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Earlier today the NBA announced the players who made the All-NBA team and Klay Thompson’s name didn’t appear on any of the lists.
NBA All-NBA:
First team: Stephen Curry, James Harden, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Nikola Jokic, Paul George.
Second team: Damian Lillard, Kevin Durant, Joel Embiid, Kawhi Leonard, Kyrie Irving.
Third team: Russell Westbrook, Blake Griffin, LeBron James, Rudy Gobert, Kemba Walker.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) May 23, 2019
No Klay Thompson on the All-NBA teams. No mega max eligibility. Just the 30 percent max.
— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) May 23, 2019
Klay was asked about his snub during today’s press availability and he wasn’t very happy about getting snubbed.
Klay Thompson on not making any of the three All-NBA teams: “Do I think there are that many guards better than me? No.” Asked why it doesn’t bother him that he didn’t make it, Thompson said, “Rings.”
— Connor Letourneau (@Con_Chron) May 23, 2019
Klay Thompson learns he didn’t make All-NBA (“Oh I didn’t?”) and is clearly a little ticked (it affects his next contract): “When you go to five straight Finals, it takes more than a couple All-NBA guys…Do I think there are that many guards better than me? No.” pic.twitter.com/bW5DiBavo1
— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) May 23, 2019
Klay Thompson on making All-Defensive team & plus check the eye roll when he finds out KEMBA Walker made All-NBA Third team over him. #Warriors
— John Dickinson (@JDJohnDickinson) May 23, 2019
When you go to five straight Finals, it takes more than a couple All-NBA guys…Do I think there are that many guards better than me? No.
https://twitter.com/MavsZack/status/1131648354348359680
Kemba Walker OVER Klay Thompson for All-NBA?!?! The best two-way SG in the League??? No way. You don’t even have to be Klay to react that way. #DubNation @warriors https://t.co/ak5fSLAqaL
— Brian Tong (@briantong) May 23, 2019