Klay Thompson tells Draymond Green he doubted himself every day during his three-year comeback from injury, feeling like the weak link after defensive struggles. Rick Celebrini's encouragement and seeing Curry and Green together on the floor finally convinced him the team was unstoppable.
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Along this journey, and which has been 3 years now, was there ever any doubt for you, A, that you would be able to come back the player that you have come back, and B, that we would be able to do this again once you came back?
Oh yeah, I doubted, man, every day. I remember guarding LB in September and I could not stay in front of this man. Even Will Sheehy, who never played in the league, I was getting busted by him, everybody. I was just the weak link out there. And I'm just like, man, I swear I used to be a great defender. I swear I used to be a great shooter. And then Rick Celebri would tell me every day, like, Clay, it's gonna be up and down, but once you, we just need Clay for the playoffs. And that's all it's gonna take. And I was like, okay, Rick, whatever you say. So I had so many doubts. Once I saw I saw you two on the floor with Steph and the talent we had around us, I knew it was a wrap. Like, no one can mess with us.