HOUSTON — During his three seasons as the Warriors’ head coach, Mark Jackson sometimes joked that, though other players are low maintenance, Klay Thompson is no maintenance.
General manager Bob Myers goes further, saying he sometimes wonders if his starting shooting guard is alive. Thompson’s postgame news conferences last only a question or two. Unlike some NBA All-Stars intent on reveling in their celebrity, he prefers to relax at home with his beloved English bulldog, Rocco.
“That’s the beauty of Klay,” head coach Steve Kerr said in October.
Thompson’s laid-back — perhaps borderline comatose — demeanor is part of the reason he is probably the fourth-most-recognizable player on his team.