Editor's note: This story was first published on Oct. 9. Thompson returns to Golden State to face his former team for the first time on Tuesday.
LAIE, Hawaii -- Draymond Green was driving his wife and kids to an assembly for his daughter on a late June day in California when his phone rang.
Klay Thompson's name flashed on the screen.
In the 12 years they'd been teammates, Green had never known Thompson to make "small talk." Green knew something was up.
Thompson rarely calls, Green told ESPN, let alone to ramble about "nothing" for close to five minutes.