Get NBA League Pass TODAY > SAN FRANCISCO (AP ... and Klay Thompson in nearly the same pose but now wearing a blue Mavericks jersey. The Golden State Warriors had just wrapped up their season-opening homestand and the game with Dallas was the next ...

Thompson’s salary turned into three new Warriors this summer — De’Anthony Melton, Kyle Anderson, and Buddy Hield. All three have been fantastic for the Dubs, with Hield, in particular, thriving in the off-the-bench role Thompson openly eschewed playing last year.

The pinnacle act that defines Klay Thompson’s Bay Area legend, which will be celebrated Tuesday night at the San Francisco palace his dynasty contributions helped build, came on the final night in Oracle Arena across the water in Oakland.