On June 30, Beijing time, according to a joint report by Shams and Anthony Slater, sources revealed that the Warriors are preparing to lose Klay in the free agent market, which will be a parting of ways between a legendary dynasty and a legendary player. In fact, Klay parted ways with the Warriors as early as many fans expected, after all, Klay was not comfortable with the Warriors last season, and Klay was questioned a lot last season, plus contract problems, it is not unusual for Klay to finally part ways with the Warriors, but although Klay was not too stable last season, in fact, Klay still has good strength, Last season, Klay averaged 17.9 points, 3.3 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game, including 38.7% from three-point range.
Although the current Klay is indeed not comparable to his peak, Klay's decline on the defensive end is still obvious, and Klay's shooting percentage was once very bad, but when Klay found his form, Klay was still able to help the team, so when he saw Klay going his separate ways with the Warriors, it also caused 4 teams to scramble. According to The Athletic's Lakers reporter and Shams' colleague Jovan Buha, the Lakers, Mavericks and Clippers are all interested in Klay. It was also previously reported that the Nuggets would see Klay as a possible replacement if they lost Pope. It can be seen that Klay has not only aroused the interest of many teams, but these teams are also expected to compete for the championship.
However, if Klay really wants to choose among these teams, then Klay may have to make concessions on the contract amount, after all, these teams can give Klay a limited salary, but at this time, Klay can have another chance to compete for the championship, so how Klay chooses has also attracted a lot of attention. Now, according to Lakers insider RDAmbition, the Lakers have been trying hard to win Klay Thompson, and multiple players and former players have approached Klay to pitch him the idea of winning a championship with his hometown team. In fact, the Lakers were interested in Klay before, but unfortunately Klay still signed a big contract with the Warriors before, and now the Lakers have another opportunity to sign Klay, and this time in order to be able to bring in reinforcements, James also chose to reduce his salary here.
According to ESPN's Lakers reporter Dave McMenamin, multiple sources have revealed that James is willing to make financial sacrifices in order to get an experienced veteran like Harden or Klay to join, or a mature big man like Valanciunas who can play alongside Anthony Davis. It can be seen that James is still willing to sacrifice for the team, but James's sacrifice also has a premise, that is, the Lakers must get good players, so the Lakers really shouldn't hesitate at this time, after all, after the Pelicans traded to get Murray, the Lakers have been complained by many people, thinking that the Lakers are doing some inaction here, and now James has made sacrifices for the team to compete for the championship, so the Lakers should not have any hesitation.
Especially next season's Western competition will be more intense, if the Lakers do not make reinforcements in the offseason, then the Lakers will face a huge dilemma next season, first of all, James is older here, and secondly, Redick is a rookie coach after all, Redick will definitely make some mistakes, and more importantly, injuries may also affect the Lakers' record, so the current Lakers do not have much way back, what they need to do is to strengthen their roster in the offseason, even if the Lakers do not get Klay in the end, but the Lakers also need to make reinforcements on the inside, so that the burden of thick eyebrows can also be reduced, so the Lakers still need to do a lot in the offseason.