SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson announced Saturday he will make his long-anticipated return on Sunday against the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Posting a clip from the movie “Space Jam” on his Instagram page, Thompson said, “How I’m pulling up to chase [Center] tomorrow.”
“IM SO EXCITED TO SEE YALL DUBNATION! LETS GET IT,” Thompson wrote.
Thompson later said in a statement posted by the Warriors: “I hate to use the phrase ‘can’t wait’ because I love to be present in my life. But I cannot wait to play in front of our fans again. I really, really enjoy being a Warrior.”
Thompson participated in a light scrimmage with the team on Saturday before announcing his return. The Warriors star shooter has not played since tearing his left ACL in Game 6 of the 2019 NBA Finals against the Toronto Raptors on June 13. Thompson then tore his right Achilles in November of 2020.
“Really, really good,” Warriors forward Draymond Green told Marc Spears of The Undefeated, regarding how Thompson looked in a Saturday scrimmage. Green said it was his first scrimmage with Thompson since Green was recently in health and safety protocols.
“Just playing with him in practice today, which was my first time really scrimmaging with him, it just felt right,” Green told Spears. “Last night I couldn’t sleep. I literally had like electrical currents just flowing through my body like I’m sitting on a wire, and when we lined up for the jump ball today and I’m just sitting there looking at him. Wow, I have not lined up next to this man in two and a half years.”
For Golden State, the anticipation of Thompson’s return has been building for weeks. Head coach Steve Kerr and the players have said they can feel “a jolt of energy coming our way right now” with Thompson returning and center James Wiseman nearing a return and on schedule to participate in contact practice on the Warriors’ upcoming road trip.
Thompson is one of the most beloved Warriors and teammates are giddy about his return.
Source : espn
