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Klay Thompson will miss East Bay Times-themed shoe launch after knee surgery

Breaking news will get in the way of Klay Thompson’s new newspaper-inspired shoes as the Warriors star will undergo knee surgery and miss the launch of his special edition, East Bay Times-themed KT4 shoes on Sunday.

Sources told this newspaper Tuesday that Thompson will have surgery either Tuesday or Wednesday in Los Angeles for his torn left ACL suffered in Game 6 of the NBA Finals nearly three weeks ago.

Thompson and his shoe company, Anta, turned his love of newspapers into a unique shoe featuring newspaper clippings from the East Bay Times, which will be first released Sunday at 11 a.