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Draymond Green on Klay Thompson signing with Mavericks #nba #basketball #warriors #sports

22 Oct 2024 · 1 min

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In this candid monologue, Draymond Green expresses his fatigue with the constant media focus on Klay Thompson and shares his personal hopes for Klay's future. Green wishes that Klay signs with the Dallas Mavericks and performs at a high level, believing that success in Dallas would help Klay fully appreciate his legacy with the Golden State Warriors—his statue, jersey retirement, and legendary status. Green urges Klay to "stake his claim" with the Mavericks and suggests that embracing criticism and being disliked by some fans may be necessary for Klay to achieve lasting success beyond his Warriors tenure.

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We gotta talk about Klay Thompson. I'm tired of talking about Klay. Forget Klay. Now honestly though, my hope for Klay is this. I hope and pray that he go to Dallas and play great. Yeah. I feel like if he go to Dallas and play great, that will allow him to appreciate what he's done here. Like right now, if I'm totally honest with you, I think it's like a stain on it. It's like a stain on it for him. Regardless of how he may feel, he getting a statue here, his jersey going up. All day. He's a legend. This is home forever. Mavericks, you know, like all of that. You just want him to feel how he's supposed to feel. Right. Leaving from a place that you built. He gotta stake his claim with the Mavericks and he gotta go tell the Mavericks like, look, me and Draymond gonna be on this. You know what I mean? Yeah. Like they don't like me no more. He need for y'all not to like him in order for him to be successful.