tongue in cheek? Not really, as Klay came close during a 119-112 loss to the Denver Nuggets in the preseason finale. “I expect him to shoot every time,” Kerr said when asked before the game what he expected from Thompson. Which made coach Steve Kerr something of a clairvoyant. Klay Thompson fed his ever-predatory shooting hand. SAN FRANCISCO – The last of the Warriors to step onto the court this preseason was wonderfully predictable in his actions Friday night at Chase Center.

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