The former All-NBA guard is hitting the open market this offseason, and the Magic badly need shooting.
Klay Thompson is coming off arguably the worst season of his NBA career, but he's still expected to get plenty of interest once he hits free agency this offseason. On Monday, the basketball world got the first hints of that interest.that Thompson and the Orlando Magic are showing"mutual interest" as the offseason rapidly approaches.
"The Magic can open up an excess of sixty million dollars in cap space this off season...One name to keep an eye on, Klay Thompson, I'm told there is mutual interest between the Magic and Klay Thompson."Thompson and the Magic have made sense as a pairing for a while now. The former All-NBA shooting guard is no longer the player he was and regularly hurt the Golden State Warriors' chances to win throughout the 2023-'24 season.
That level of shooting would transform Orlando's offense. The only Magic player anywhere near Thompson's accuracy and attempts per game last season was Jalen Suggs, who made 39.7% of his 5.1 three point tries per game. The organization's two stars, Paolo Banchero and Franz Wagner, both shot below 34 percent from beyond the arc. The fact that the Magic managed to take the Cleveland Cavaliers to seven games in the opening round of this year's postseason despite shooting 30.
The choice, then, will likely come down to whether Thompson wants to stay in the Bay or get paid. As noted above the Magic will have oodles of cap space to utilize and could pay the four-time NBA champion quite a bit. Probably more than what his output calls for, but still worth it because the Magic need shooting and veteran leadership more than anything. But sometimes no amount of money can pry a player from his longtime home.
Free agency will not begin until July so there is plenty of time for things to change. But with the season over this feels like the first sign we've gotten that Thompson might truly leave the Warriors for a team like the Magic. Weird to imagine.Coby White is set to return and says he dodged a bullet in a nasty fall vs. the Indiana Pacers
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