4-time NBA champion Klay Thompson signed a three-year, $50 million contract with Dallas Mavericks in the course of the summer time, ending Warriors of the Golden State“The ‘Splash Brothers’ period alongside Warriors famous person Stephen Curry that lasted 13 years. Warriors head coach Steve Kerr known as the signing a ‘massive step’ for Thompsonwhereas others marvel how a lot the 34-year-old capturing guard has left within the tank to assist superstars Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving and the Western Convention champion Mavericks return to the NBA Finals in 2025. Nevertheless, for the minority proprietor of the Dallas workforce Marc Cubanhe could not think about a greater place for Thompson to start a brand new chapter in his future Corridor of Fame profession.
Cuban joined Shannon Sharpe on a latest episode of “Membership Shay Shay” and talked about Thompson’s life. mindset heads into 2024-25 together with his new workforce after being ousted by his outdated workforce as he embarks on a brand new period of Warriors basketball.
“Steph isn’t going wherever, is she?” LeBron moved for various causes, however quantity two, if it would not work out the way in which you need it to, then yeah, the door is open,” Cuban mentioned. “However you want somebody who’s particular, somebody who has confidence, somebody who has ambition and somebody who actually has one thing to show. And Klay has quite a bit to show, which is nice as a result of that is the form of man you need in your workforce, proper? As a result of they are going to work tougher than ever to show folks unsuitable.”
After Klay went scoreless within the Warriors’ 118-94 loss to the Sacramento Kings within the 2024 Play-in Match, the Mavericks’ proprietor believed Thompson was prepared to depart Golden State.
“I believe Klay was able to make a transfer, proper? All of the heartbreak he had final yr, particularly the way it ended. So the time was proper,” Cuban added. “Congratulations to Klay for agreeing to make the leap.”
Mark Cuban says Celtics 3-point capturing and stellar protection made distinction in 2024 NBA Finals
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Mark Cuban credit head coach Jason Kidd and Kyrie Irving for recruiting Klay Thompson to the Mavericks this offseason. As for the 2024 NBA Finals, Cuban says the Celtics bought the higher hand on the Mavs due to their 3-point capturing and high-level protection.
“The Celtics are good,” Cuban laughed. “They did not have quite a lot of weaknesses, and to beat them we needed to make quite a lot of threes, and we simply did not do it. Our three-point capturing wasn’t as much as par within the playoffs playoffs or the common season, we could not get stops like we would have liked.
Cuban thinks Mavs will make life simpler for Thompson and hopes it can have an effect on each ends of the court docket.
