In related news

  • Warriors' Klay Thompson clearly took the Athletic's anonymous NBA player poll

    It doesn’t take much sleuthing to deduce that Golden State Warriors star Klay Thompson was one of the participants in an anonymous NBA player poll. The Athletic dropped its semiregular poll Monday morning, saying its NBA reporters interviewed 142 players over the final month of the season to fill out the third edition of its poll. The Athletic granted anonymity in the hopes of getting more honest answers to a wide variety of questions, such as this year’s MVP, best defender, most overrated and...

  • Evaluating the 2024 NBA free-agent class, from Klay Thompson to DeMar DeRozan and more

    When my colleague and I talk about the quality of an NBA Draft class, we do it through a very specific lens: stars, starters and rotation players. Part of the beauty of the draft is that while no one can be certain how a prospect will eventually turn out, their most likely outcome helps both analysts and front offices decide how they want to value their draft picks ahead of time, since the prior offseason and trade deadline are opportunities to upgrade using those selections. Free, daily...

  • NBA play-in tournament: Warriors’ season ended by Kings as Klay Thompson held scoreless

    Kings eliminate the Warriors from play-in with 118-94 winJames and the Lakers beat Pelicans 110-106 in play-inIn a golden era of older talent, LeBron remains one of oneKeegan Murray scored 32 points, De’Aaron Fox added 24 and the Sacramento Kings stayed alive in the play-in tournament, eliminating the Golden State Warriors with a 118-94 victory on Tuesday night.Sacramento advanced to play at New Orleans on Friday night with a chance to return to the playoffs as the eighth seed in the Western...