Klay Thompson's Imminent Stardom

Everyone is raving about how good Stephen Curry will be this season. While I agree that he will be good, I'm not so sure he's the future of the franchise. I believe that Curry, whether he's averaging 15 or 20 PPG, is going to make an appearance in the all-star game. He's a great shooter and scorer, but people forget that he's plagued by injury.

Curry is definitely going to be huge and one of the best players in the NBA for years to come. He may perhaps move on to Team USA one day.
While that's all great, another talent it emerging on the Warriors' roster that only a few of the NBA elite players have noticed.

Klay Thompson is going to be a huge shooting force. He has handles and ability to attack the basket, but as shown in this article, his numbers are all down when shooting from 3-9 feet. If he does attack the basket more, than he will get a feel for the driving part of the game, and  be even more like Monta Ellis: except a better shooter, and taller: so he can work with Curry easily. LeBron James and Kobe Bryant have both noticed that Klay Thompson has one of the brightest futures of any NBA player.
He works hard too. One day, after a tough game against Team USA in Vegas,  Thompson was drenched with sweat and covered in welts. He knew he could sleep well that night.

At 11th pick in the draft, Thompson was a huge steal, as he will be one of the better players in the NBA next year, and will only keep improving. Monta Ellis left a huge gap in the Warriors offense, but I believe that Klay is more than capable of filling it. He and Curry will be THE most feared back court in the NBA by 2013 or 2014.

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