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Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr wanted Klay Thompson to remain with the team for his entire career but started to see signs during the 2023-24 campaign that the sharpshooter would leave the franchise this offseason.
"Yeah, there were signs," Kerr told The San Francisco Standard's Tim Kawakami on the latest episode of The TK Show (h/t Taylor Wirth of NBC Sports). "Obviously, none of us knew what would happen, we all wanted him to stay. I wanted Klay to be a Warrior for life, it felt like the right thing.