Klay Alexander Thompson is an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association. He is credited as one of the greatest shooters in NBA history. Thompson is the son of former NBA player Mychal Thompson. He 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.
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Klay Alexander Thompson is an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association. He is credited as one of the greatest shooters in NBA history. Thompson is the son of former NBA player Mychal Thompson. He 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. Thompson 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. In 2015, Thompson helped lead the Warriors to their first NBA Championship since 1975, and was a key contributor in the Warriors’ 2017 and 2018 titles. He sustained an anterior cruciate ligament injury in Game 6 of the 2019 NBA Finals and missed the entirety of the2019–20 season. On January 18, 2020, the No. 1 that Thompson wore at Washington State retired. He became the second WSU basketball player to receive this honor, joining Steve Puidokas and the seventh athlete in any sport whose number has been retired. The Warriors did not select Thompson for the 2012 NBA All-Star Weekend until March of 2012, but did not trade starter Monta Ellis until April of that year. Thompson became the third fastest Cougar to reach 1,000 points, becoming the third all-time WSU player to do so.
He was named to the All-Pac-10 First Team and was chosen as a midseason candidate for the John R. Wooden Award. In 2011, he set WSU’s single season record with 733 points. In 2012, he became just the third Cougars to win first- team all-district honors from the National Association of Basketball Coaches twice in his career. In 2013, he was named one of 30 midseason candidates for the John R. Woodward Award. In January 2014, the Warriors announced that they would retire Thompson’s No.1 jersey in 2020. The number 1 that he wore at WSU retired in January 2020, joined by Steve Puodokas, Steve Puisas, and the sixth and seventh WSU men’s basketball men’s players to receive the honor. The retired number 1 is also the seventh and eighth WSU women’s basketball players to be retired. Thompson has a brother, Klay Jr., and a sister, Kourtney, who play for the Portland Trailblazers and the San Francisco 49ers, respectively. The Thompsons moved to Ladera Ranch, California, where Klay graduated from Santa Margarita Catholic High School in 2008. At age 14, the Thompsons move to Lake Oswego, Oregon, where they were childhood friends and Little League teammates with fellow future NBA star Kevin Love. Thompson also played for the University of Portland and University of San Francisco, while his father was the first overall pick of the 1978 NBA draft.
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