Klay Thompson’s best game of the season couldn’t have arrived at a better time. In the middle of a trying season, Thompson looked like himself again in the final game before the All-Star break, leaving everyone around the Warriors with a much-needed infusion of hope during this weeklong abyss between games. Hope not just for a one-off vintage Splash Brother Jr. performance, but the hope of seeing the blueprint of a possible realignment that can get the team where they need to be while at the same time keeping Klay’s pride and dignity intact.
Now, we can see a world in which moving Thompson to the bench, with his approval if not his delight, unlocks a whole new dimension to a once-feared Warriors offense and plants Klay Thompson solidly on the path to finishing his story on his own terms.