Klay Thompson's departure from the Golden State Warriors was less than ideal last year, with the franchise legend leaving for the Dallas Mavericks after failed extension talks with the team that drafted him over a dozen years earlier.
The Warriors have been proven right to move on from Thompson when they did though, and perhaps even more so based on how the veteran sharpshooter has looked on both ends of the floor so far in preseason.
Klay Thompson's defense might now be a liability for the Mavericks
Once considered as one of the league's premier perimeter defenders, Thompson understandably hasn't been the same on that end of the floor following his two devastating leg injuries.