The eleven-year National Basketball Association veteran is in the last year of his contract, despite his mediocre achievements.

With one of his worst seasons as an NBA player and now in the last year of his deal, Klay Thompson must be thinking about a lot of things. Throughout this season, the three-point specialist has struggled to find his shooting touch. 

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This may discourage the Golden State Warriors from offering the four-time champion a new deal, but according to NBA insider Mark Medina, the team still “wants to keep him” and will not “entertain trading him,” even though he has been shooting worse than normal.

Since the Golden State Warriors have won four titles since 2015, their remarkable recent championship history is the first thing that springs to mind when someone thinks of them. 

The trio of Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, and Draymond Green, the backbone of the Warriors, has persevered over this time and has shown to be one of the most potent groups to ever play together on the court. 

The team’s overall performance has deviated significantly from what fans have grown accustomed to seeing from head coach Steve Kerr because they haven’t been able to string together two wins in a row since the beginning of November.

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The team’s inability to shoot, which is the main cause of this awful shooting run, shouldn’t be shocking. The future Hall of Fame point guard Stephen Curry, who is now averaging 29.2 points a night, is the only other player on the Warriors who can even come close to matching that scoring output. Not even close is any of the other Warriors players. 

That is, except his Splash Brother, Thompson, who is the team’s second-leading scorer even with a meager average of 15.2 points a game. The 33-year-old athlete has had nothing but average play on the court to start the season. This is especially true for someone who wants to extend his contract and is in the last year of a $190 million five-year deal.

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According to a report by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski that was released prior to the start of the season, the player and the team are so far apart in their assessments of a new contract in terms of both the amount of money and the length of the contract that “absolutely no progress” has been made in negotiations. 

Ever since, Thompson’s nightly performances have been lackluster. According to a report by Kendra Andrews of ESPN, the five-time NBA All-Star has been “weighed down” by his shooting issues and uncertainty over a new contract. According to Andrews, one reason for Thompson’s poor performances has been his inability to get a new deal.