That quick, feathery release was still there, the follow-through still as syrupy as ever.
Klay Thompson on Thursday night looked very much like Klay Thompson.
It was just a preseason game, the second of four for the Mavericks and the first one the team’s new sharpshooter has played.
But what the 6-6 guard did in a two-minute span late in the first half of the Utah Jazz’s 107-102 win at American Airlines Center was exactly what the Mavericks hope he can do all season.
With 2:45 remaining, he took a handoff from Naji Marshall near the top of the three-point arc.