After an April 2022 game when Thompson was recovering from his torn Achilles, he sat on the Warriors’ bench, alone, with a towel draped over his head for 30 minutes. The Achilles and ACL injury kept him out for 941 days, and in his return to game action, he snarled at the Chase Center crowd after dunking on a pair of Cavaliers.

Klay Thompson is returning to the Bay Area. The four-time NBA champion will face the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday, Nov. 12, when the Dallas Mavericks arrive for the opening game of the Emirates NBA Cup.

Klay Thompson will forever be a Golden State Warriors legend — Captain Klay who was cruising around the cold waters of San Francisco Bay on his boat while becoming a four-time NBA champion, a two-time All-NBA player, and five-time All-Star who will be remembered as one of the great shooters the game has ever seen.