Klay Thompson when asked if he would have made a different free agency decision last summer if he knew what would happen: “Don’t do this to me. Don’t do that to me. Don’t do that. That’s kind of a ridiculous question. I don’t own a time machine, and I don’t believe in looking back.”

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1. TLDR: Yes

2. Man, I gotta hand it to him, that’s such a PR answer, but to have that poise under a devastating elimination from the Play-In to still say it, and act like it doesn’t bother him, is admirable.

3. Sports reporters can be shitty sometimes… A lot of the times….

4. So yes

5. Bro would even go to Hornets if he knew.

6. “I enjoyed my time”

   Past tense?

7. It’s the perfect response because it’s a shitty question.

   There’s no actual inquiry or interest there, just an attempt to get a good soundbite.

8. The dude wanted to get paid beyond what he’s worth and now he’s getting paid. Hard to feel bad for him.

9. Great response.

10. Realistically, would money be his priority? With his salary, GSWs window would be firmly shut or severely limited. Can anyone offer insight on the valuations he was getting as a player his age and with his injury history? He seems to be getting paid pretty fairly for the player he is and he is in Texas, so no state taxes right?

11. Can’t help but feel bad for Klay. Staying in GS for a less role and money seems like the correct move in hindsight…

12. Means, yes.

13. Just for this muddy answer, Nico should send him back to GSW for Gui Santos.

14. Nico has actively made so many peoples lives worse and he should be made to suffer consequences.

15. > I don’t believe in looking back.

    Everybody at the marina hates him for it.

16. Welcome to Duh.

17. Which is a nice way of saying “yeah of fucking course if I knew that Luka was getting traded I wouldn’t have fucking come here, what do you want me to say?”

18. Who wouldn’t lol, tho I do believe with Ky back they can contend

19. So pretty strong yes.

20. so…yes?

21. That’s a stupid-ass question. And what a time to raise that stupid-ass question.

22. In other words 1000%

23. even if he choose lakers, he has still a high chance to be traded to mavs with AD lol

24. If he signed with the Lakers, he would have been traded for Luka and be in the exact same position.

25. Wait till the Warriors win it this year to ask him.

26. If klay AD and Kyrie are healthy and the rest of the squad too they can compete for a decent playoff spot. People act like they are the Washington Wizards.. Yes they would’ve been better with Luka, for sure. But c’mon.

27. so yes but dont ask me?

28. Translation: of course but don’t ask me to make my other teammates look bad in public

29. Translation: Of course I would have. Are you an F-Ing moron? F you for asking that. You don’t think I have enough regrets in my recent career?

30. The answer is yes though

    He’s gonna lose Kyrie this offseason too

31. Yeah it was a stupid question, in the grand scheme of things Klay is doing what’s right for his career and where he’s at mentally.

    He has nothing left to prove, there’s nothing wrong with being a consistent 2nd man to a dynasty, but contributing to a crippled mavs team (that admittedly dog walked my own team) and being a real positive is deserving of respect.

32. That’s unfair to him, Come on.

33. “Don’t do this to me,” is so fucking dramatic lmao.

34. Translation: Yes, but I try to be positive and look at the good stuff.

35. “Yes, except for maybe the Hornets.” Shout out to Melo!

36. Such a dumbass question looking for a stupid soundbite. What did they want him to say?! Idiots

37. So, yes

38. In the end, it all came down to money.

39. Journalist tortured him with that question