.warriors Klay Thompson has struggled at times since returning from injury. A closer look at his statistics shows a number of contributing trends.
It’s not going great for Klay Thompson. Nobody expected him to come back at 100% after sitting out two-and-a-half seasons with ACL and Achilles injuries. However, the Warriors have less time for Klay’s rehabilitation than they expected to have earlier in the season. The Warriors are now struggling. They’re now the No. 3 seed in the Western Conference behind the Memphis Grizzlies, which means their first-round opponent may not come from the play-in tournament.
The eye test tells a fairly simple story about why Thompson is struggling. He seems bulkier than he did back in 2019. With no Draymond Green conducting the offense, Thompson is less able to play his natural game, which involves flying around screens and cutting for spot-up threes and layups with Klay rarely letting the ball touch the floor. He seems to be pressing.
Over his career, 93.1% of Klay’s three-point attempts have been assisted. In 2018-19, 91.7% of his threes were assisted. This season, that number has plummeted to 83%, a career low. Thompson is capable of hitting pull-up threes. In fact, he’s shooting better on pull-up threes than catch-and-shoot threes this season. That doesn’t change the fact that Thompson has gotten away from his bread and butter, and it’s hurting his overall performance.
It’s the same story when we look at how often Thompson makes a play without dribbling. In 2018-19, he would get rid of the ball without dribbling it 55.4% of the time, and only dribbled the ball seven or more times 2.7% of the time. This season, those numbers have dropped and risen, respectively, to 46.2% and 5.9%.
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