Steph Curry Honestly Admits Warriors Losing Klay Thompson ‘Sucks’ – NBC Sports Bay Area & California

Steph Curry is having a hard time accepting Klay Thompson’s departure from the Warriors, as are all members of Dub Nation.

Curry has said in the past that he couldn’t imagine not playing with Thompson, his Splash Brother for the past 13 NBA seasons.

But when the 2024-25 NBA season begins in October, Curry won’t be flanked by his trusty partner in crime.

In a conversation with ESPN’s Malika Andrews over the weekend, Curry was asked when he realized something had changed regarding the Warriors’ core group — him, Thompson, Draymond Green and coach Steve Kerr.

“We talked about it a lot, just in the sense of the journey we’ve been on,” Curry told Andrews. “Obviously, me since (2009), Klay in the 2011 draft, Draymond (in 2012). And then when Coach came in in 2014 and what’s happened since then, we would have liked to have kept the core and finished together.

“But we obviously understand that the league and things change and Klay being sent to Dallas, it’s tough. It’s something I never thought would happen, but you want him to be happy. You want him to be able to enjoy the game of basketball. It really sucks to lose Klay. There’s no two ways about it. So you have to be able to celebrate what we accomplished, but also move on.”

Curry and Thompson became arguably the best backcourts in NBA history, hitting 3-pointers while helping the Warriors to six NBA Finals appearances and four championships.

But after several difficult seasons, Thompson decided it was time to leave the Warriors, opting to join the Dallas Mavericks on a three-year, $50 million contract.

Curry and Thompson had a difficult phone conversation last week when the latter made his decision to leave, and in the coming months, the two future Hall of Famers will likely have the opportunity to meet in person for what should be an emotional meeting.

Curry understands that’s what Thompson wanted. But that doesn’t make the separation any easier to accept.

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