Klay Thompson to join Mavericks on three-year, $50 million deal after Warriors complete trade, per report

Thompson is leaving the Warriors in a sign-and-trade deal after 13 years and four titles in Golden State

By Sam Quinn Jul 1, 2024 at 7:44 pm ET• 2 min read

Klay Thompson has agreed to join the Dallas Mavericks on a three-year, $50 million deal, according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski. While there was an initial holdup over what the Golden State Warriors would receive in the deal, that issue has since been resolved. The reported move will come through a sign-and-trade that will send Josh Green to the Charlotte Hornets and two second-round picks to the Warriors. Thompson, a five-time All-Star and four-time champion, has spent his entire career to this point playing for the Warriors. 

However, after years of expensive luxury taxes, several draft picks spent on guards that could replace him and a high-profile and failed pursuit of Paul George, the Warriors have ultimately elected not to bring back Thompson, likely clearing the way for him to join Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving in Dallas.

The Warriors reportedly offered Thompson a two-year, $48 million deal last offseason. That is far smaller than the four-year, $100 million pact Draymond Green secured as a free agent, and it was also significantly lower than the four-year, $128 million contract Jordan Poole got when the Warriors thought he might be Thompson's long-term replacement at shooting guard. Thompson rejected that $48 million offer, and during the season, the Warriors slowly began to rely more on more heavily on rookie shooting guard Brandin Podziemski, even bringing Thompson off of the bench for a stretch.