04/07/2024 Act. at 9:47 PM CEST
The exit of Klay Thompson de los Golden State Warriors He will leave a huge void in the Bay Area franchise, the eternal shooting guard and sidekick of Stephen Curry who played a vital role in the 4 NBA rings won over 13 seasons.
The ‘Splash Brothers’ formed by Stephen and Klay are now history, One of the most iconic duos to ever grace a basketball court. Two players who revolutionised the way the sport is played are parting ways in search of new challenges. Curry is staying with the Warriors and still has a long way to go as a ‘superstar’, while his faithful friend is heading to Doncic and Irving’s Mavericks in a supporting role, the current NBA runners-up.
A NEW ‘SPLASH BROTHER’
Golden State knows very well how to move in the offices and renew a project that seems exhausted. They did it between 2020 and 2022 when they went from being one of the worst teams in the competition to winning the ring in just two seasons. Players like Jordan Poole o Wiggins They brought Steve Kerr’s old guard to life, a move that San Francisco is now looking for in their new signing, Buddy Hield.
Hield, with almost a decade of experience in the NBA, comes to the Warriors from the Philadelphia 76ers, a team he landed at the last trade deadline in February from the Indiana Pacers. This was confirmed by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Thursday. The shooting guard comes to occupy the ‘2’ position left vacant by Klay, two players with very similar profiles on the court, and the fact is that Golden State’s new ‘toy’ is also one of the best three-point shooters of the last five years in the NBA.
The Bahamian player arrives at the Chase Center via sign and trade. The Warriors sign him for $21 million with two years guaranteed ($18 million), a third partially guaranteed ($3 million) and a fourth non-guaranteed year with a player option. Phildalephia receives a 2031 second-round pick.
Steve Kerr dreams of forming a new duo called ‘Splash Brothers’, and he has plenty of reasons to think so. They have both made the most three-pointers over the past five seasons, Curry with 1,264 and Hield with another 1,322.
At 31 years old, the Oklahoma University graduate averaged 21.1 points and almost 39% from beyond the arc this past season. He was drafted with the 6th pick in the 2016 Draft and has played for the Pelicans, Kings, Pacers and 76ers this past season. In fact, Hield is currently trying to qualify for the Olympic Games with his Bahamas team, which is already in the semi-finals of the pre-Olympic tournament. In a hypothetical final, he could face Spain, where the ticket to the Olympic event will be at stake.
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