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Why Klay Thompson’s Exit Spells the End of the Warriors’ Dynasty

ESPN Daily

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4.63.9K Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

After 13 seasons as a splash brother with the Warriors, Klay Thompson is trading in the boats in the Bay for cowboy boots in Dallas, Texas. And it feels like the end of the most recent dynasty in the NBA. But how exactly did it all come to an end? Today, ESPN senior NBA writer Ramona Shelburne explains what forced Klay’s hand, and details how he ended up choosing to moor his boat to the Mavericks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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He actually does call himself Captain Clay. He really does. Oh, let me look at your prep

0:06.6

doc. No, no, no, no, no, stop it. We're continuing this conversation.

0:10.0

Okay. That's ESPN senior basketball writer Ramona Shelburne, telling us something we did know about

0:16.7

former splash brother, Clay Thompson.

0:19.3

He owns a boat and he is the captain, and therefore he is Captain Clay and one of the big

0:26.7

things that I am wondering about his move to the Dallas Mavericks is where is he

0:30.8

going to dock the boat?

0:38.6

Where is his boat currently docked? It has been docked about 12 minutes from the chase center.

0:43.0

Okay.

0:44.0

It appeared in San Francisco.

0:45.0

I feel that he would call me a land lover and I wouldn't reject that.

0:50.0

Listen, Clinton, you are a very fashionable man,

0:53.0

and I think that you could get into boat attire.

0:55.7

Like, Clay Thompson loves everything about boats.

0:59.3

He has sparies, which are, do you know what sparies are?

1:02.4

There's like a cool kind of boat shoe?

1:04.3

I didn't know that.

1:05.0

I live in the world, Ramona,

1:06.3

and I'm from the East Coast.

1:07.4

Of course I know what sparrows are.

1:09.1

You know what sparys are.

1:10.3

I don't know what sparys are,

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