Klay Thompson's Triumphant Return + Georgia's Undersized Hero
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3.9 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 11 January 2022
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Before Sunday night, it had been almost two and a half years -- I repeat, two and a half YEARS - since Klay Thompson last suited up for an NBA game. After tearing his ACL in 2019, he returned to health in 2020, only to rupture his achilles tendon. Now, after diligently rehabbing both injuries for months on end, he's back in the lineup for the Golden State Warriors. The Athletic's Anthony Slater, who covers the Warriors, joins us to explain what life has been like for Klay during his long absence, how he has grown in unexpected ways, and what we learned about him during his highly anticipated return against the Cavs. Then, after leading Georgia to the national championship on Monday night, quarterback Stetson Bennett will live forever in the hearts and minds -- and possibly the checkbooks -- of Bulldogs fans.
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| 0:46.0 | Before Sunday night, the last time Clay Thompson played an NBA game was June 13th, 2019. |
| 0:59.0 | Donald Trump was still president and had a year and a half left in his presidency. |
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| 1:13.0 | And the top song in America, and sorry for getting this stuck in your head, was Old Town Road. |
| 1:18.0 | There were no masks, no COVID and the Golden State Warriors were playing their final game in Oakland's Oracle Arena. |
| 1:24.0 | There's a new NBA champion and it's a team from Toronto, Canada, the Raptors, the 2019 NBA champs. |
| 1:33.0 | So yeah, it's been a while. |
| 1:35.0 | Today, the Athletics Anthony Slater takes us inside Clay Thompson's journey back to the court over those long two and a half years. |
| 1:43.0 | And his triumphant return Sunday night. |
| 1:46.0 | Gosh, it was fun and it was worth every single day of being away in that squat rack or on that shuttle board. |
| 1:53.0 | And all the conditioning days, it was worth every single moment. |
| 1:57.0 | And I'm so grateful to just compete again. |
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