When you talk about the greatest teams in the history of the NBA, one of the first that have to come to mind is the Showtime Lakers of the 1980s led by the ineffable Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and many other memorable and great names in the canon of basketball in Los Angeles.
Another one of those names on those teams was Mychal Thompson. Thompson was a huge presence for those Showtime Lakers teams and now his legacy carries on in the NBA with his son: Klay Thompson.
On Sunday night after Klay and the Golden State Warriors trounced the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 2 of the 2016 NBA Finals, though, Thompson and his teammate had an exchange regarding the Showtime Lakers that prompted Klay to take a minor jab at the team his father played for:
Draymond Green: "How can you say we're better than the Showtime Lakers?