{"id":6077,"date":"2024-11-11T06:38:59","date_gmt":"2024-11-11T06:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=6077"},"modified":"2024-11-11T06:38:59","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T06:38:59","slug":"breaking-the-warriors-will-honor-klays-return-to-chase-center-as-a-maverick-next-week-by-giving-away-a-captain-hat-to-all-fans-in-attendance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=6077","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: The Warriors will honor Klay\u2019s return to Chase Center as a Maverick next week by giving away a \u201ccaptain hat\u201d to all fans in attendance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportico.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/169-templates-1-e1731113576733.png?w=1280&amp;h=720&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"Klay Thompson Warriors giveaway\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Golden State Warriors have announced a fan giveaway for Tuesday inspired by visiting player Klay Thompson, providing sailor-themed captain\u2019s hats to everyone in attendance at the Chase Center in a \u201cSalute Captain Klay\u201d night.<\/p>\n<p>Thompson, a four-time NBA champion with the Warriors, is an avid sea voyager who frequently took boats onto the San Francisco Bay during his stint living in Northern California.<\/p>\n<p>It is rare for a sports franchise to give such a substantial nod to a visiting player\u2014particularly one who left with a touch of hurt feelings\u2014but the Dallas Mavericks\u2019 summer free-agent signing is a special case.<\/p>\n<p>Following a run of five straight All-Star appearances and three of his four titles, Thompson\u2019s career turned in the 2019 NBA Finals when he tore his ACL, then tore his Achilles in a pickup game in 2020. In total, he missed two-and-a-half NBA seasons.<\/p>\n<p>His role on the Warriors waned thereafter, culminating in him moving from the starting lineup to the bench last season. Thompson took that change hard. \u201cHe wasn\u2019t happy anymore,\u201d said longtime teammate Draymond Green on the <em>Club 520 Podcast<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Yet Thompson\u2019s best years were so legendary that the Warriors have no problem highlighting the 3-point sharpshooter in his first return to San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p>At the height of Golden State\u2019s dynasty, Thompson took on a distinct persona separate from co-stars Green and Stephen Curry. On the court, he was the most businesslike among them. Off it, he embraced a laid back, just-another-guy character.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wish I was Klay Thompson,\u201d head coach Steve Kerr told <em>ESPN<\/em> about the Washington State product in 2018. \u201cI envy him. He doesn\u2019t really care what anybody thinks. But the way it manifests itself is so natural and normal. He just loves to play, he loves his days off, he loves getting outside, loves the beach. He\u2019s not low-maintenance. He\u2019s no-maintenance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Throughout Thompson\u2019s Warriors tenure, fans loved tracking his social media updates of his boating hobby, along with his adventures alongside his bulldog, Rocco.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday night, more than 18,000 people will receive a captain\u2019s hat to commemorate the era.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Warriors are paying homage to Klay Thompson with the rare and most fitting fan giveaway dedicated to a former player.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6083,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING: The Warriors will honor Klay\u2019s return to Chase Center as a Maverick next week by giving away a \u201ccaptain hat\u201d to all fans in attendance - 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