Klay Thompson

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Basketball player
Klay Thompson
Klay Thompson vs. Jared Dudley (cropped) .jpg
Player information
Full name Klay Alexander Thompson
birthday 8th February 1990 (age 30)
place of birth Los Angeles , California , USA
size 198 cm
position Shooting Guard / Small Forward
college Washington State
NBA draft 2011 , 11th pick , Golden State Warriors
Club information
society Golden State Warriors
league NBA
Jersey number 11
Clubs as active
Golden State Warriors since 02011United StatesUnited States
National team
Since 02014United StatesUnited States United States

Klay Alexander Thompson (born February 8, 1990 in Los Angeles , California ) is an American basketball player who has been with the Golden State Warriors in the NBA since 2011 . Thompson has won the NBA title three times in his career with the Warriors and is considered one of the best distance shooters in NBA history.

college

Thompson played a total of three years for the Washington State University basketball team . In 2010 and 2011 he was elected to the All- Pac-10 First Team , a selection of the best players in the Pacific Conference .

NBA career

In the 2011 NBA draft , Thompson was selected in 11th place by the Golden State Warriors . He came off the bench at the beginning of his rookie season. After the seeded starter Monta Ellis changed in the middle of the season, Thompson moved up for him on the starting line-up. The Guard immediately impressed as a reliable distance shooter. In his freshman year he scored 12.5 points per game and was called up to the NBA All-Rookie First Team .

Thompson in his second professional season

In his sophomore year, Thompson formed one of the league's most dangerous backcourts with Stephen Curry . Together they converted 483 three-point throws , more than any other duo in the league. Thompson achieved career highs on May 8, 2013 against the San Antonio Spurs with 34 points and 14 rebounds . He met 8 of his 9 triple attempts. He finished the season improved with 16.6 points per game.

In the first game of the new 2013/14 season , Thompson set a new career record in a 125: 94 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers with 38 points. With 18.4 points per game he was the best warrior shooter after Curry.

On October 31, 2014, Thompson extended his contract with the Warriors for four more years. One day after signing the contract, Thompson set a new career record with 41 points against the Los Angeles Lakers. He was able to improve this again on January 23, 2015 with 52 points against the Sacramento Kings , with 37 points in the third quarter alone. The 37 points in a quarter are NBA records. He also hit 9 three-point throws in 9 attempts, which is also an NBA record. A short time later, Thompson was invited to the NBA All-Star Game for the first time .

The 2014/15 season closed the Warriors with a franchise record of 67 wins and went into the playoffs as the best team . Thompson played a big part in this success, contributing 21.7 points per game. In the playoffs Thompson defeated the Warriors, the New Orleans Pelicans , the Memphis Grizzlies , the Houston Rockets and finally the Cleveland Cavaliers in the finals and could look forward to his first NBA title. In the 2015/16 season, Thompson was again All-Star. With the Warriors he reached 73 victories of the season, which broke the record of the Chicago Bulls from the 1995/96 season. Again the NBA finals were reached, where Thompson and the Warriors were defeated by the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Thompson in 2015

In the 2016/17 season on December 5, 2016, Thompson not only set a new personal record against the Indiana Pacers with 60 points in 29 minutes of play, he was also the first NBA player to achieve this result in less than 30 minutes needed. The game was named best individual performance of the year by the NBA at the end of the season. With the Warriors, Thompson won the NBA championship again in 2017 after beating defending champion Cleveland Cavaliers in the final . In the 2017/18 season they won both the Western Conference and the NBA championship for the sixth time. In the final, the Warriors again defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 4-0.

At the beginning of the 2018/19 season, he set a new record in the 149: 124 win against the Chicago Bulls with 14 three-point throws in one game, breaking the record of his teammate Stephen Curry.

In the finals of the 2018/19 season, Thompson tore a cruciate ligament in his left knee against the Toronto Raptors . The Warriors lost the series and Thompson was injured for months.

National team

Thompson was a member of the US national team that won the world title at the 2014 Basketball World Cup . In 2016 he won the gold medal in the final against Serbia at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro .

Personal

Klay Thompson is the son of former basketball player and No. 1 pick of the 1978 NBA draft Mychal Thompson . His older brother Mychel played for the Cleveland Cavaliers during the 2011-12 season . His younger brother Trayce was selected by the Chicago White Sox in the 2009 MLB Draft .

Awards and Achievements

NBA statistics

Regular season

Legend
  GP Matches played (Games Played)   GS  Games from the beginning (Games started)  MPG  Graduated minutes per game (Minutes per game)
 FG%  Throw rate from the field (field goal percentage)  3P%  Throwing quota three-point throws (3-point field-goal percentage)  FT%  Free throw rate (free-throw percentage)
 RPG  Rebounds per game (rebounds per game)  APG  Assists per game (assists per game)  SPG  Steals per game (steals per game)
 BPG  Blocks per game (blocks per game)  PPG  Points per game (points per game)  FAT  Career record
season team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2011-12 Golden State 66 29 24.4 .443 .414 .868 2.4 2.0 0.7 0.3 12.5
2012–13 Golden State 82 82 35.8 .422 .401 .841 3.8 2.2 1.0 0.5 16.6
2013-14 Golden State 81 81 35.4 .444 .417 .795 3.1 2.2 0.9 0.5 18.4
2014–15 Golden State 77 77 31.9 .463 .439 .879 3.2 2.9 1.1 0.8 21.7
2015–16 Golden State 80 80 33.3 .470 .425 .873 3.8 2.1 0.8 0.6 22.1
2016–17 Golden State 78 78 34.0 .468 .414 .853 3.7 2.1 .8th .5 22.3
2017-18 Golden State 73 73 34.3 .488 .440 .837 3.8 2.5 .8th .5 22.0
total 537 537 32.9 .458 .422 .852 3.4 2.3 .9 .5 19.2

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Where Splash Brothers rank among best shooters of decade. September 16, 2019, accessed April 16, 2020 .
  2. ^ Warriors duo prolific from deep
  3. ↑ Notebook: Warriors 125, Lakers 94
  4. ^ Warriors Sign Klay Thompson to Contract Extension
  5. ^ Thompson scores 41, Warriors beat Lakers 127-104
  6. ↑ Thompson's record 3rd quarter leads Warriors past Kings
  7. ↑ The all-star teams are complete
  8. ↑ spox.com: 60! Klay as if in a frenzy
  9. ↑ Warriors rout Pacers in: Global Times, December 7, 2016, accessed December 9, 2016
  10. ↑ NBA: Klay Thompson sets a new three-way record: The champion's pulse

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Commons : Klay Thompson  - collection of images, videos and audio files
personal data
SURNAME Thompson, Klay
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Thompson, Klay Alexander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH February 8, 1990
PLACE OF BIRTH Los Angeles , California, USA