“Use that as an excuse”: Bob Myers honest opinion on Klay Thompson possible return in 2021-22 season
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The Golden State Warriors are having the worst phase in their entire history. They failed to get to playoffs yet again in continuance to last year’s. While last year they landed at the bottom, this year the Memphis Grizzlies ruled them out of the playoffs. While being deprived of their major wing player Klay Thompson, it has impacted their past season. Klay Thompson missed last year when most of the Golden State Warriors’ players were out. Last season was the one to forget about while many players including Klay Thompson and Stephen Curry. However, another late injury forced Klay Thompson to sit out of the 2020-21 season as well. With a prediction of the wing shooter eyeing come back next year, Bob Myers put his contention to a possible return for Klay Thompson.
The Golden State Warriors lost consecutively to Los Angeles Lakers and Memphis Grizzlies in the play-in. This ultimately ruled them out of the playoffs for the 2nd time straight. One of the major reason for their lack of consistency is their star player Klay Thompson has been shelved since the2019 NBA Finals against the Toronto Raptors. However, fans are already eagerly anticipating his return and Bob Myers has an important update for all. Thompson was side-lined with a late ACL injury just before the 2020-21 season. Bob Myers recently put his opinions on his possible way back to the NBA.
Will Klay Thompson make his comeback next season?
Bob Myers reflected on Klay Thompson’s comeback soon. He said to the reporters, “I don’t know that it will be the start of the year. We’ll see more as camp gets closer. When I say start of the year I mean Game 1, I don’t know if that’s realistic or not. What we’re focused on is when do we expect Klay to be Klay, and I don’t know if that will be January, February, March, it’s too early to say.”
“We’re not going to throw him out there if he’s not ready, and he’s doing everything he can to get back. I want to talk about Klay a lot, but I’m reluctant because I don’t want to use that as an excuse,” explained Bob Myers. He added, “I don’t want people to think ‘well when Klay comes back everything is going to be great.’ As great as he is and it will help a lot, we have to look at our team and say, Klay will be a huge addition but there’s other areas where we need to improve on as well, but I don’t know when exactly it will be.”
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The Golden State Warriors and Steve Kerr will look to have Klay Thompson back soon. His return alongside splash brother Curry will be a huge help. A lot of pressure will be relived on Curry. While both the shooters will be on scoring end, it can increase the Warriors’ playoff chances.
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