“Yeah I didn’t play a lot this summer”. They were the words of Golden State Warriors’ veteran Klay Thompson last October, with the reigning NBA champions having come off a short offseason before heading into battle once again.
The Warriors had won the NBA championship in June against the Boston Celtics, and it felt as if the celebrations were somewhat short-lived before another season came around. But it wasn’t just the short turnaround that hindered Thompson’s preparation, with the five time All-Star revealing his understandable hesitation given past events.
“It was hard, especially the last summer I was healthy, popping my Achilles, it was really hard for me to get out there”, Thompson said in October.