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With Splash Brothers Injured, Warriors Should Enter Shutdown Mode

Giving Klay Thompson his proper due requires a concerted effort.

In Golden State, he’s overshadowed by bigger names and eclipsed by larger personalities, but he also rarely lags in effort and he’s almost never missing in action. Thompson is easy to sell short because virtually every guard in the league would shrink, relatively, if playing alongside Stephen Curry, and because he’s been so consistent and healthy that the Warriors have never truly been forced to cope with his absence.

Indeed, Golden State’s least-celebrated All-Star has doubled as the organization’s most dependable core piece: Thompson has missed just 13 total games over his seven-year career, for a 97.