Why Klay Thompson wouldnt have left Warriors had ACL injury not hit NBC Sports Bay Area & California [Video]

The trajectory of Klay Thompson’s NBA career was forever altered during Game 6 of the 2019 NBA Finals between the Warriors and Toronto Raptors, when the beloved Splash Bro suffered the first of two consecutive lower leg injuries that kept him off the court for 941 days.

When Thompson went down with a torn left ACL, Golden State went on to lose that game, the series and the team’s chance at a three-peat. The Warriors rewarded Thompson with the max contract available in free agency that summer, inking the five-time NBA All-Star to a five-year, $190 million deal.

Now, as Thompson approaches free agency after the 2023-24 NBA season, he doesn’t think much would have changed about that summer even if he hadn’t been injured.

“That’s a big what-if. Wow,” Thompson told Warriors teammate Draymond Green on “The Draymond Green Show” podcast released Monday. Green asked Thompson if he would have approached the free-agency process …