Was Steph Curry motivated by Klay Thompson snub?
Apr 5, 2024; Dallas, Texas, USA; Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) warms up before the game against the Dallas Mavericks at American Airlines Center. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports
Steph Curry put together a signature performance on Tuesday night to beat the Dallas Mavericks in Klay Thompson’s first game back at Chase Center since leaving the Golden State Warriors. One would assume such an occasion would motivate Curry enough, but one of his teammates suggested there was some extra fuel as well.
In Wednesday’s edition of “The Draymond Green Show,” Green said he had texted Curry to encourage the guard to be locked in for Tuesday’s game given its importance. The star forward said Curry responded by calling Green and offering an important detail.
“Steph was supposed to speak before the game. He was like, ‘Yeah, I called Raymond (Ridder, Warriors’ VP of communications) and told him I’m not speaking. I just need to lock in on the game so I ain’t even speaking. And I talked to Klay about it.’ Tried to check in with Klay on something else and Klay ghosted him,” Green said. “So he got pissed, and here we go.”
“Klay ghosted him… so he got PISSED”@money23green tells @barondavis why Steph Curry was extra motivated in Tuesday’s win over the Mavericks pic.twitter.com/1XlWIYHi6x
— The Draymond Green Show with Baron Davis (@DraymondShow) November 13, 2024
It is not clear when this “ghosting” happened, but there is no doubting that Curry was extremely motivated on Tuesday. He wound up scoring 37 points, including five threes, as he scored Golden State’s final 12 points in a 120-117 win. He opened up about how difficult it was to see Thompson leave during the offseason, but none of those feelings were at the forefront on Tuesday.
Thompson seemed fired up as well and delivered a great game, scoring 22 points on 6/12 shooting from three. Curry, however, was the one who got the last laugh.
