Klay Thompson is now not a member of the Golden State Warriors, and the crew can have a barely new look this coming NBA season.
They’ve introduced in one other sharpshooter by the title of Buddy Hield in an try to switch the manufacturing Thompson gave them for a few decade.
Thompson and longtime fellow backcourt beginning mate Stephen Curry had lengthy been known as the “Splash Brothers,” and a few have instructed that Curry and Hield ought to be known as the “Splash Buddies.”
Hield was requested about that nickname, and he doesn’t appear to thoughts it, per 95.7 The Recreation.
“I don’t see nothing wrong with it but we just gotta take it day by day,” Hield mentioned.
How does Buddy Hield really feel about him and Steph being known as the Splash Buddies?
“I don’t see nothing wrong with it but we just gotta take it day by day.” 😅 pic.twitter.com/a1Uoth2WIU
— 95.7 The Recreation (@957thegame) July 18, 2024
Hield has by no means fairly been the general scoring menace Thompson was in his prime, however he’s a extra correct 3-point shooter today than Thompson is at this level of his profession.
Thompson hasn’t been the identical since injuring his ACL and Achilles a couple of years in the past, and whereas he nonetheless shoots within the excessive 30s from downtown, he has turn out to be considerably inconsistent from recreation to recreation.
Hield, alternatively, has principally maintained his 3-point accuracy from yr to yr.
He shot 38.6 p.c from that distance this previous season whereas averaging 12.1 factors per recreation, first for the Indiana Pacers after which with the Philadelphia 76ers.
Total, the Warriors, winners of 4 NBA championships up to now 10 seasons, haven’t improved from final season once they missed the 2024 NBA Playoffs. Nevertheless, they’re nonetheless hoping to tug off a significant commerce so as to turn out to be contenders once more.
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