Klay Thompson’s departure from the Golden State Warriors was the biggest storyline of the team’s offseason. The Splash Brother left the Bay Area to join the Dallas Mavericks after spending his first 13 years with the Warriors. In an interview with NBC Sports Bay Area’s Monte Poole, Mavericks head coach Jason Kidd revealed that star point guard Kyrie Irving was one of the “biggest players” in Thompson’s recruitment process.
“When you talk about the recruitment, it was a lot of people that were involved in that.