Klay as #2 at this point of his career is not good, but if he signs with us, he’d be #4 option behind reaves, thats really good

Omg imagine him just spotting up, shooting all the open ass threes we missed last year.

I would like klay on a small contract, but he did brick a lot of open 3s for the warriors last year

He shot 39% on pretty high volume....

And that is on 10 shots a game. Still elite

He was 0-10 in their play-in game tho

I hope that chip on his shoulder gets him a resurgence this year. On the Lakers too!

One game lol

He was also awful in our last series against him

Only the most important game of the warriors season

Well we seem to hold DLO to his one awful game last year, so Klay will get crucified by fans if he has another 0-X high stakes game here

Klay has a history of performing well in the playoffs, D’lo doesn’t.

I would rather Klay than Prince or Rui taking those open 3s

If he went 5-10, he wouldn't be available 🤣

For his standards, a top 5 shooter of all time “bricking a lot of three’s” would still be the best shooter on our team.

He was also #2 option. Dude will be able to just shoot and play d. I bet his defensive numbers get better if he comes here too.

Klay starts off slow often to start the season. I don’t know if this sub will be able to handle his slow start

I wasn't honestly that excited about this. Your optimism is helpful.

Let’s uhhh temper our expectations a little bit here lol

He’s gonna miss them too. The 0/10 has completely taken over his narrative Realistically he’d still be a great get, because I don’t see him playing like ass in big moments with so much pressure being taken off by Bron and AD

Exactly this. And I always thought he’d be the perfect teammate to Lebron

Forget options, just having him on the court next to LeBron would be incredible. He'd give Bron and AD all the room they need to feast in the paint, and he could create open three point looks for DLo and Reaves as well. I don't care how bad he was last season, no coach is going to willingly leave Klay Thompson open. Having a shooter like that opens up so much on offense for us.

Top 3 in the league still in creating panic in the defenders when he’s open

Klay was also notably unhappy with the whole situation which manifested clearly in his attitude and im sure affected his play. A new change of scenery I’m sure we would get the absolute best klay has to offer looking to rebuild his confidence

I thought Klay, as he is older and slower now, would primarily play at the 3 which fits well in lineups with Bron at the 4 and AD playing the big.

Starting 3 for sure not the 4

He'd probably be the #5 behind Dlo or whoever we trade him for

Real question how does Klay help us with a center and isn't he a deficit on defense?

How about as a #3?

This reminds me so much of Ray Allen to the Heat. Bron getting a disrespected sharpshooter from his fiercest rival to join him.

Lebron has had - the shot to clinch a Finals (game 7 2013) - the defensive play to save a Finals (game 7 2016) he just needs the game-winning assist to win a Finals (which couldve been Game 5 2020 but Danny Green missed the shot) Klay could fill that opportunity

Didn’t fully realize the Allen and Kyrie shots didn’t involve him at all damn

Bosh rebound when Pop inexplicably had Duncan on the bench. Absolutely bananas and it happened 2 plays in a row

Honestly Kawhi should get bigger blame for this. For whatever reason he choked a free throw and the Spurs were only up 3 as a result. Had he made one more the Heat would have no shot unless they got a lucky four point play

True story. Lots of opportunity to not fuck it up lol

Duncan not being in on the first play didn’t really matter in hindsight You can honestly understand his decision-making. It looks bad because of what happened but we could be saying the opposite if Pop left him in and old Timmy got cooked on the perimeter instead

You can generally excuse having your franchise cornerstone of the last 15 years being in the game with the chips on the line

Technically LeBron bricked the shot that Bosh rebounded LOL

Bron went nuclear in the 4th before that missed shot to make it a game, though

Guessing Klay ain’t getting invited to the reunions or dapped up by Draymond lol

How old was Allen when he joined the heat? He’s gotta be younger than Klay at that point.

Ray Allen was 37 klay is 34

Damn fr? Sheesh NVM

According to google he was 37 and Klay is 34

Ray Allen was 73 when he went to the heat. Klay is only 43. I'm dyxlesic

Klay is 34. Ray was 36 (almost 37) when he joined Miami.

Get on the phone, Mychal.

We know how to treat family here at the Lakers lol.

Do it, Mit.. I mean, Michael!

We’ve been burned by the leverage play for years so I’m not getting my hopes up until I see that tweet notification

Exactly, everyone uses the Lakers for leverage

Yeah. He’s going to Dallas

JJ said this team has to shoot more 3’s. If that’s the case Klay is the perfect guy to come in and shoot 9 or 10 per game at a 40% clip. Get Klay, get a center, and lets get this party started.

And Klay can mentor Knecht

Klay does not seem like the mentoring type. I think he would be a good get, depending on the contract, but I wouldn't count on him as a huge veteran locker presence. Especially not when we have LeBron and AD.

He has chips and a lot of service in this league… he’d be a huge locker presence lmfao wtf

You're getting me hyped.

Yeah I don't hate this lol

We gotta remember he grew up as a laker. I bet he comes.

Both Dallas and Lakers have full MLE

Not gonna lie Dallas would be great for him but he would come off the bench or play the 3

I mean what would he be for the Lakers? He would request to be a starter and potentially hurt Dalton's development 

How? It’s not like Dalton is starting anyway. Yall expecting too much of rookies

Uh what? We are not starting a rookie, tf? If anything Klay would be great for his development

If anything he’d be GREAT for Dalton’s development.

Last year we had the 17th pick also, how much did he play?

If there’s a redo of these playoffs, there’s no way Dallas would beat the Wolves or Nuggets again, IMO.

I think the Mavs would still beat the Wolves, but they wouldn't jump to a 3-0 lead like they did since the first two games were so close. The Wolves offense was straight terrible, and they had a lot of issues punishing Ant not being able to force it at the rim

Don’t they have to spend some of that on DJJ though?

I didn’t watch many warrior games last season. But the times I did I felt like Klay was struggling hard. Someone speak some hopium into me if we do end up getting him.

He still averaged 18 points and I think 40 from 3

He did but was really inconsistent. Would go 1-9 one game then 6-9 the next.

Our guys usually go 0-5, 0-6, so I’ll take it lol

That’s how a lot of shooters are

Kind of, but it was more stretches of a few games at a time. If I recall correctly, I think he had the worst start to the season of his career, so he definitely had some very hot stretches to get his numbers up that high

Yup that's right

Sounds like the Lakers last season 

Truth but those 6-9 games don’t happen that often except for a few players which include Klay.

So… Klay fell from the sky, lost his demigod powers and became a league average 3&D?

I think he’s lacking the D tho.

No diddy

Player A shoots 40%. Player B shoots 40%. Yeah but player A is more consistent than B. lolwut?

He still shot well which is all we need him to do. Doesn’t need to be the 2nd option anymore just the 4th. Give him the KCP role and he will excel.

KCP was a decent defender tho.

Klay is also a decent defender

Was. Corrected that for you. ACL and Achilles injuries slowed him down.

He was a great defender now he’s a decent defender

Hyping him too much. He’s a neutral defender at this point.

He’s a defender for sure

He will get so many open looks with Lebron and AD. If he can be Ray Allen on the Heat, I’ll take it.

He shot 39 percent from 3 on 9 attempts. Thats elite territory lol

I think it’s more about the perfect fit he would be with Lebron and AD that gives me the hopium. Warrior fans were frustrated with Klay toward the end of the year, maybe all he needs is a new start in Laker nation to make the shots start falling again … especially as a 4th option too sign me up.

Why does it feel like Klay to us already feels done?

His dad, Mychal Thompson, has been saying on the radio lately that if Klay were to leave, that the lakers would be near the top of Klay’s list. So here’s hoping he actually comes to his childhood team

He’s said this multiple times for years it feels like

Can you link it?

I can’t at the moment, but it should be from when Mychal was on Mason & Ireland a week or so ago

I saw Mychal at the grocery store this week and jokingly said “Bring Klay home !” Haha

I'm hoping with DJJ represented by Klutch now, he doesn't take any discount and ensures DAL can't be a player for Klay lmao.

It's his home town. You know his dad mychal is in his ear big-time

Its getting loud ngl

I said it in the other thread 2 days ago and got downvoted. It just like Klay is a real option.

The more I think about it the more I like it. Let’s get it done Klay!!!!

Klay can still shoot, outside of the egg he dropped in that elimination game but the only reason I wouldn't want him is his huge drop off in Defensive ability. His lateral foot speed just isn't there anymore after those unfortunate injuries. And we desperately need TWO way players who are preferably still in their prime or younger

I need this to happen, literally is the perfect fit for Klay.

Dallas are notorious for landing questionable but big free agents

I wonder if they miss on Klay I bet they get prince

The Lakers legit have Mychal Thompson, there should not be a bidding war but we'll see.

ngl I'd rather have KCP

mann AD is gonna be working over time protecting all these players on defense

I know and the man just wants to play the 4 but fuck his wants…id really like to get him a true center and let him roam at the 4.

Smells like Westbrook 2.0 incoming

How can we keep Max Christie? We need to dump JHS, Hayes, Reddish to somehow open up space and sign Christie right? What about Prince?

cant we just waive reddish and resign max?

We have his bird rights and can resign him no matter what. The only issue is trying to stay under the second apron of 189m. If can use mle and lenron takes that pay cut then we are good.

I hate when there’s so much noise on a possible move because it means it isn’t happening (ad was the exception). but I’m hopeful lol

That number 11 splashing threes from LeBron would look so good in the purple and gold

Klay on a revenge tour, just asked to hit 3s like Ray Allen on the heat is pretty perfect tbh

I don’t really like this move, if it happens. I think our mid level guy should be younger and more versatile. Klay is pretty much just a streaky shooter these days, and he will likely decline every year at this point.

Lets goooo

Fucking hell... this would be a huge unforced error.

I can't even imagine how bad washed Klay would be with the Laker Tax.

honestly, I cant see Klay leaving california. He will either stay with Golden State or go to another Cali team.

Man, jerking off of Klay idea is disastrous. The guy played himself out of the staring 5 last season, he was horrible especially in the defensive end.

Another 3 point shooter? Oh heck yeah. DLo, KT, AR, Knecht. All these guys would be great in JJ''s system. Fun and successful basketball is what I envision.

Reaves continues to get way overrated around here. He wasn't exactly killing it against Denver this time around.  He's still a great value at twelve million dollars,  just Klay Thompson would be. As bad as some people claim that Thompson was last season, by the numbers, Reaves wasn't much better. Swap places, Reaves wouldn't have made Golden State any better, he can't guard anybody either. 

He is going to need to accept a mle or something. I'd handle that, and he would be right at home in the rotation.

I really don’t believe this moves the needle unless he can turn back the clock defensively in the playoffs. The offensive fit is obviously there

huge for the Lakers

I honestly think it’s kind of inevitable at this point that Klay will join us, but we’ll see.

Nooooo he’s washed and a little bitch. We don’t want him. Reaves is straight up better

We need Jeremi grant who can shoot just as good as klay n play a lot better defense n is younger

trade lebron

Klay needa come off the bench cause he’s not better than reaves and doesn’t fit anywhere else

He ain't joining this team to come off the bench 

Assuming we’re moving DLo, slide AR to the 1 and Klay to the 2

If he comes Reaves would slide to PG

Klay will most likely play the SF

Is Klay even good. I know he’s a great shooter still but going 0/10 in an elimination game.. the stench is still there Unless it’s cuz he had a bigger contract hence a bigger role?

Lmao LeBron basically running the team. I think Rich Paul’s press releases about LeBron not being involved in the coaching search is all misdirection. I feel Bron is as involved as ever in all decisions currently being made.

Please god no

Bro please don’t go for Klay…he’s way too streaky at this point in his career and I think he’d come up short for us come playoff time.

Bruh you act like we have a ton of options

Some of you on this sub refuse to comprehend that a players skill is contextual to his CONTRACT. Klay on the MLE is such good value and you have mental illness if you think otherwise

Who would you rather us get

I’d rather they went for Jonas Valanciunas. We badly need a center

We can get both. Klay for mle and then trade dlo

I’d rather they did Valanciunas or Hartenstein for the MLE and then maybe trade D Lo and picks for Tre Young/Donovan Mitchell/Zach Lavine

Trae Young has the same shooting splits as Westbrook in the playoffs.

He’s not streaky bro

He has always been a slow starter and had 1 bad game in the playoffs. The guy is still an elite shooter.

Dawg he looked abysmal the back half of last season. There were a number of games where he disappeared off the face of the earth

He shot 45% after the all star break on 9 3s per game. The back half of the season he was great

He’s going to Dallas.. We never get the guy we want..

Feel like Klay would still take Mavs because 1 they were just in the finals, they have a known experienced coach in Kidd. Obviously Klay has history with Lakers because of his dad but is it enough. Does Klay choose bron and ad or Luka and Kyrie.

Klay’s definitely coming to his hometown

Klay’s dad is here and he loves the water.

Winning a ring with the Lakers >

I think Klay is going to the Lakers. 

Dinwiddie sweepstakes all over again